Employment Permits Act 2024

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Application – information to be provided

13. An application for an employment permit shall—

(a) provide a full and accurate description of the employment in respect of which the application is made (the “employment concerned”) and the terms and conditions, including the hours of work in each week, and the duration, of the employment concerned,

(b) provide information in respect of the qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience that are required for the employment concerned,

(c) provide information and, where required, any relevant documents, in respect of the qualifications, skills, knowledge or experience of the foreign national concerned,

(d) specify the place at or in which the employment concerned is to be carried out and, where the employment concerned is to be carried out in more than one place, specify each such place,

(e) specify the remuneration and any deductions, where agreed, for board and accommodation or either of them in respect of the employment concerned,

(f) in respect of the foreign national concerned—

(i) specify whether or not he or she has sought permission to land or be in the State on a previous occasion or has been in the State on a previous occasion without permission to land or be in the State,

(ii) where he or she is in the State at the time of the application, provide information and documents, where required by regulations made under section 50 (2)(c), relating to the permission granted to him or her to be in the State,

(iii) where he or she is in employment in the State at the time of the application, provide information and documents, where required by regulations made under section 50 (2)(c), relating to the permission granted to him or her to be in such employment, and

(iv) provide information as to whether he or she was, at any time prior to the application, in employment in the State and, where required by regulations made under section 50 (2)(c), provide any information and documents relating to the permission granted to him or her to be in such employment, or, as the case may be, an employment permit granted in respect of that employment,

(g) provide such other information, documents and evidence to verify such information and documents—

(i) as may be prescribed, or

(ii) that the Minister may request and that, in the Minister’s opinion, might materially assist in the making of a decision on the application,

(h) without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (g), provide information, documents and evidence concerning the offer of employment referred to in section 12 (4) or the requirement referred to in section 12 (5)(a) or (b),

(i) provide information, documents and evidence in respect of the requirement under section 12 (10) in relation to—

(i) the employment, in the period referred to in section 12 (10), of any person in the employment that is the subject of the application, and

(ii) confirmation that such person was not, within such period, dismissed by reason of redundancy from that employment,

(j) where, pursuant to regulations made under section 47 (12)(a), accommodation, training or expenses are required to be provided to the foreign national concerned in the event that an employment permit is granted, provide information, documents and evidence in relation to arrangements made in respect of the provision of such accommodation or training to the foreign national concerned,

(k) where the person identified in the application in accordance with section 12 (6) is to be required, in the event that an employment permit is granted to the foreign national concerned, to take measures specified in regulations made under section 47 (12)(b), provide information, documents and evidence in relation to the arrangements that will be made by that person in respect of the taking of such measures,

(l) in respect of the person identified in the application in accordance with section 12 (6) or a connected person—

(i) specify whether or not the person is, or was previously, the employer of a foreign national to whom an employment permit has been granted on a previous occasion, or is, or was previously, a connected person in relation to such a foreign national, and

(ii) where the person is, or was previously, the employer of a foreign national to whom an employment permit has been granted on a previous occasion, or is, or was previously, a connected person in relation to such a foreign national, provide information, documents and evidence in relation to compliance by that person with any conditions attaching to that employment permit,

and

(m) in respect of the foreign national concerned—

(i) specify whether or not he or she has been granted an employment permit on a previous occasion,

(ii) where he or she has been granted an employment permit on a previous occasion, provide information and documents relating to that employment permit and the employment in respect of which it was granted, and

(iii) where such an employment permit is still in force, provide confirmation in writing from the foreign national concerned that the employment in respect of which that permit was granted will be terminated upon the grant of an employment permit in respect of the application concerned.