Stamp 0 Application – Dependent Family
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A Stamp 0 application is the first and most important step in bringing a dependent parent or a dependent adult child to live in Ireland. It's an application to Immigration Service Delivery for permission under the scheme for dependent adult relatives, made while the family member is still outside Ireland: applications from inside Ireland aren't accepted. The sponsor can be an Irish citizen, with no minimum residence period, or a non-EEA resident who has lived in Ireland for 2 years (Category B, such as Critical Skills holders) or 5 years (Category C, such as General Employment Permit holders). The financial test is demanding: in each of the previous 3 years, the sponsor must have earned at least €96,929 gross in Ireland for one relative, €130,985 for two or €165,042 for three (2026 thresholds), and only one sponsor's income counts. The relative needs fully comprehensive private medical insurance with full private hospital cover, private room accommodation and cover in high-tech hospitals; travel insurance isn't accepted. The sponsor's accommodation can't be State-funded, emergency or social housing. The application is made on the TPER form and posted to ISD in Dublin with the supporting documents. If it's approved, visa-required relatives apply for a long stay visa within 3 months, and the relative registers on arrival. Stamp 0 is granted a year at a time.

No. Stamp 0 applications from inside Ireland aren't accepted.

No. Only one sponsor's income can be counted.

No. Stamp 0 doesn't give access to public services, including public hospitals.

Fully comprehensive private medical insurance with full private hospital cover, private room accommodation and cover for treatment in high-tech hospitals. Travel insurance isn't accepted.

Visa-required relatives apply for a D join family visa within 3 months of the approval letter. Others travel with the letter. We offer the visa stage as our Stamp 0 Visa service.