Business visas are only suitable for employees that meet the following criteria:

• Establishing a joint venture or setting up a new company.
• Exploring business opportunities or attending seminars.
• Attend meetings, discussions to provide business service support, or board meetings.
• Recruiting workforce for Irish company.
• Attending exhibitions, trade and business fairs.
• Experts/specialists on a visit of short duration in connection with an ongoing project for monitoring the progress of work, conduct meetings with Irish customers and/or to provide high level technical guidance.
• Pre or post sales activities not amounting to actual execution of any contract or project.
• Candidate must not be engaged in economic activity on behalf of the company.
• Short stay of between 5 and 10 days.

Business visas can be secured in the home country prior to travelling to Ireland.