Processing.ie—the independent site that tracks daily snapshots of official Irish immigration progress—refreshed its database on 27 June and confirmed that many high-demand categories are still clearing files lodged in late 2025 or early 2026. The site records the single “application date currently being processed” that Immigration Service Delivery (ISD) and the Department of Enterprise, Trade & Employment publish each weekday, then uses regression to predict when newer cases will be decided.
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For employers or individuals who need more hands-on assistance than timelines alone can provide, VisaHQ’s Ireland portal (https://www.visahq.com/ireland/) offers step-by-step visa and permit application support, document checklists and real-time status tracking; using these tools alongside Processing.ie’s projections can streamline planning and reduce the risk of preventable delays.
Headline figures: Business-visit visa appeals submitted on 24 November 2025 only reached the case-worker queue on 23 June 2026, while new General Employment Permit (GEP) applications from 19 May 2026 were first examined on 26 June. Intra-Company Transfer renewals are faring better, now at files dated 23 March 2026, but Join-Family visas sponsored by Irish citizens remain stuck at applications from April 2024 in the first-instance queue. Why it matters: multinationals relocating staff into Ireland must plan start dates against a queue that, in some streams, is advancing barely one day of work for every calendar day elapsed. HR teams can use Processing.ie’s trend line to forecast the earliest realistic approval and avoid costly payroll or lease commitments that cannot be met. The data corroborate anecdotal reports from law firms that family-related visas have lost processing capacity since appeal rights for most short-stay refusals were scrapped on 1 June. For outbound mobility, the numbers hint at faster movement. Critical Skills Employment Permit applications reached files dated 12 June after just two weeks—good news for companies filling senior tech roles. Still, reviews and appeals remain on December 2025 dates, so a refused candidate faces a lengthy correction cycle. Processing.ie stresses it is an unofficial estimator, but many relocation managers rely on it to brief candidates and set onboarding expectations. The 27 June snapshot gives the most current public yard-stick of ISD performance and should be baked into mobility project plans filed this quarter.
For employers or individuals who need more hands-on assistance than timelines alone can provide, VisaHQ’s Ireland portal (https://www.visahq.com/ireland/) offers step-by-step visa and permit application support, document checklists and real-time status tracking; using these tools alongside Processing.ie’s projections can streamline planning and reduce the risk of preventable delays.
Headline figures: Business-visit visa appeals submitted on 24 November 2025 only reached the case-worker queue on 23 June 2026, while new General Employment Permit (GEP) applications from 19 May 2026 were first examined on 26 June. Intra-Company Transfer renewals are faring better, now at files dated 23 March 2026, but Join-Family visas sponsored by Irish citizens remain stuck at applications from April 2024 in the first-instance queue. Why it matters: multinationals relocating staff into Ireland must plan start dates against a queue that, in some streams, is advancing barely one day of work for every calendar day elapsed. HR teams can use Processing.ie’s trend line to forecast the earliest realistic approval and avoid costly payroll or lease commitments that cannot be met. The data corroborate anecdotal reports from law firms that family-related visas have lost processing capacity since appeal rights for most short-stay refusals were scrapped on 1 June. For outbound mobility, the numbers hint at faster movement. Critical Skills Employment Permit applications reached files dated 12 June after just two weeks—good news for companies filling senior tech roles. Still, reviews and appeals remain on December 2025 dates, so a refused candidate faces a lengthy correction cycle. Processing.ie stresses it is an unofficial estimator, but many relocation managers rely on it to brief candidates and set onboarding expectations. The 27 June snapshot gives the most current public yard-stick of ISD performance and should be baked into mobility project plans filed this quarter.
