The authority, exactly
The scheme covers a nurse seeking NMBI registration on the basis of an overseas qualification, for six months. It does not grant permission to work in the State until an employment permit has been granted.
Ireland · Work authorisation
Atypical Working Scheme permission, for NMBI adaptation or the aptitude test
Issued by Immigration Service Delivery, Department of Justice. It is checked against conditions rather than scored, so the question is whether you meet each one, not how many points you gather.
Conditions
What this permit
asks of you.
What it wants from your degree
A nurse seeking NMBI registration on the basis of an overseas qualification, through clinical adaptation or an RCSI aptitude test.
The procedure
2 steps,
in the order they happen.
Close any gaps
- Apply for the permission to be in Ireland for your clinical adaptation or your RCSI aptitude test. Check the scheme's list of documents for your category before you apply.
Register and start working
- Apply for and receive your employment permit before the permission under the scheme expires.Time spent on this permission is not reckonable when your eligibility for Stamp 4 is assessed.
Cost and time
What it costs,
and how long the authority says it takes.
Timeframes
Published processing times, not a prediction about your case.
Both halves together
Guides that use this permit.
Each one takes a profession into Ireland and runs the recognition branch and the authorisation branch side by side, including what your country of qualification adds.
- Nurse Registration and Work Permit in IrelandNMBI registration for overseas nurses
Evidence
Every claim on this page, and where it came from.
1 official page, each with the jurisdiction it speaks for and the date a human last opened it. The oldest is 2026-09-26, and that is the date this page is only as fresh as.
Is this the right permit for you?
That depends on where you qualified.
The planner compares every route Ireland opens to your country of qualification, and adds the recognition branch when your profession has one.