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HOSTING AGREEMENT Scheme of admission third country researchers to Ireland
Dr Magdalena Wislocka EURAXESS IrelandBrussels 2010
National organisation for the EURAXESS Services Network in Ireland
Dr Conor O’ Carroll: Research Director
Ms Jennifer Cleary: Head of EURAXESS Ireland
Dr Magdalena Wislocka: Hosting Agreement Scheme Manager& EURAXESS
Officer
Provides 2 key national services – EURAXESS & Marie Curie NCP
Strong in-house expertise & experience relating to researcher mobility issues
Who we are
Implementation of the Third Country Directive in Ireland The Researcher Hosting Agreement Scheme, which
Ireland opted into voluntarily in 2007, implements the Third Country Directive.
The scheme enables recruitment of researchers from outside the EEA to carry out research in Ireland without the need for a Work Permit.
This mechanism facilitates researchers and their immediate family for the duration of their contract.
EURAXESS Ireland, hosted in the IUA, is a government appointed central processing house for hosting agreements and plays a key role in the official accreditation and immigration process.
Who can avail of the Hosting Agreement Scheme in Ireland ?
• Non EEA researches from accredited institutions, engaged in defined research projects on a contract of employment of minimum 3 months.
• Salary must be at least €30,000 for researchers with families and €25,000 for researchers without accompanying dependants in Ireland.
Hosting agreement has several advantages over other immigration schemes in Ireland
• It is free to the research institutions (accredited for the Scheme)
• Fast tracks Visa application
• It provides for instant family re-unification (spouse and dependents can come in to Ireland immediately)
• Spouses of H.A holders have easier access to employment than spouses of other non EEA employees in Ireland
• It covers the length of the employment contract
• Plans for speeding up the naturalisation process (Long term residency after 2 yrs vs 5 yrs on work permit)
• It takes 1– 14 days to process a hosting agreement
How the System Works Firs step: Accreditation
Research organisationPubic (University)Private (Industry)
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
Application for Accreditationlodged by an organisation
•Application approved and Accreditation granted within 1 week max•Helpdesk at DETI for Institutions
How It Works Further steps:
Approved research Organisation(university, technological institutes, industrial organisations etc…)
Research organisation issues an employment contract and a Hosting Agreement to a non EEA researcher.
Research Institution
Issues HA
IUAGets a copy of
HA Validation
Processing by providing
details to immigration
ResearcherGest original HA
INIS(national immigration
office)
Informs local immigration
GNIB
GNIB(local police)
Gives permission to remain and work
EXTRANET central
database
Who is involved ?
Immigration issues: from researchers’ perspective
Then they are required to register at immigration office and get permission to remain in Ireland
Non EEA obliged to register annually (fee involved)
Researcher signs a hosting agreement
Applies for a visa (if required)Fast track Embassy verifiesapplication against EXTRANET
Researcher and dependants get an entry permission at the Irish airporton presentation of H.A
Research Organisation
IUA
Contact person
immigrationresearch administration
The scheme operates very smoothly
‘…The ability to be able to pick up the phone and have any question answered means any problems that do arise can be dealt with by us as they arise. And the reverse(…)any question you may have relating to any area of immigration can be addressed to one contact point and be answered quickly. This in effect, negates the red tape which can often be problematic with this type of scheme. ‘
Ciaran Conroy INIS contact said…
Contact person
INIS GNIB
Hosting Agreement Form is very simple
• Agreements are individually numbered
• Include details of dependants
• Processing time:1-14 days
Hosting Agreement EXTRANEThttps://hosting.researchcareersireland.com/
Has been developed with financial support of the DETI and the IUA
Highly Secured constantly updated database
Contains details of all agreements processed in Ireland for non EEA researchers
Can be accessed, for verification purposes, by accredited researcher organisations, immigrations authorities including Irish embassies and consulates abroad
The EXTRANET is a part of a hosting agreement processing system- details of new agreements being automatically forwarded to a dedicated recipient in the immigration department
‘We are all finding the Hosting Agreement website very useful here in the visa office, New Delhi. It enables us to process research visa applications in one day, which I think is helpful to all involved.’
Catherine McManus, New Delhi Embassy of Ireland
‘I find this database very helpful when we have a hosting agreement visa application here to check that the application is genuine and the hosting agreement document is not falsified. It does decrease the processing time if we had any suspicion about a case, rather than contacting the Irish college directly and waiting for a reply, we can check the database instead.’
Anne RocheBeijing Embassy of Ireland
The use of EXTRANET
‘The extranet is very useful tool both in terms of being able to check on whether a hosting agreement has issued or not or the status of any researcher. This allows for an instant answer at anytime without having to consult anyone. It is also very useful in terms of being able to access statistical data instantly.’
Ciaran Conroy INIS
Top nationalities with hosting agreements in Ireland
China 186
India 183
Russia 44
Australia 31
Canada 34
Pakistan 31
Other 58 countries
38 %
America 11512 %
HA researchers represent 65 different nationalities
38 %
Facts and numbers
27 research institutions accredited including 4 private enterprises
Overall number of processed contracts is 1400, including extended contracts
Hosting agreement researchers have been involved in 990 different research projects in Ireland
480 live contracts at present
Man/Woman ratio - 3.4
Average age of researchers - 35 years
Average duration of contract - 2 years
Total number of researchers in Ireland: 3000 including H.A researchers (ca 16 % on H.A)
Promotion of the H.A Scheme Information leaflet
ojob fairs at universities o conferences o symposia (SFI)o Marie Curie eventso IUA websiteoVarious meetings
Researchers not qualifying for H.A scheme in Ireland (short term visa)
Universityinvites a non EEA Researcherand contact EURAXESS Ireland for assistance
IUAbrings the case to the appointed contact persons at INIS(1-2 days)
Immigration(INIS)
sorts out queries on a‘case by case basis’
(1day- 2 weeks)
… and issues an‘Invited Researcher Visa’
More Testimonials
"The involvement of the Irish Universities Association has been critically important in making the researchers system a success. It gives the immigration service a single point of contact for the day to day management of the system and the IUA's detailed understanding of the research environment gives us the confidence that only reputable institutions and researchers can participate".
Kevin O’Sullivan Director Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service, Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform.
Dr Magdalena Wislocka
E-mail: [email protected]: +353-(0)1-6764948
Address: 48 Merrion Square, Dublin 2 Ireland Website: www.euraxess.ie
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