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Minister announces further temporary extension of immigration permissions

• For permissions due to expire between 20 September and 20 January 2021

• Applies to people with permission extended under previous notices
• For permissions registered by the Immigration Service and An Garda Síochána

The Minister for Justice and Equality, Helen McEntee, T.D., has today announced a further temporary extension of immigration and international protection permissions to 20 January 2021. This applies to permissions that are due to expire between 20 September 2020 and 20 January 2021.

Announcing the measure, Minister McEntee said:

I am providing certainty to anyone who already holds a valid permission that your legal status in this country is maintained until 20 January 2021.

This gives you the necessary time to make arrangements with the Immigration Service in Dublin or An Garda Síochána outside Dublin to ensure that your registration is renewed in the normal way by that date. You can do so without the additional worry of falling out of permission in the meantime through no fault of your own. I encourage you to do so at the earliest opportunity.

This is the fifth, and expected to be the final, extension of permissions implemented since the outset of the pandemic and the longest granted. Tens of thousands of people will benefit from this measure. Renewal is on the same basis as the existing permission and the same conditions will continue to apply.