Ireland raises the family-reunification income threshold to €75,000 from June 12, 2026
Non-EEA sponsors must now show €75,000 gross over three years, up from €40,000; combined household income no longer counts.
Ireland's Immigration Service Delivery tightened its non-EEA Family Reunification Policy with effect from June 12, 2026. A sponsor must now demonstrate gross income of €75,000 over three years — €25,000 a year, up from €13,333 — and combined household income is no longer accepted, with only one individual salary counted toward the threshold.
What's changed
The amended policy, published by Ireland's Immigration Service Delivery under the Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration, raises the sponsor income requirement from €40,000 to €75,000 in gross earnings across the three years before an application. Where the previous policy could be met by combined household income, the revised policy counts a single individual salary only.
The changes also add an accommodation test and tighten the rules for people granted international protection. Category C sponsors, including General Employment Permit holders, must provide documentation showing they can accommodate the family members joining them, and sponsors living in certain forms of supported accommodation are ineligible to sponsor.
Who's affected
The higher threshold applies to non-EEA sponsors across employment-permit and residence routes, affecting corridors including Indian, Pakistani, Filipino, and Nigerian nationals working in Ireland who seek to bring family members. Beneficiaries of international protection face additional limits: sponsors must wait two years from the grant of protection before applying, and refugees and subsidiary-protection holders are no longer eligible under the policy unless the relationship with the family member formed after they entered the State.
When it takes effect
The amendments took effect on June 12, 2026, and apply to the revised non-EEA Family Reunification Policy and to family reunification for those granted international protection. The measures follow the Family Reunification Review that Justice Minister Jim O'Callaghan and Minister Colm Brophy published in late 2025.