Fifty Thousand a Year and the Price of a House, Published on a Web Page
Answer
The general rule applies to you
No exception is recorded for citizens of Cuba on this topic. That is the answer, not a gap - everything below is the rule you get, unchanged.
116 exceptions recorded across 45 countries · none match Cuba to Ireland · Residency as a retiree
Retiring to Ireland is a Stamp 0 permission, and the test for it is not in any instrument. Immigration Service Delivery states it on its own page: an individual income of 50,000 euro a year, plus access to a lump sum equal to, for example, the price of a residential dwelling in the State. The finances must be certified by an Irish accountancy firm, and investment sums are not normally measured - what counts is pension income or readily accessible funds. The permission must be applied for and granted before arrival, and a visa-required national then needs a D Reside visa on top of the approval letter. What it buys is a stay without entitlement: no State benefits, private medical insurance instead of the public system, and no work.
At a glance
- Income the Department states
- €50,000 a year, for an individual
Immigration Service Delivery, on its retirement page. No instrument states it.
- On top of that
- A lump sum, which the page measures against the price of a residential dwelling
The page gives no figure for the lump sum.
- What counts as income
- Pension income or readily accessible funds, not investment sums
The Department states that investment sums are not normally measured.
- Where you apply from
- Outside the State, before you travel
The Department states that all applicants must apply for Stamp 0 before arriving in Ireland.
- Access to the public health system
- Not available on this permission, and private cover is required instead
A condition of Stamp 0 as the Department states it.
- Processing
- The Department states an average of four months
An average on its own page rather than a statutory period.
Requirements
- An individual income the Department states as €50,000 a year
- Access to a lump sum for sudden major expenses
- Finances certified by an Irish accountancy firm
- Approval before arrival, and a D Reside visa if you are visa required
Country-level policy
Most countries on this site answer the question what route exists with a list in a statute or a regulation. Ireland has no such list. Section 4(1) of the Immigration Act 2004 says an immigration officer may give a non-national a document authorising them to land or be in the State, section 4(6) says the officer may attach to it such conditions as to duration of stay and engagement in employment, business or a profession as he or she may think fit and may amend those conditions at any time, and section 5 says anyone in the State outside a permission is unlawfully present for all purposes. Everything a reader will be told to look for - Stamp 0, Stamp 2, Stamp 4, the retirement route, the investor programme - is the Department's name for a bundle of section 4(6) conditions. That is why the thresholds on this country's records come from web pages rather than from instruments, why they can change without a commencement date, and why a programme could be closed in February 2023 by a decision rather than by an order.
What applies to you
Nothing changes for a citizen of Cuba
We have no rule recorded that treats your citizenship differently here, so the general rule above is the one that applies to you. That is an answer, not a gap.
What the law says
«For people of independent means who wish to retire to Ireland, you should have an individual income of €50,000 per year. You must also have access to a lump sum of money to cover any sudden major expenses. This lump sum should be equal to, for example, the price of a residential dwelling in the State.»The threshold, in the only place it is published. The euro sign survives our capture as the HTML entity the page is written with.
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The Department's own account of how it exercises the discretion in section 4 of the Immigration Act 2004: what each immigration stamp permits, what each route asks for, what documents to send and where. Because Irish law prescribes no residence classes, these pages are the only published statement of the thresholds and conditions that decide most residence applications.
Standing:
Cannot be cited for: Nothing here is law. Every figure on these pages - the 50,000 euro a year for a person of independent means, the hours a student may work, the sums the investor programme asked for - is departmental policy about the exercise of a statutory discretion, published on a page the Department can change without notice and without a commencement date. The pages also contradict each other: the Department's closure FAQ says the Immigrant Investor Programme stopped taking applications on 15 February 2023 while its main investment page still describes the programme in the present tense and gives a fee to pay. Page addresses are unstable and several guessed paths returned the Department's own 404 page rather than a failure to reach the site. Treat a page here as evidence of what the Department says, never as evidence of what the law requires.
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«If you wish to retire to Ireland you must be financially independent and meet all conditions. You will be required to provide independent verification of your compliance with the financial conditions. This verification must be certified by an Irish accountancy firm. The application process is explained below. People from visa required countries must apply for a D Reside visa before arriving in Ireland, and all applicants must apply for Stamp 0 before arriving in Ireland.»About this source
The Department's own account of how it exercises the discretion in section 4 of the Immigration Act 2004: what each immigration stamp permits, what each route asks for, what documents to send and where. Because Irish law prescribes no residence classes, these pages are the only published statement of the thresholds and conditions that decide most residence applications.
Standing:
Cannot be cited for: Nothing here is law. Every figure on these pages - the 50,000 euro a year for a person of independent means, the hours a student may work, the sums the investor programme asked for - is departmental policy about the exercise of a statutory discretion, published on a page the Department can change without notice and without a commencement date. The pages also contradict each other: the Department's closure FAQ says the Immigrant Investor Programme stopped taking applications on 15 February 2023 while its main investment page still describes the programme in the present tense and gives a fee to pay. Page addresses are unstable and several guessed paths returned the Department's own 404 page rather than a failure to reach the site. Treat a page here as evidence of what the Department says, never as evidence of what the law requires.
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«Stamp 0 indicates permission to stay in Ireland for a temporary period, subject to conditions. Summary of conditions You must be of independent means, fully financially self-sufficient. Alternatively, your sponsor in Ireland must be of independent means and can support you fully. You cannot receive any benefits or use publicly funded services, for example be treated at a public hospital. You must have private medical insurance. You must not work or engage in any business, trade or profession unless specified in a letter of permission from Immigration Service Delivery. Examples when used You may be given Stamp 0 if you have permission to: - Retire to or live in Ireland as a person of independent means - Be a visiting academic at an Irish university or college - Live in Ireland as the elderly, dependent relative of an Irish National, or a non-EU/EEA or Swiss citizen.»What the permission is and is not. Retirement is one of three examples the Department gives of when Stamp 0 is used.
Read it at the sourceAbout this source
The Department's own account of how it exercises the discretion in section 4 of the Immigration Act 2004: what each immigration stamp permits, what each route asks for, what documents to send and where. Because Irish law prescribes no residence classes, these pages are the only published statement of the thresholds and conditions that decide most residence applications.
Standing:
Cannot be cited for: Nothing here is law. Every figure on these pages - the 50,000 euro a year for a person of independent means, the hours a student may work, the sums the investor programme asked for - is departmental policy about the exercise of a statutory discretion, published on a page the Department can change without notice and without a commencement date. The pages also contradict each other: the Department's closure FAQ says the Immigrant Investor Programme stopped taking applications on 15 February 2023 while its main investment page still describes the programme in the present tense and gives a fee to pay. Page addresses are unstable and several guessed paths returned the Department's own 404 page rather than a failure to reach the site. Treat a page here as evidence of what the Department says, never as evidence of what the law requires.
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Practical notes
Every figure on this record is the Department's, published on a page it can edit without notice and without a commencement date. Nothing in the Immigration Act 2004 sets a threshold for anything.
The page says you should have the income rather than that you must. The decision is section 4 discretion all the way down, and meeting the figure is not an entitlement to the permission.
- publishesI want to retire to Ireland
Immigration Service Delivery, Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
About this source
The Department's own account of how it exercises the discretion in section 4 of the Immigration Act 2004: what each immigration stamp permits, what each route asks for, what documents to send and where. Because Irish law prescribes no residence classes, these pages are the only published statement of the thresholds and conditions that decide most residence applications.
Standing:
Cannot be cited for: Nothing here is law. Every figure on these pages - the 50,000 euro a year for a person of independent means, the hours a student may work, the sums the investor programme asked for - is departmental policy about the exercise of a statutory discretion, published on a page the Department can change without notice and without a commencement date. The pages also contradict each other: the Department's closure FAQ says the Immigrant Investor Programme stopped taking applications on 15 February 2023 while its main investment page still describes the programme in the present tense and gives a fee to pay. Page addresses are unstable and several guessed paths returned the Department's own 404 page rather than a failure to reach the site. Treat a page here as evidence of what the Department says, never as evidence of what the law requires.
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- publishesImmigration permission stamps
Immigration Service Delivery, Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
About this source
The Department's own account of how it exercises the discretion in section 4 of the Immigration Act 2004: what each immigration stamp permits, what each route asks for, what documents to send and where. Because Irish law prescribes no residence classes, these pages are the only published statement of the thresholds and conditions that decide most residence applications.
Standing:
Cannot be cited for: Nothing here is law. Every figure on these pages - the 50,000 euro a year for a person of independent means, the hours a student may work, the sums the investor programme asked for - is departmental policy about the exercise of a statutory discretion, published on a page the Department can change without notice and without a commencement date. The pages also contradict each other: the Department's closure FAQ says the Immigrant Investor Programme stopped taking applications on 15 February 2023 while its main investment page still describes the programme in the present tense and gives a fee to pay. Page addresses are unstable and several guessed paths returned the Department's own 404 page rather than a failure to reach the site. Treat a page here as evidence of what the Department says, never as evidence of what the law requires.
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