After the Ireland IIP Closed: IMM Group’s Final Qualifying Endowment Places for Irish Residence
November 28, 2025 · Ireland · 11 min read
The Ireland Immigrant Investor Programme (IIP) stopped accepting new applications on February 15, 2023. However, projects that met the legal requirements before that date may still accept investors to complete their target funding.
With the Ireland IIP closed to new applicants, IMM Group currently has some of the final qualifying endowment places available — an uncommon opportunity for committed investors seeking residency in Ireland and, over time, a potential path to Irish citizenship. Once naturalized, you can live and move freely across all EU member states and the United Kingdom.
Overview of the Ireland Immigrant Investor Programme
The Ireland Immigrant Investor Programme allows non-EEA investors and their families to:
- Live in Ireland long term, with many of the same day-to-day rights as Irish citizens.
- Once they hold residence, investors may become eligible to apply for Irish naturalization; as Irish citizens, they become EU citizens with full rights to education, employment, social welfare, and freedom of movement.
Program history and objectives
- Established to attract investment capital and support Ireland’s social and economic development.
- Since its launch, the program has attracted hundreds of investors and generated substantial funding for business and community projects.
Investment options (before the program closed to new applications)
- €1,000,000 (approximately US$1.13 million) enterprise investment: maintained for 3 years in a qualifying enterprise or project.
- €400,000 (approximately US$450,000) endowment: supporting a public benefit project in the arts, culture, sports, education, and more.
Today, the only remaining route is to take up one of the final places in qualifying endowment projects that the Irish government has allowed to keep accepting investors until their target funding is complete.
Key benefits of Irish residency through the IIP
1. Long-term residence for your family
- The main applicant, spouse, and children under 24 may live in Ireland long term.
- Children can attend public school tuition-free through the end of secondary school. Ireland’s education is among the best in Europe and comparable in quality to the UK’s, while tuition fees can be up to 4 times lower.
2. A path to naturalization and citizenship rights
- Under current rules, after 5 years of reckonable residence in Ireland you may apply for Irish naturalization without first obtaining permanent residence.
- As Irish citizens, your family can live and work freely across the 27 EU member states and the United Kingdom. Irish citizens are the only EU citizens with the right to live freely in both the EU and the UK.
- The Irish passport ranks 5th globally, with visa-free or eVisa access to 187 destinations.
- Under the Common Travel Area (CTA) arrangements, Irish citizens hold a special status in the UK, allowing them to live, study, and access benefits there without needing permission.
- Irish citizens do not need to take an English language test to live in the UK or to apply for British citizenship.
3. Program advantages
- You invest only after the Irish government has approved your application, so your funds are not committed before approval.
- A minimum of 1 day per calendar year in Ireland to maintain your residence permission, offering flexibility for investors.
- No maximum age, professional qualification, business ownership, English language, or medical examination requirements.
- Processing takes around 8–10 months, and you do not need to travel to Ireland while the application is being prepared.
Eligibility requirements for investors
1. For the applicant
- Aged 18 or older, with no upper age limit.
- Must pass security and background checks.
- Minimum personal net worth of €2 million (approximately US$2.25 million).
- Must demonstrate that investment funds come from a lawful source.
2. Dependents
- Spouse and children under 24 (unmarried, in full-time education, financially dependent).
- Must pass security and background checks.
3. Investment options
The program stopped accepting new applications on February 15, 2023. However, the Irish government allows projects submitted before the closure (including approved projects and those still under review) to continue raising their remaining investment places to complete their target funding.
IMM Group currently holds some of the final investment places, structured as a non-refundable €400,000 endowment to a public benefit project (arts, sports, healthcare, education, and more).
With the program closed and only the remaining qualifying places still available, this may be the last opportunity to obtain Irish residence (Stamp 4) through the IIP. Deciding early improves your chances of securing one of these places, which can offer long-term residence for your whole family, education for your children in Ireland and, once naturalized, freedom of movement across the EU and the UK.
| See full details of the Ireland Immigrant Investor Programme
IMM Group: why choose a proven advisory firm?
The global investment migration landscape is constantly shifting and increasingly complex. Investors need an advisory partner who not only helps them build a strong application but also gives their family peace of mind about the future. For the Ireland Immigrant Investor Programme, as for all of our global investment migration solutions, IMM Group stands out as a strategic advisory partner, supporting you with experience and integrity.
As a pioneering, long-established firm with more than 21 years of hands-on experience in Vietnam, IMM Group is not a sales agent, and we do more than advise: we design global investment migration solutions built on:
- Rigorous due diligence and risk management: Our experience successfully handling hundreds of cases, including complex ones, enables us to conduct multi-layered project due diligence and protect investors’ interests rigorously, even during market crises.
- In-depth professional consulting and full transparency: Every IMM Group advisor and case manager is certified in investment migration advisory by the Investment Migration Council (IMC). Our team analyzes benefits and risks in full, so you can make decisions based on complete and accurate information. We put our clients’ long-term interests first.
- Integrity and commitment every step of the way: Guided by our philosophy, “Serving with Authentic Values,” IMM Group stays with you from the first step until you have settled in your new country. Integrity is our foundation, reflected in our readiness to stand up for clients’ interests and to proactively refund service fees when risks beyond the client’s control arise, as set out in the contract.
- Receiving and giving back: Since 2025, IMM Group has officially become a nonprofit enterprise, committing at least 50% of its annual profits to the Be Better Fund. By choosing IMM Group, you also help hundreds of students facing exceptional hardship gain a chance to change their lives.
If you are interested in Irish residency through the IIP, contact IMM Group or leave your details below. Our experienced advisors will provide detailed guidance and help assess your application’s prospects. We are committed to keeping your personal data confidential and will use the information you provide only to advise on your family’s case.
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