Short answer
For an Irish long-stay employment visa, you may need evidence of qualifications and prior work experience, but the official document list does not name one compulsory generic degree evaluation for everyone.
Who decides
Irish immigration/visa officers decide on the visa evidence; the employment-permit authority makes a separate employment-permit decision.
Check this before paying
Check Immigration Service Delivery's employment-visa document list, especially the 'Evidence of Qualifications' section, before ordering any report.
Open the primary source ↗When this applies
The cited route is the long-stay employment visa following an applicable employment permit; required supporting evidence includes qualifications and previous work experience, while the officer can ask for more.
Which document
Proof of qualifications or experience appropriate to the case, including professional/training certificates or employment records where requested by the Irish visa guidance.
Avoid the wrong purchase
Do not infer that a commercial academic evaluation report is mandatory just because the visa checklist asks for evidence of qualifications.
What this does not do
This is one employment-visa evidence example, not all immigration categories, employment-permit eligibility or professional-registration criteria.
Your next official step
Read the named employment-visa evidence list and check what the employment-permit or receiving professional authority additionally requests.
Continue to the official guidance ↗Evidence for the visa is not automatically a third-party equivalency report
Immigration Service Delivery lists evidence of qualifications and previous employment among supporting documents for the long-stay employment visa. Examples include professional or training certificates and employment records. Its stated evidence list is not a general instruction to purchase one named academic comparison product.
Sources: Long stay employment visa: qualification and experience evidence
Different authorities decide different stages
The Irish page distinguishes the employment permit from the subsequent employment-visa application and says a visa officer may request additional documentation. A professional regulator's separate registration rules are not decided by this visa page.
Sources: Long stay employment visa: qualification and experience evidence
DiploWay preparation checklist
Write down the exact Irish permission category you have already identified. Keep your education records, employer letters, professional registrations and immigration documents separate.
Read the corresponding official list before ordering recognition or evaluation services; where an employment-permit body or professional regulator gives a specific request, follow that recipient's requirements rather than a generic comparison.
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Sources and scope
- Long stay employment visa: qualification and experience evidence
Immigration Service Delivery (Ireland) · checked 2026-10-14 (UTC date)