Last updated: 23 October 2026
This policy explains how Work Permit Consultants Ireland collects and uses personal information when you visit workpermitconsultants.ie, contact us, or use our employment permit services.
Who we are
Work Permit Consultants Ireland is a trading name of BMA Consultancy Services Ltd., a company registered in Ireland with company number 707989. Our business address is 77 Camden Street Lower, Dublin D02 XE80.
We are the “data controller” for the personal information described in this policy.
If you have any question about your personal information, or want to use any of your rights below, email [email protected].
What information we collect
When you contact us or use our forms (contact form, request-a-call form, free work permit assessment): your name, email address, phone number, and anything you tell us in your message, such as your job title, salary, qualifications and immigration status.
When you become a client, to prepare and submit your employment permit or immigration application, we may collect:
- identity documents, such as your passport and Irish Residence Permit;
- your CV, qualifications and employment history;
- your job offer, employment contract and payslips;
- details of your employer, and of family members where an application involves them;
- any other documents the authorities require for your application.
From employers who use our services, we collect contact details for the people we deal with, and information about the role and the candidate.
When you visit the website, our site and its service providers collect technical information such as your IP address, browser type and the pages you visit, using cookies and similar technologies. See Cookies below.
Why we use it, and our legal basis
| Purpose | Legal basis |
|---|---|
| Replying to your enquiry and giving you an initial assessment | Taking steps at your request before entering a contract, and our legitimate interest in answering enquiries |
| Preparing, submitting and following up your application | Performing our contract with you (or with your employer) |
| Keeping accounting and business records | Our legal obligations |
| Dealing with complaints and legal claims | Our legitimate interests |
| Running and securing the website | Our legitimate interests |
We do not use your information for automated decision-making, and we do not sell it.
Who we share it with
We share your information only as needed to provide our services:
- The Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment (employment permits) and the Immigration Service Delivery of the Department of Justice, when we submit or follow up your application;
- your employer or prospective employer, where the application involves them;
- service providers who hold data for us: Google (Gmail and Google Drive, for email and document storage), our website host (Cloudflare), the email service that delivers website enquiries to us, Google Analytics and Google Ads (website statistics and advertising, only with your cookie consent), Cookiebot (cookie consent), and WhatsApp (Meta) if you choose to contact us that way;
- professional advisers, such as our accountants or lawyers, where needed;
- anyone we are legally required to share it with.
Our service providers may only use your information to provide their service to us.
Transfers outside the European Economic Area
Some of our service providers, such as Google and Meta, may process information outside the EEA. Where they do, the transfer is protected by safeguards recognised under EU law, such as the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses or the EU–US Data Privacy Framework.
How long we keep it
- Client files: six years after your last application with us is closed, then deleted, unless a longer period is needed for a legal claim.
- Enquiries that do not lead to us working together: 12 months after our last contact.
How we keep it safe
Documents are kept in password-protected Google email and encrypted Google Drive storage, and access is limited to the people working on your application.
Your rights
You have the right to:
- ask for a copy of the personal information we hold about you;
- ask us to correct it;
- ask us to delete it;
- ask us to restrict or stop using it;
- object to how we use it, where we rely on our legitimate interests;
- ask for it in a format you can give to someone else.
To use any of these rights, email [email protected]. We will reply within one month. We may need to confirm your identity first.
If you are unhappy with how we have handled your information, you can complain to the Data Protection Commission (www.dataprotection.ie). We’d appreciate the chance to put things right first.
Cookies
The website uses cookies that are needed for it to work. With your consent, it also uses Google Analytics to understand how visitors use the site, and Google Ads to measure and improve our advertising. You choose which cookies to allow in the cookie banner when you first visit, and you can change your choice at any time using the cookie settings link at the bottom of every page. The full list of cookies is shown in our cookie declaration below.
Changes to this policy
We may update this policy from time to time. The latest version will always be on this page, with the date it was last updated.