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I'm considering a move to the Republic of Ireland. Can someone who knows what's what give me a bit of clarification please? I've googled it but there's just too much to read through.
I have Irish grandparents on my dad's side but he left when I was 2-and-a-bit, the shiftless ****er, and I've never met my dad's parents (they're probs dead now anyway).
I would like to remain part of the EU if/when the shit hits the fan and really don't care if I see my family very often/ever again.
Me and my OH are both self employed, we could move our (small, work from home) buisnesses easily enough so probably wouldn't need to claim any benefits or anything.
Is it possible for me/us to live and earn a wage (self-employed) in the ROI without me applying for citizenship or us being married? We've been together nearly 12 years if that's a factor.
Where was your dad born?
If in Ireland you can get yourself on the foreign births register and be automatically Irish.
If he was born in UK you need to get him on it, but that only strengthens your case, I don't think you can double down on the foreign births thing (I'll check).
You will need birth & death certs.
If you get a wriggle on and move over before the Brexit deadline then as a resident (UK) you have the right to a "visa" to allow you to reside in Ireland for the same price as an Irish passport, this includes up to a 5 year "break" from being an EU national.
If you don't get a wriggle on you will presumably need a visa, sponsored is preferred - takes 3 years before you can apply for residency.
Takes about 1k euros each and they can say no, being skilled, PAYE and with Irish family adds points.
Irish state doesn't care about marital status but if your partner is an EU national.
Ireland is an "expensive" place to live depending on where you live.
Dublin and surrounding area is mental, cork and Galway not far off. Rest of the place hasn't quite caught up with 2008.
If you can work from home (outside the mental spots) pulling 60k euros (before tax) you'll be fine.
Hmm, it's maybe not economically viable then. No idea where me da was born either (Liverpool, I think, both his parents were Irish), I'd have to ask my mam.
Thanks for replying 🙂
CTA means you shouldn't have any problems surely? Unless the Irish tighten up British immigration after brexit.
Yep its not cheap here. If you need a car thats silly money compared to uk. You pay for doctors/hospitals medicine etc but can earn a bit more compared to uk (as you spend more and are taxed more and have the bail out levy too). I have a mortgage but listening to others renting seems to be about €1200-€1600 depending on where you are and what you want. I know nothing about visas etc. I came here to work in 1998 for 6 months and just ended up staying here, got a prsi number(national insurance) etc and ended up married. Never got citizenship as it costs over €1000 so just use my uk passport for now (will see after brexit). But the craic is mighty. If you have any questions just ask or PM me.
Moved here in 2012 as wife wanted to help look after mother (terminal cancer),they moved over 2 years previous.
We sold up UK wise and brought our cottage outright.
We both work in care industry and now better off than we've been for last 30 years.
Yes cars are expensive if taxing older car but positive is no council tax or water rates,a quieter life as were mid south east,good 1 -1/2 hours from Dublin.
Excellent mountain biking n quiet trails, good Craic at events, like NIRE VALLEY DROP n COOLEY THRILLER.
Excellent range of growing craft breweries too .
No water rates.....not yet anyway. In true Irish style they attempted to bring them in a couple of years ago, fitted water meters at a huge cost then started charging €160 a year iirc. But gave us a €100 tax rebate on this due to the outcry. So after the outcry they suspended water rates and refunded all the money....but let us keep the tax rebate. So i got €100 for not paying my water tax. Go figure.
Well .I have my own Private Well so only costs me to run a pump.
(no Manky Mains Water ) for me.
Incidentally they seem unable to get water treatment correct as mains water i come across in various work locations is so variable.
I was just asking my g/f about this, she lived in the RoI for ten years, and she loved it, yes, it’s expensive, and health care is like the US, but she says the people are lovely, there’s still very much a community-driven way of life, and her girls really loved it, just being able to go out and play wherever they wanted, they were 6 and 9 when they moved over there, only coming back after her relationship broke up, and she had a brain haemorrhage and couldn’t cope on her own, so moved back to Salisbury to live with her mum. She was living down in County Cork, in a place called Schull, she also lived in Bantree and Glengareth. She says Schull is a lovely village, quite a mixed community with people from all over the place. Newcomers like her are called blow-ins!
Newcomers like her are called blow-ins!
This, I feel it's worth pointing out, was applied to me too growing up in Clare. I was born there but my parents are from Cork and Dublin.
Side note: I've realised since moving home from the UK 5 years ago that there's a massive problem with rights of way in this country. So, chances of you having beautiful singletrack from your back gate to where ever are severely limited. Unless you live in some prime location. Only place off the top of my head would be Wicklow... maybe some of North Dublin, but over here on the west coast it's pretty limited. Like, I'm more likely to drive to go biking than not, purely because if I don't it's 45mins + of dodgy backroads to my local trails.