Can anyone give me advice on Emigrating to Ireland and getting an Irish Passport?

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Sarah

my mother was born in Ireland
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That makes you an Irish citizen and you are entitled to an Irish passport as a right. You can wait until you move here to get one (Post Offices hold the forms) - or you can apply through the Irish Embassy in London.

Job Prospects
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Where I live, jobs are going down the pan - the number of people claiming benefit is rising daily.

You would need a PPSN/PPS No. (Personal Public Service Number) - still often called my its old name, RSI Number. One Welfare office in each county issues them, you will need to take photo ID (such as a passport - either a British one or an Irish one or a drivers licence), your long form birth cert (get one now before you leave if you don't have one already) and proof of address. The downer here is that you need to provide a PPS number to register a tenancy with the PRTB (so you need to provide this number to your landlord). Most landlords/agents are pretty amicable and will give you the tenancy on the proviso that you write on a scrap of paper that you will apply for a PPS just as soon as you get the keys.

A final note
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Just as long as you are aware, if things go belly up and you end up unable to find a job for a long period of time, being an Irish citizen doesn't entitle you to welfare. You need to be 'habitually resident' - ie have lived here for 2 years.

Time spent in the Common Travel Area (which means the UK) usually counts as time in Ireland for this purpose, but I think there are exceptions. However, if you have lived in the UK all of your life (holidays are OK) then you are entitled on the same basis as people who have always lived here. This is a recipirocal arrangement, and is why it has been so easy for many years for people from Ireland (including your Ma) to move to the UK.

Where you should consider moving to is a matter of opinion, and really depends on whether you want city life or rural life. If you aren't in an urgent hurry to move, I'd spend holiday time here and see what you think of the areas yourself rather than take someones opinion and end up stuck in a 12 month tenancy agreement in an area you hate.

Flame 187

Hiya,

I agree with the first answer, now is defo not a good time to move over or go looking for a job. It's gone so quiet everywhere, it would be literally impossible to find a job. More and more ppl or getting laid off at work coz there's just nothing going on.

If you need more info why don't you contact the embassy while your over here on holiday. They should tell you what you need to know.

Good Luck x x

Susan K

If your mother was born in Ireland you can get an Irish passport. (If a grandparent was, you still can.)

Just call the nearest Irish embassy or consulate.

robertodonnell14

as for an irish passport, i'm not sure. But you can come here because great britain and ireland are in the EU and we have the right to emigrate to other countries for work. Iwouldn't reccomend emigrating here for work though, our economy is doing terrible andalot of people are unemployed

?ouise 2 ?

Irelands going through recession at the moment so its probably not a good time to be moving, jobs are scarce and everythings extremely over-priced.
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Orla C

Yes, you need the equivalent of the national insurance number. It also covers social welfare benefits.

If your mother was Irish, you might be able to get an Irish passport, but rather than asking here where you are likely to get more misinformation than information, it might be better to contact the Irish Embassy or Consulate in the UK and ask them about it.

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