New members of the Ireland forum, introduce yourselves here - 2020

Hi Julien

I hope things have been awesome!
Im jotting you a quick note to let you know that Im currently searching for a new career opportunity, Im ideally looking for a job

I would say it was a mix of career ambition and an innate desire to experience something different. I was starting to get bored in my job as a quality analyst. I was making decent money and I liked my job but I needed a change. I had also already lived in a few different cities in India. Ireland was on my radar because the duration and the costs involved were lesser than most other places. Also, the visa and work permit laws were friendlier. We Indians require a visa to go to most countries and a work permit to start working there. As this is not that simple, combining a career move with the desire to move abroad is a good option.

My strengths are hard working, easily adaptable to any kind of environment, and team worker.

My Weakness is I am not comfortable, until I finish my work in the given time & over friendly in nature.


Let me know if I can ever return the favor, . Im happy to do so!

Thanks,
Alwin Raj
India / Karnataka, Bangalore

Hi and welcome to the Forum.

I'm not sure who has told you this or where you've been looking, but to describe Ireland as friendly for visa and work permit laws in regards to Indian citizens is almost certainly not an accurate description; you will need both a visa and a work permit and neither process could be described as friendly and nobody can get them for you.

In fact, unless you have a specific key skill that they are looking for, you can't get a work permit and without that, you won't get a visa either.  At the top of this forum is a link to our "Ireland - Work Permits thread", my advice is to read that, see if you qualify for any of the key skills described, then if you do and have any further specific questions, come back and ask here.

One last word - watch out for scammers; there are a lot of people being defrauded by criminals pretending they have a job for you (not just Ireland); they have authentic-looking websites, but they will ask you for money upfront, absolutely give nobody any money upfront - they are scammers, real employers do not ask for your money.

Sadly, the above applies to the whole of Europe, so take care.

Hope this helps.

Cynic
Expat Team

Good day,

I'm a 30 year old South African who found love back in 2019 with someone residing in Dublin, Ireland. I took a big risk and made a visit in December of 2019 until January 2020 in order to meet with my partner for the first time and get a tiny glimpse of Ireland and it's people.

The next step is to find work and move from South Africa to Ireland. I am currently a Graphic Designer and have been for 8 years. I've searched many job postings in Ireland and have seen the web development and I.T are favoured skills hence my decision to study web development and UI/UI design.

I'm hoping to learn as much as I can on this forum. If anyone can offer some advice or assistance in what route I should start taking, that would be a great help.

Creative regards,
Leah

Hi and welcome to the Forum.

You will need a work permit in order to live and work in Ireland; at the top of this Ireland Forum is a link to our Ireland - Work Permit thread; I'd advise you to read it and the links it contains; it will help you work out if you have any chance of getting a job in Ireland.

Hope this helps.

Cynic
Expat Team

Hi All.

I am moving to Dublin 2nd Week of March this year.
looking for all the help I can get.
Mostly for accommodation in or close to Dublin City Center.
looking to meeting and discovering.

Dipesh

Hi Cynic,

Thank you so much. I'll look over there right now

Is there anything like documents processing company's fee

Josmam123 wrote:

Is there anything like documents processing company's fee

Hi and welcome to the Forum.

I'm not sure I understand your question.  The Irish Government charge a fee in relation to a work permit; this link will take you to their website with all the details.

If anybody is trying to charge you a fee to process any application you make, then they are probably scammers; there is no service they can provide, that you can do for yourself for nothing.

Hope this helps.

Cynic
Expat Team

Hi All

Trust you all are well and keeping safe during this trying time. It is a crazy time that we are living in. I would have never have thought that most of the world would be on lockdown at the same time.

I am South African, married and have 2 beautiful children. I am currently a Project Manager within the construction industry and my wife is a social media manager. We are both in mid career and have always loved the idea of living and working in another country, even if its just for a few years. We would love the international experience.

OUr kids are 7 and 3 years old. I am 37 and my wife is 34.

If there is anyone that could assist, perhaps direct us to the right people that we should speak to, I would really appreciate it.

Take care everyone and all the best.

Wayne Chetty
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Thank you Julian.

All the best Sir.

wrchetty wrote:

Hi All

Trust you all are well and keeping safe during this trying time. It is a crazy time that we are living in. I would have never have thought that most of the world would be on lockdown at the same time.

I am South African, married and have 2 beautiful children. I am currently a Project Manager within the construction industry and my wife is a social media manager. We are both in mid career and have always loved the idea of living and working in another country, even if its just for a few years. We would love the international experience.

OUr kids are 7 and 3 years old. I am 37 and my wife is 34.

If there is anyone that could assist, perhaps direct us to the right people that we should speak to, I would really appreciate it.

Take care everyone and all the best.

Wayne Chetty
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Hi and welcome to the Forum.

You're not the first person to have contemplated what you are asking about; many have come before you asking all sorts of questions on the "how do I do .........".  At the top of this page is a link to many potential helpful sections of the Forum, but one is our Discover section, if you mouse over that, you'll get a drop-down menu and access to our "The Ireland Guide"; so our first bit of advice is to read that and all the links within.  Once you've done that, go to our Ireland Forum and read through the threads in there.  By doing this you'll perhaps get some answers you're looking for, or maybe answers to things you hadn't thought about.  The Forum has a search function (top right corner of the screen), so you can enter keywords and do your own searches.

With regards to long-range job searching, first off - at the moment, unless your an emergency surgeon or nurse, forget it, the Coronavirus has most of the world on lockdown and nothing is happening.  After that, for both you and your wife, it's not easy; many agencies will throw your CV in the bin the moment they realise you can't start work tomorrow, so you need to find contacts in the country of your choice, reach out to your peers on things like Linked-In, find out who's hiring people with your skillset.  If nobody is hiring, then you both need to consider your skill-set and is it right, do you need to upskill to get that job you both want.

Once you've done that if you have any specific questions, then come back to us.

One last thing - please don't publish your personal contact information on the open forum, it opens you to scammers; I've asked that one of the moderators removes your phone number.

Hope this helps.

Cynic
Expat Team

Hi there

What a detailed reply. Thank you so much. That really helps.

Take care and wish you all the best
Wayne

Hey all,

Just joined and starting to browse the forums for info; we’ve been contemplating the idea of an Ireland move for some time. Currently live in the US but spouse and kids are dual US/German citizens.

Both our occupations land on the critical skills list and we each hold a master’s, so thinking maybe when all this craziness is over finding work *might* be possible. Not even that far along yet though honestly, still weighing the pros/cons.

Would appreciate hearing from anyone who has spent time living in Wexford area or thereabouts (schools,work,etc.) We adored Cork and realize that’s where our best bet for employment is outside of Dublin, but the ‘sunny’ southeast does seem appealing

Slainte!

mojopdx wrote:

Hey all,

Just joined and starting to browse the forums for info; we’ve been contemplating the idea of an Ireland move for some time. Currently live in the US but spouse and kids are dual US/German citizens.

Both our occupations land on the critical skills list and we each hold a master’s, so thinking maybe when all this craziness is over finding work *might* be possible. Not even that far along yet though honestly, still weighing the pros/cons.

Would appreciate hearing from anyone who has spent time living in Wexford area or thereabouts (schools,work,etc.) We adored Cork and realize that’s where our best bet for employment is outside of Dublin, but the ‘sunny’ southeast does seem appealing

Slainte!

Hi and welcome to the Forum.

At the top of the page are links to various parts of the Forum you may find useful in planning your journey.  One of which is our Discover section; if you mouse over that you'll get access to our Ireland Discover guide.  Read that and any links inside, then if you have any further specific questions, please come back to us.

Hope this helps.

Sunny southeast ............ ROFLMAO.

Cynic
Expat Team

Thank you! And lol about the sunny se — definitely was tongue in cheek, but relatively speaking that’s the area.

We do live in a city wetter than Dublin currently, so no worries there 😉

mojopdx wrote:

Thank you! And lol about the sunny se — definitely was tongue in cheek, but relatively speaking that’s the area.

We do live in a city wetter than Dublin currently, so no worries there 😉

I thought nobody lived in Atlantis any more. 

Dia duit!

My partner and I (both UK citizens and residents) are planning a move over from England to County Cork this autumn. We have been thinking about it for a while, but have certainly been spurred on by the unfortunate political developments in the UK re: Brexit - criminal, in our minds. We campaigned against it for years but sadly lost; perhaps all things political are best left unsaid in this forum, however. This year is not ideal timing for many reasons for us, but we don't feel we are able to wait past this year because of a likely no-deal Brexit's impacts on key issues like transferral of UK driving licences to Irish ones, etc.

My partner is a management accountant currently looking for work in Cork and I am studying a Masters (all online now, of course) in landscape architecture. As I said, we are looking around County Cork to start our new lives. Very excited but also daunted by some quite monumental tasks ahead! I have been preparing by listening to a lot of RTE and also studying the Irish language on DuoLingo - a lot of 'Tá an bhean sa chuisneoir' and 'Itheann an leon éadaí' which I'm not sure I'll have a direct use for, but I'm enjoying it all the same.

Our two core challenges at the moment are:
- finding and remotely securing somewhere unfurnished to rent long-term in County Cork
- organising the move in a safe and workable manner during the pandemic.

One of our core challenges is the quarantine form (if still in place in autumn) which we currently don't have anyone to add on as emergency contact as we don't currently know anyone in Cork. Hoping that perhaps I can get to know some people on here though and hopefully find some advice and guidance on this.

I'll stop rambling on now; hopefully can make some links with people already in Co. Cork and / or in the same boat we find ourselves in!

Take care and stay safe. Slán!

-Victoria

tricoloursage wrote:

Dia duit!

My partner and I (both UK citizens and residents) are planning a move over from England to County Cork this autumn. We have been thinking about it for a while, but have certainly been spurred on by the unfortunate political developments in the UK re: Brexit - criminal, in our minds. We campaigned against it for years but sadly lost; perhaps all things political are best left unsaid in this forum, however. This year is not ideal timing for many reasons for us, but we don't feel we are able to wait past this year because of a likely no-deal Brexit's impacts on key issues like transferral of UK driving licences to Irish ones, etc.

My partner is a management accountant currently looking for work in Cork and I am studying a Masters (all online now, of course) in landscape architecture. As I said, we are looking around County Cork to start our new lives. Very excited but also daunted by some quite monumental tasks ahead! I have been preparing by listening to a lot of RTE and also studying the Irish language on DuoLingo - a lot of 'Tá an bhean sa chuisneoir' and 'Itheann an leon éadaí' which I'm not sure I'll have a direct use for, but I'm enjoying it all the same.

Our two core challenges at the moment are:
- finding and remotely securing somewhere unfurnished to rent long-term in County Cork
- organising the move in a safe and workable manner during the pandemic.

One of our core challenges is the quarantine form (if still in place in autumn) which we currently don't have anyone to add on as emergency contact as we don't currently know anyone in Cork. Hoping that perhaps I can get to know some people on here though and hopefully find some advice and guidance on this.

I'll stop rambling on now; hopefully can make some links with people already in Co. Cork and / or in the same boat we find ourselves in!

Take care and stay safe. Slán!

-Victoria

Hi (again).

I've answered your question regarding the quarantine form in your other post you made on the Forum.

Cynic
Expat Team

Newbie here. I've lived abroad a lot, but Ireland could be a new adventure. I'll post my question in the threads. Thanks!

Hello there

I'm Simon and currently living in Manchester.

I've been thinking of Ireland ever since I visited Dublin 2005

And well "things recently here" made me think of it lot more of moving to Ireland and that I really should do some research and make plans.

Little about me, 44, single so just ole me, worked security for way way to long, but doing it in Ireland would be ok as very experienced

Cork looks to be nice a balance between being a city but not too big, so job opportunities and making friends should be ok

Thing is I zero Irish contacts, nada, zero which leaves me uneasy. as it would be a feet 1st going in blind.

So need advice

hello everyone
my name is Omar and i am lookg forward to move to Ireland soon . i have been learing a lot about the culture and lifestyle of people and envirnment.
I am waiting the borders to open so i start the procedures
wish me best luck

Hi there,

I'm Jesse, a product designer based in Austin, Texas. I'm looking to relocate away from the US and Dublin is one of a handful of cities that makes sense for me. I'm here to learn as much as possible, because right now I don't even know what I don't know.

Hello Jesse,

Welcome to Expat.com 

Please feel free to ask us all your questions by posting a new thread on the Ireland forum.
Our active members will try to help you find some insight in how to carry out your plans.

Cheers,

Cheryl
Expat.com team.

Good Evening Everyone,
I'm so excited to be joining this forum today. 
I need urgent help and I'm hoping to get relevant information to further my course.

I'm a Nigerian Optometrist practicing in Nigeria and have succeeded in registering with the competent authority for Optometrists in Ireland (CORU), for the recognition of my qualification.  After assessing my qualification, the Health and Social Care Regulating Body approved and issued a registration document that I undergo a training otherwise called Period of Adaptation.

I have already been offered a job for the adaptation period by an employer. My worry lies with the department of jobs, I want to know if they recognize the POA approval as evidence of registration and I do qualify to apply for General Employment permit since my profession (Optometry) is neither in the highly skilled eligible occupation list nor ineligible list.

I would appreciate you share your thoughts with me and any other information that can properly guide me.

Hi,

I invite you to follow this topic on this new thread:
https://www.expat.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=915993

Thanks!