American moving to Ireland

Saruman

My girlfriend is American, she is currently living in Prague. Im goging to see her tomorrow for the week, have not seen her in a few weeks now. Anyway she has always planned on moving here. She is one of those Irish-Americans.. Red hair and last name O'brien.. a lot more irish seeming than me anyway and i was born here

Anyway do Americans need to go through all the crap other people do from small poor countries? Could she for instance simply come here, look for a job and not have any hassle? I doubt it.. as far as i can tell she has to apply for a work visa or get an employer to do it for her.

Any Americans out there move over here and go through this?

dazberry

My cousin's girlfriend is American who is living here now, but she was refused entry here the first time she arrived and sent back. Seems she didn't have enough money on her and they weren't happy with why (or something like that). So I'd guess it applys to anyone outside the EU?

D.

Edit: Or just giving the right answers when asked I'd guess.

Johnny Versace

Americans are treated really strictly because they do the same to us.

Notice we don't have this problem with aussies.

I have a few American ex's. If one of her grand-parents are Irish she can work here and even get an Irish passport.

The_Bullman

or if her parent's grandparents or her grandparent's grandparents are Irish, then this should work too.

It might require getting a second passport for the parent/grandparent though

WhiteWashMan

im sure she will have to go throught the same thigns as everyone else who isnt an EU antional would need to go through.
Im not entirely sure if there are any nationality exclusions, but i cant imagine there are, so if you want to work, you will probably have to head down to the aliens department on harcourt street and get residency and a work visa and all that jazz.

although, when you do find out exactly what is needed (even if its nothing) let us know, as im sure it will help others.
cheers

Walter Ego

Could she not use the standard American M-16 visa that they use everywhere else in the world? :rolleyes:

Falkorre

http://migration.ucc.ie/cdvec.htm#15

lilsnowbunny

I'm an American who moved to Dublin to live with my finacé last September, and unfortunately had to go through the same process as any other foreigner. The easiest way to come over is on a student visa, I know that it has been said to be extremely difficult to get a work visa. The employer has to pay for it and that's after proving they cannot find an Irish citizen to do the job. My student visa only allows me to work up to 20 hours per week during the school year and 40 on the holidays. I'll have a permanent work visa as soon as he and I marry though...so you always have that option! :-) Good Luck

Saruman

Thanks everyone. Im in Prague now with her. Hopefully she will move over in May.

Rredwell

Hi all

A friend of mine is coming over from New England in the summer. Even though he will only be here for two/three months, will he be able to get a temporary job?

If so, what paperwork would he need to get, both in the US and over here?

And the option of marriage is not open to us! It's not exactly legal here!

FGR

In the end there's always the 90 day visa waiver scheme. Three months should give yourselves enough time to sort visas and the like.

Rredwell

What exactly is the visa waiver scheme?

He is coming for three months, not in 3 months.