Getting IT job in Ireland

doctorg

What is the procedure to getting a job in Ireland when coming from the outside of the EU.
Looking for a job in the IT industry

a fat guy

I'm not sure, but if it helps then you should know that Cork and Dublin seem to have most of the I.T. jobs, so I'd try there first.

doctorg

Well I know the jobs are there. But the problem is even though the qualifications are there, how does one get the visa to work here?

Mrs OBumble

If you don't have an EU passport, then the first step it to be offered a job by an employer who will sponsor you.

tbh

doctorg wrote: »

Well I know the jobs are there. But the problem is even though the qualifications are there, how does one get the visa to work here?

I don't want to pour cold water on you, but I'd have to say that unless you are exceptionally specialised, it's going to be very difficult to get permission to work here. Now, I'm not an expert by any means, so I stand to be corrected, but as far as I remember:

-You must have a job offer from an Irish company - that'd be hard if you were Irish, but if you're competing against people who don't need visas to work here, it gets harder. AFAIK you can't come here on spec to look for a job - you have to have the job sorted before you come.

-The Irish company must have advertised the job locally first

-The company won't get a permit for you if it will mean that more than 50% of their employees come from outside the EU

-The job must have a salary of 30k

doctorg

I am aware of those requirements!, but they are pretty hard to get by.

I was just wondering if there are any alternate solutions!!

Stheno

doctorg wrote: »

I am aware of those requirements!, but they are pretty hard to get by.

I was just wondering if there are any alternate solutions!!

I'm afraid not, unless you were to already be working for a company and they relocated you

The_Conductor

doctorg wrote: »

I am aware of those requirements!, but they are pretty hard to get by.

I was just wondering if there are any alternate solutions!!

Are you married to an Irish person- or have you lived here or in the UK for a contiguous period of greater than 6 years? Thats the alternate route..........

doctorg

Lived in UK for 2 years a long time ago.
Another marriage isn't on the boards!! :P

How do people come here as students and then stay here??

The_Conductor

doctorg wrote: »

Lived in UK for 2 years a long time ago.
Another marriage isn't on the boards!! :P

How do people come here as students and then stay here??

It doesn't tend to happen in Ireland- we get a lot of students here- but they're mostly EU students (non-EU students have to pay vastly inflated fees- few can afford them).

Time spent in Ireland or the UK as a student, does not count towards your 6 contiguous years residence either.

Do you have an Irish grandparent (though we changed these rules too- esp. after 1986!)

Ethan.Saaris

tbh wrote: »

I don't want to pour cold water on you, but I'd have to say that unless you are exceptionally specialised, it's going to be very difficult to get permission to work here. Now, I'm not an expert by any means, so I stand to be corrected, but as far as I remember:

-You must have a job offer from an Irish company - that'd be hard if you were Irish, but if you're competing against people who don't need visas to work here, it gets harder. AFAIK you can't come here on spec to look for a job - you have to have the job sorted before you come.

-The Irish company must have advertised the job locally first

-The company won't get a permit for you if it will mean that more than 50% of their employees come from outside the EU

-The job must have a salary of 30k

A few requirements questions:

1. Does the job need to have a salary of 30k or more? Or a max of 30k?
2. Are you sure I can't go to Ireland on spec to look for a job? I have a EU passport, I'm from Romania.

Thank you!

doctorg

Ethan.Saaris wrote: »

A few requirements questions:

1. Does the job need to have a salary of 30k or more? Or a max of 30k?
2. Are you sure I can't go to Ireland on spec to look for a job? I have a EU passport, I'm from Romania.

Thank you!

Well if you have an EU passport than you can come here and work like any other, there are no requirements as far as I am aware.

Those requirements only exist for NON-EU passport holders

Ethan.Saaris

Thanks @doctorg!

Are you in Ireland? Did you find a job yet?

doctorg

Ethan.Saaris wrote: »

Thanks @doctorg!

Are you in Ireland? Did you find a job yet?

Have a Non-EU passport so, have to meet those requirements. Unfortunately I can't find any employer who can satisfy the conditions

Ethan.Saaris

Well, good luck then. I'm sure you'll find one eventually.