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What kind of visa is required for an unpaid internship in Ireland (EU citizen)?

  • 12-11-2013 01:16PM
    #1
    Marine.S
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8 ✭


    Hi all!

    I am a French newly graduate and I intend to do an (unpaid) internship in Dublin.

    Given that said internship will last at least 5 months I guess I am right to think that I need a visa to stay in Ireland even if I am an EU citizen (since my stay will be longer than 3 months).

    So my question is - if I am right and that i do need a visa - what kind of visa do I need? I am not a student anymore so I don't think a student visa apply here...

    I read the Department of Foreign Affairs and Irish Embassy websites thoroughly and I can't find anything that could help me.

    I would appreciate it if you could give me some help...

    Thank you very much.


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  • #2
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    None is required as you are a EU citizen.


  • #3
    Marine.S
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8 ✭Marine.S


    Tow wrote: »
    None is required as you are a EU citizen.

    Thank you for your answer.

    I thought that as long as your stay is more than 3 months you have to ask for a visa in order to show the authorities that you are not a burden and everything...and that you do intend to leave the country....

    But if you say so, I believe you, it makes things so much easier........

    Thanks again.


  • #4
    Mrs OBumble
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,453 ✭✭✭✭Mrs OBumble


    Marine.S wrote: »
    I thought that as long as your stay is more than 3 months you have to ask for a visa in order to show the authorities that you are not a burden and everything...and that you do intend to leave the country....

    As an EU citizen, you are free to move anywhere in the EU, and you have access to welfare based on the rules of the system you are working in.

    Healthcare is a little more complex - make sure you get an European Health Insurance Card (or whatever they're callled in France) - Ireland's systems may not be as comprehensive as you are used to.


    Now, if you want to go to a country outside the EU, that's where visa requirements kick in.


  • #5
    Jim2007
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 10,733 Mod ✭✭✭✭Jim2007


    Contrary to popular opinion as an EU citizen you are not entitled to move where ever you want! You are entitled to move to another EU state for up to three months to seek employment or establish a business, after that you must meet one of the standard criteria of being employed or having sufficient funds to remain on and not be come a burden on the state.

    In the case of Ireland and the UK, it is a little different because there is no registration system, so if you were to be controlled by the authorities after the three month marker, all you need to do is show them that you meet the criteria. But I think it is very unlikely that you will ever be controlled.


  • #6
    cali_eire
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 182 ✭✭cali_eire


    http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=457


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  • #7
    Jim2007
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 10,733 Mod ✭✭✭✭Jim2007


    cali_eire wrote: »
    http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=457

    And if you take the time to read through all of that plus the national legislation in each country you will find it is as I have said - free movement is not an absolute right.

    After three months, you have to show some form of economic viability or meet one of the other conditions set out in national law, otherwise you are not entitled to stay on unless you meet one of two criteria:

    - You have been granted permanent residence status
    - You have applied for and been granted permission to stay on for another 3 months to seek employment.

    Obtaining permanent residence status in an other EU country, requires that citizen has been resident there for five years. This is a challenge in Ireland & the UK because there is not registration process to document the fives of residence, so such citizens are advised to register with their own embassy in Ireland or the UK as a means of establishing the required document trail.


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