Buying a house and PPS Number

MedusaV8

Hi,

I moving to Co Mayo hopefully in September on completion of my UK house sale. My solicitor has offered to apply for our PPS Numbers for a charge of 100 euros each because he says that without one this will delay the purchase completion. However on the Irishlinks website they advise against paying anyone to do this for you as it relatively simply.

Does it sound like the solicitor justs want extra money and will the purchase be affected without a PPS Number?

Thanks,

Robbo

MedusaV8 wrote: »

Does it sound like the solicitor justs want extra money and will the purchase be affected without a PPS Number?

In that it can't complete to registration without the Revenue obligations being dealt with, yes.

snubbleste

You need a pps number if you are moving here anyway.
You can apply for it free. Call Welfare and ask
http://www.welfare.ie/en/Pages/Personal-Public-Service-Number-How-to-Apply.aspx

MedusaV8

Thanks for the quick responses.

I've made an enquiry with the Welfare.ie but just waiting for a reply. I don't know how I can prove and Irish address if I haven't bought my house yet. it appears to be a catch22 and I don't want to pay for something that is unnecessary that I can do for myself.

Citizenpain

have you family in Ireland use theirs- It does not need to be a perm address to apply for a pps

MedusaV8

Citizenpain wrote: »

have you family in Ireland use theirs- It does not need to be a perm address to apply for a pps

Mmmmh! Good idea. I have family in Co Wexford.
Thanks .

MedusaV8

Sorry but this has just occurred to me. Although not born in Ireland I did move to Co Wexford in 1972 as a child (Mam is Irish) and left again in 1983. Will I have an old Revenue and Social Insurance Number (RSI No) recorded with Welfare?

Mrs OBumble

MedusaV8 wrote: »

Thanks for the quick responses.

I've made an enquiry with the Welfare.ie but just waiting for a reply. I don't know how I can prove and Irish address if I haven't bought my house yet.

You don't need to. They have a way of issuing numbers to people who are not yet resident, but purchasing a house here. I don't know details of the procedure, but am sure (from stuff I saw in a previous job) that it exists. Keep digging with the Welfare website - and possibly with the Revenue one, the advice is there somewhere.

Or you could pay your solicitor's (very high IMHO) fee to do the work for you.

Me .. I'd be doing the research.

Robbo

Mrs OBumble wrote: »

You don't need to. They have a way of issuing numbers to people who are not yet resident, but purchasing a house here. I don't know details of the procedure, but am sure (from stuff I saw in a previous job) that it exists. Keep digging with the Welfare website - and possibly with the Revenue one, the advice is there somewhere.

Or you could pay your solicitor's (very high IMHO) fee to do the work for you.

Me .. I'd be doing the research.

Here's the relevant info from the Revenue.

There are very good reasons why the solicitor would want to manage the application process and the €100 quoted would not be one of them.

MedusaV8

Robbo wrote: »

Here's the relevant info from the Revenue.

There are very good reasons why the solicitor would want to manage the application process and the €100 quoted would not be one of them.

Wow perfect!! Thank you that really helps.