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Coming home and signing on?

  • 26-01-2015 3:17pm
    #1
    cavancanvass
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14 ✭


    Somebody said to me that people who come home from abroad cannot just sign on straight away? Is this true?


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  • #2
    eastbono
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,758 ✭✭✭eastbono


    You can apply for jobseekers....assuming its jobseekers allowance which is a means tested payment then you will have to provide bank statements for means test and you will have to satisfy habitual residence also. If you have an entitlement to benefit then you dont have to go through means test or satisfy habitual residence.


  • #3
    Balagan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,168 ✭✭✭Balagan


    cavancanvass wrote: »
    Somebody said to me that people who come home from abroad cannot just sign on straight away? Is this true?

    How long have you been abroad? Did you establish a home abroad? If your time abroad was short enough that you are still entitled to the non means tested Jobseekers Benefit mentioned above based on your recent work history here then it will be more straightforward but, outside that scenario, you will have to prove habitual residency and it would be best to start collecting paperwork before you leave there in order to have your ducks in a row to prove habitual residence here. That would include sale of property or end of lease on property, ending of visas, closure of bank accounts, club memberships, child leaving school, documentation about the ending of employment etc., and, later, shipment home of your belongings, one way tickets etc., to produce in proving that Ireland has become your main centre of interest again. Then, when you arrive, you need to set about gathering reverse documentation here, opening bank accounts, buying/renting property, registering with a GP, school enrollment, joining clubs/libraries, work applications and references from people here etc. When you arrive you should go to the Social Welfare office asap to start your claim and you will be informed of the documentation needed and the checks they have to make, but if awarded, it will only be backdated to the date you applied, minus the first three days.

    Helpful links here:

    http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/social_welfare/irish_social_welfare_system/social_assistance_payments/social_assistance_in_ireland.html

    http://www.welfare.ie/en/downloads/sw108.pdf

    http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/social_welfare/social_welfare_payments/unemployed_people/jobseekers_allowance.html


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