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English or Irish passport

  • 28-05-2020 8:00pm
    #1
    hedzball
    Registered Users Posts: 764 ✭✭✭


    Ok lads short and simple.

    Brother is resident over in B.C
    A severe change in circumstances has put me onto the idea of booking a one way trip.

    Im an electrician.
    I'm 32

    I have been to Canada twice before and feel I could make a decent life and living out there. I am 99% sure I can get a British passport by descent (mother) is it any advantage to me??

    I do plan on sticking it out and possibly settling down.. I am chasing a dream in term escaping a nightmare

    Apologies for being misinformed and I did try search but no luck


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


    Isn't the Queen head of state in Canada


  • #3
    punisher5112
    Registered Users Posts: 24,647 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    Irish, everyone wants Irish passport....

    Plane is taken and they would love the british


  • #4
    hedzball
    Registered Users Posts: 764 ✭✭✭hedzball


    punisher5112 wrote: »
    Irish, everyone wants Irish passport....

    Plane is taken and they would love the british

    Regarding work??


  • #5
    the_syco
    Registered Users Posts: 37,295 ✭✭✭✭the_syco


    hedzball wrote: »
    I have been to Canada twice before
    On a holiday, or on a working visa?
    hedzball wrote: »
    I'm 32
    Under Irish passport, you can get a 2 year working holiday visa until 35. With the experience gathered with the two year (IEC) work visa, you can then get Permanent Residency, and from there, Citizennship.

    You're too old to get an IEC work visa under the british passport.
    hedzball wrote: »
    Im an electrician.
    When you go over, you'd need to pass the Red Seal test to be qualified over there. Most people will go over, work on sites, and then go for the Red Seal after working there 6 months or so.


  • #6
    hedzball
    Registered Users Posts: 764 ✭✭✭hedzball


    the_syco wrote: »
    On a holiday, or on a working visa?


    Under Irish passport, you can get a 2 year working holiday visa until 35. With the experience gathered with the two year (IEC) work visa, you can then get Permanent Residency, and from there, Citizennship.

    You're too old to get an IEC work visa under the british passport.


    When you go over, you'd need to pass the Red Seal test to be qualified over there. Most people will go over, work on sites, and then go for the Red Seal after working there 6 months or so.

    Cheers syco

    On holiday twice.

    I was kind of seeing around that sparks go over and get about 85% of the rate until the red seal??

    With regards the visa I can apply straight away?? Or is there some few bits I need to do??


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  • #7
    the_syco
    Registered Users Posts: 37,295 ✭✭✭✭the_syco


    You'll want to apply for a 2 year Working Holiday @ https://www.cic.gc.ca/english/work/iec/eligibility.asp

    Make a profile, and it'll tell you what you need. Advise you go over with €6,000, as most people are looking for a job for a month or two. Advise you do the SmartServe pass, so you can work in a pub whilst over there when you first land.

    Young Professionals; get a job before you go over, stuck to this job. Should you leave the job, you have to have another company go through the paperwork to employ you, or you have to leave the country. Have heard of a few employers taking the piss regarding this.

    Working holiday; you're not tied to the job. If you don't like the job you get before you go over there, or the one you get whilst you're there, you can leave it and get another job. This is the one myself, and anyone I know over there, applied for.

    When you apply, the wait will be looooooooooooooooooooooooooooong, due to COVID. There's a few posts regarding people who have applied,but gotten no word back. The reason behind this is that when you get the OK from Canada, you have a year to go there and activate your VISA. As it's on lockdown, there's no point in having people come over, thus they're not inviting people atm.


  • #8
    hedzball
    Registered Users Posts: 764 ✭✭✭hedzball


    Thanks for your highly informative post syco


  • #9
    circular flexing
    Registered Users Posts: 2,581 ✭✭✭circular flexing


    The age limit for IEC for UK passport holders is 30, so no advantage with it there.


  • #10
    p15574
    Registered Users Posts: 753 ✭✭✭p15574


    A relative's experience: they (Irish passport) and friend (UK passport) went for the 2 year IEC visa. He got his almost immediately, the friend's took about a year...seems the UK visa quota is much smaller than Ireland's, relatively speaking. This surprised me, considering the Queen is still their head of state.
    Maybe it's different if you're going for permanent residency though.


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