Hello Liam and everyone, My situation is a little tricky and I WAs hoping for some help if possible! My husband and I currently live in New York, and his company might have him move to Ireland for 6 months to work in their Ireland office. His company is setting him/us up in housing that we won't have to pay for, so we would potentially still be paying rent on the lease of our apartment back in New York to keep it. I am currently self-employed doing remote work (and may be doing Full-time remote work for a New York-based company in the next month or so). I ...

@familyofrainbows - There are auto leasing companies in Ireland, but I cannot offer any input on the process or degree of difficulty you might encounter. I purchased a used car at the local dealer and have never had a better car buying experience. The car WAs only 2 years old so no NCT due for a couple of years. Registration WAs easy enough. Insurance will be expensive with your US license. I did have my Learners Permit at the time, so that helped significantly. Once I obtained my Full Irish License the insurance cost WAs reduced again, but not signifi ...

First, I would like to introduce myself. I am a dual citizen of the US and Italy. My wife and I bought a home in Kerry, have PPS numbers, utility bills, etc. Our daughter lives and works in Dublin, and we plan to move to Ireland Full time soon. First we have to sell our home in the USA. It goes on the market in May. I plan to work from Ireland with my current employer or find a new job, which shouldn't be a problem since I'm in the software industry and have EU citizenship. We are having a hard time understanding how the Stamp 4 process works. Does my wife apply during our next visit in April, or can she apply from the USA? Is an application done with both INIS(EU1) and the Garda, or can we just start with the Garda? My employer is in the USA. Will INIS accept a US employer on the UE1 form? Must I be living Full time in Ireland for her to get the Stamp 4? If our house does not sell by September, she may move to Kerry, and I would travel between the US and Ireland until our house sells. Thank you for any advice. We thought that we had this all figured out, but are getting more confused as we look further into this. Regards, Mark

Did you find it much cheaper to hire movers in conjunction with the u pack we ship service? We have received 2 quotes for a 20ft container. U pack we ship says just under $5k for that, the Full service ones are closer to $8k. I guess it seems likely that we could hire movers for less than 3,000, but considering the ease of one company doing everything...

@annabelle49 if you choose a Full service option, packaging/boxes etc will be included. Be sure to get many quotes, and be sure you get precise details from them on what is included, and what's not.

... courses, and pass the drivers test you just can't drive without that person in the car with you and once you pass the test you're clear on a Full a license? No hours to log? No "6 month or 2 year period" requirement for driving with those same restrictions (so long as you turn in the documents requested to WAive the 6 months).

... a 12-hour journey across the Atlantic. I thus broke up travel plans, as follows: Domestic: United Airlines charged $125 pet fee to book flight, nonstop, from SMF>EWR. Motel 6 offers pet-friendly lodging near EWR. International: Delta booked my cat, in-cabin, and provided dimensions for pet carrier as required for the air CRAFT type. I returned to my reservations and found NOTHING about my cat, etc. When I called Delta, a note had been added to my reservation that NO IN-CABIN travel allowed for my cat. Cancelled entire reservation, with promise to write ...

Posted by: Mairead This is Steve here, Mairead's husband. I have now been in Ireland about a year and a half. The renewal of the Residency status WAs about as easy as it WAs getting the Stamp 4 in the first place, except this time it WAs at the Dundalk Garda station, which is very big and busy, rather than the small and relatively quiet one in Wicklow Town. So it WAs difficult getting an appointment with the immigration officer at the station. There WAs a snafu, where the appointment time WAs not recorded and conveyed to the right person. But after 3 visits ...

Hi there everyone! My name is Ashley and I have been dating a wonderful guy who lives in Dublin for the past two years. After many months of WAiting for an international internal transfer to my company's office in Dublin, I am now in the final stages of having an application for a Critical Skills Visa sent off for approval, so fingers crossed! I am excited to be part of this community as it seems to be Full to bursting with knowledge and advice, for which I am grateful. I am also looking forward to sharing anything I can contribute. Cheers!

Hi John I reached out to a past contributor on the site. He is a Managing Director of a moving company based in Ireland. I think you will find his answer to your question quite useful. I'll post it below here. Let me know if you WAnt me to put you in touch. ~Liam --- Buying a container and shipping it as user owner is certainly possible. If he WAnts that option there should be no reason why he can’t find a mover or a freight company to co-ordinate that for him. After clearance on this side, we (potentially we) would arrange haulage from the port with a ...