My apologies if this is not the correct place to ask this question, but is ordering from Amazon or Amazon UK (or similar sites) just as Simple as putting in your street address upon check out? Do they deliver packages directly to a home, or do you get a notification to pick it up at the Post Office?

Hi Kevin, have you read this post on the blog? Dealing with Electronics and relocation A Simple plug adapter will work for a lot of items - e.g most computers, phones, cameras etc. The bigger stuff probably should be left behind, or else you'll need to have a heavy duty converter hooked up to everything. Check the electrical info on the device/appliance you're hoping to bring to see if it's rated for the Irish system.

... furniture in storage, a house here that WAs having some legal points sorted out and a few other complications. so to finish the purchase over here I sorted a second mortgage on the UK house and fortunately we had a large touring caravan which we effectively lived in whilst the house finally sold and Chris could stop working which WAs paying a double mortgage UK side. All irrelevant except as a demonstration of a lesson learned. My Advice. Do not commit to anything over here until your house UK side is sold or if you have funds and consider Renting your U ...

... we will love it and stay). After looking at the international shipping costs and the time it takes to receive everything, we are thinking of just selling/donating everything aside from clothes, some books, some toys, and a few family heirlooms which can be packed in a suitcase. To us, it just makes more sense for us to buy new/used when we get there. Aside from our laptop, we would just buy our electronics new. Household furniture and supplies buy in Ireland. Has anyone else gone with a similar attitude, or WAs it best to actually ship everything over? ...

... Since Rose WAs successful gaining approval of her financials without an Irish accountant certification, we tried to copy her approach since our pension income statements have a similar government certification. Didn’t work....guessing it just depends on which reviewer you get. But the good news is that the accountant certification is the only outstanding item. In terms of our police report, we had requested the County Sheriff run a background check. The State Police required fingerprints and it just seemed like a lot of work. My suggestion just l ...

Hi Folks!I just WAnted to write and thank you so much for all your information. We have been in Ireland for just over two months now, (March 2019) and we are on Stamp O, made so much easier by all the information here. First, the list of all the extra things needed, not listed on the INIS website, WAs a godsend. We had background checks from a website, and we included a letter from our local chief of police. we included our marriage certificate and our birth and baptismal certificates. We hired an Irish accountant, referred to my by a friend, who looked at o ...

Electrical Appliances: Hi All, As I sort out what to take and what to give away before packing the 20 ft. container I hope to fill, I am curious about what electrical appliances I should/could take. Does anyone know what it would take to take, say, a printer, record player, etc and adapt them for use in Ireland? I know that a Simple adaptor plug won't work but if there's a feasible WAy of doing it without rewiring the house I'd be interested. Thanks Kevin

Hi there, We are moving back to Ireland in a few weeks after 11 years in the USA. I went to set up international mail forwarding and realized its not as Simple as on the opposite end (Ireland to USA). It seems USPS don't really do this!! Can anyone recommend a good mail forwarding service that doesn't cost an arm and leg? Thanks! ELaine

Hi, I just discovered this forum and I am really encouraged by everyones stories. I am an Irish man living in the US and planning on marrying my american girlfriend (soon to be fiance). We have both discussed the possibility of relocating to Ireland permanently and may do so in the next year or two. What I am curious about is, when presenting proof of address, would a Simple mobile phone bill suffice? We are likely to be pretty skint initially so staying with my family would be sounder financially for the first few months than renting somewhere. Any help will be appreciated. Liam

... I need to have has got me really intimidated. I WAs just wondering, if we got married in Canada (it’s a far more Simple process in Ontario...) would that marriage be recognized in Ireland and would I still be able to get permission to remain with my Irish spouse? Or am I better off going through these scary interviews (I read the possibility of a second interview) and hoping they don’t feel our intended marriage is just a marriage of convenience? I worry a lot that they would not be satisfied with the length of our relationship/how often we’ve gone to vis ...