Hello Everyone, My husband and I are ablaze with desire to relocate from the US to Ireland. My grandparents were born in Ireland and I have obtained Irish citizenship and have an Irish passport. I will turn 66 in May of 2018 and will collect Social Security. My husband, an American, and I plan to work in Ireland. We plan to look for work once we arrive. We would like to rent an inexpensive apt in Cork City. Here is my concern of the moment. I have heard that landlords may not rent to unemployed people. Will it be difficult to rent without yet being employed. We do have some savings to fund our transition time, but not a lot. We plan to Open a bank account in Ireland before we leave the US. I am a retired RN. I currently work as a licensed massage therapist and teacher of yoga and contemporary dance. Another thought is that...if a landlord won't rent to unemployed new arrivals, perhaps we can find a roommate situation to start off with. Is there an on-line site for finding roommate rental situations in Cork? ~ Also Does anyone know how much the US and the Irish government will tax my Social Security income. I hope there will be something left for me! LOL! Thanks for any advice you can offer. I am very grateful for this forum. www.joannacashman.com Joanna

We met with Dave O'Brien of Quintas in Cork last week, and everything went fine. I paid him €250 and it WAs worth it for the peace of mind and the quality of his work. If he does this work while you are in Ireland, then there will be VAT. Since we aren't living in Ireland yet, he didn't charge it. dave.obrien@quintas.ie I encourage others to contact him for a similar service. I prepared a detailed pile of pdf'ed documents and sent them in an email a month ahead of time, with a detailed manifest for each attachment, so I made his work easy for him. When ...

... your Irish details. The PPS# is crucial too, as you already seem to be aware of. I'd also start looking into how you WAnt to transfer money to Ireland. There are plenty of options, and you might have seen that I strongly recommend Currency Fair. I've personally used them numerous times, and they will save you a lot of money in comparison to bank transfers. You will need an Irish address to Open an account.

Thanks for the reply! I have read through that thread, Kelsey's info WAs just about invaluable. Nobody really mentioned the finance thing that I saw? so just needed to double check. Hopefully it hasn't changed, and won't change anytime soon! My move is planned for around a year from Now, so just trying to work out what I need to set in motion Now. When the time comes I'll definitely update y'all with my process, gotta pay it forward!

Hi Tara, I'll leave Mairead get back to you if shes still active on here, but I can answer the banking question for you for Now. Up until recently the banking requirements have been very restrictive. An address in Ireland WAs required. BOI have Now made that part of the move process a little easier. Check out this post. Regards, Liam

i can tell you. because it is happening right Now to us. my father in law passed this morning. we are going to ireland tomorrow. (we only just got back from there.) a credit card and the internet (and a lift to the airport) is all you need in case of emergency. thankfully it can be set up quickly these days. it might be ridiculous that i am typing this Now, but i am stuffing pizza into my face in front of my ipad while i WAit for the laundry so i can finish packing. it has been quite a day.

... business, so my days are pretty busy, lol. I should be eligible for Irish citizenship so I'm hoping that might mean i could possibly get part-time work or even Open up a little shop (this would be great for meeting people). I have no idea if my husband will even be able to work or not...we still have to look into all of that. I think knowing that Ireland generally isn't a social as Australia is good because at least we know it isn't us as people as such but just the WAy the culture is (not personal, iykwim). My biggest concern is for my children, I'm sur ...

... wounds if you are reading @mcrose). Also, you may WAnt to get clarification on exactly what is and what is not covered in your expense. As an example of something I WAsn't aware of when I paid for my shipping fees, I WAs charged a fee of 130 Euro by the company in Ireland who received my items (more info). Megan had an even worse example where her items were held hostage until a fee WAs paid for a change of address (if I recall correctly). The change of address WAs an error on the shipping company's fault. I don't WAnt to sound pessimistic, but it's good t ...

... possible after making the move. So many things will be different (e.g. WAy of life, schools, customs, shopping, etc), and the only WAy to succeed is to set out knowing that it will be different (not better or worse), than what you're used to. Of course you'll prefer some things you were used to in America, but many things will be just as good in Ireland. If you can convince your family to approach it as positively as they possibly can, everything should work out well. Looking forward to hearing more from you and your upcoming move. Best wishes Liam

hi! i am just back from 2 weeks in ireland with my husband. we looked into a few things for our move in between visiting everyone. i WAs wondering if anyone here bought a house to move to, or are you just renting? i learned that daft.ie doesn't have many rentals listed and that it really helps to know people and ask around. they seem to rent quick (in our village, anyway). we really WAnted to buy a house, but it seems renting for a year is just easier to do (that means moving twice). any suggestions? also, we tried to Open a bank account while we were there. ...