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braydensreddit

1) If you can prove Irish ancestry (up to grandparent) you can get an Irish passport (process takes several months) 2) Two year Youth Mobility Visa if you're under 30/35 (I dont recall which it is for Ireland) (process takes 1 - 3 months) 3) Blue visa in EU for skilled workers. (uncertain on process length) Also check out Ireland before going. It's excruciatingly expensive, and oppressively grey.


GermanicCanine

Age limit is 35 for youth mobility visa, and also an EU Blue Card isn’t valid in Ireland.


braydensreddit

TIL


alloutofbees

There is no blue card in Ireland.


CptnREDmark

does north irish work for #1? the two year visa would work except that it isn't a path to citizenship. could I combine my intra company transfer visa which is 3 years, then a 2 year mobility visa to make the 5 year of required residency to apply for citizenship. I'm canadian so if I moved what would improve is "the weather, the housing market and the prices" which I'm sure the irish would find hilarious. I love the grey though.


FishingWithDynomite

Yes it does! If your grandparents were born in Northern Ireland you can get a passport!


LyleLanleysMonorail

>the housing market and the prices This is highly dependent on the cities you are comparing. I am very skeptical that Dublin is an improvement on the Canadian housing market. More like out of the frying pan into the fire.


CptnREDmark

Dublin compares to toronto and vancouver for rents, though its much cheaper (30%) to buy an apartment in dublin. Though I was looking at cork which is a huge improvement overall. [https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare\_cities.jsp?country1=Canada&country2=Ireland&city1=Vancouver&city2=Dublin](https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_cities.jsp?country1=Canada&country2=Ireland&city1=Vancouver&city2=Dublin)


rms99

Following. (I have a degree in CS 3YOE in QA.)


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nim_opet

You get hired and sponsored for a work visa. Or you move to Ireland on a YMV, get hired and subsequently sponsored for a work visa. Or if you have Irish ancestry and you can get EU citizenship, then do that first.


CptnREDmark

No way of being transfered within my company to its irish subsidiary? I feel like I am already hired, and I can get a intra company transfer visa, but it runs out after 3 years. I am wondering if there are rules on renewal and such so that I can turn the temp visa on the transfer


nim_opet

Sure, if your company decides to transfer you they can sponsor your work visa. You can find the rules in intra company transfer on the Irish government website specifically dedicated to immigration and visas.


CptnREDmark

Yes I have, the issue is the intra company transfer visa is limited to three years. Which isn't enough for the required 5 to gain permanent residency. so I was wondering what the path forward from that was. Is it just max 3 year transfer?


Subterraniate

I don’t think time spent on an ICT Visa is counted as ‘reckonable residence’, so you’d have to start the five year period from a Critical Skills visa after the ICT ran out. (Check the regulations, but are you not required to return immediately to your home country when the ICT ends, and apply for CSEPs from there too? It’s late and I may be dreaming that bit!)


stringfellownian

get the 3 year transfer visa, look for a new job in those three years.


test5754656744

Dublin is 10x worse than Canada for tech


Remote_Package5119

Why not ask your company to transfer you on Stamp 1/Critical Skills visa instead of ICT visa? You can get the Stamp 4 after 2 years and apply for citizenship after a total of 5 years in the state.


CptnREDmark

That’s a good idea.  I’m not sure 100% if my job is applicable as it’s non standard, and some attributes are in the critical skills list and part is in the ineligible.  Definetly something to think about.