- Where to begin?
- Legal ways to move to Ireland for permanent residence
- All works are good
- Business people
- You will be declared husband and wife
- Think for yourself, decide for yourself
In recent decades, Ireland has shown such strong and strong economic growth that the term "Celtic Tiger" has been used to describe them. Since the beginning of the 90s of the last century, the country has annually increased its GDP even more than the Asian states, which are growing at an unprecedented rate. The reasons for the economic miracle were both the accession to the European Union and the development of such sectors of the economy as information technology, telecommunications, and pharmaceuticals. Are you looking for a way to move to Ireland? The reasons may be your desire to work or study in this country, because education and labor market reforms provide an opportunity for all people with an active life position to legally integrate into Irish society.
Where to begin?
The right to enter and stay in the country legally is granted to a foreigner by a category D national visa issued by the consular departments of the country's embassies. Her authority allows you to stay in Ireland for a maximum of 90 days in each half of the year. In order to extend the stay, the immigrant will have to obtain a residence permit. This document certifies the identity of the foreigner and allows you to move freely within the EU. At the same time, the duration of stay is not limited by anything.
A temporary residence permit is issued for a period of one to three years and then requires a mandatory extension. Having lived in Ireland for 5 years, a foreigner has the right to apply for permanent resident status. Having received a permanent residence permit, you can stay in the country as long as you like, and if you wish, after another three years, apply for a passport and citizenship.
Legal ways to move to Ireland for permanent residence
The list of grounds allowing a foreigner to obtain a residence permit, and then Irish citizenship, is very similar to similar clauses in the migration laws of other European countries:
- Conclusion of a working contract. Obtaining a visa of the required category will require the presentation of a completed contract with an Irish employer. On its basis, a temporary residence permit is issued, extended as necessary.
- Admission to any higher educational institution in the country guarantees the issuance of a study visa and residence permit for the entire period of study. In order to stay in the country after completing the course, you will have to find a job. An important condition for successful admission to a university and its graduation is English language proficiency.
- Family reunification is the legal right of any foreigner who has close relatives or family members in Ireland. To obtain a residence permit, the host party will need to prove their financial viability, which allows them to support the immigrant until they receive a work permit.
- Opening your own company in Ireland.
- Marriage to an Irish citizen or citizen.
All works are good
Moving to Ireland for the purpose of employment is only possible with a formal and signed contract with a local employer, which serves as the basis for obtaining a work permit. Professional immigration programs in Ireland are very popular, and work here is very well paid.
A potential immigrant will be able to invite his family only after a year of perfect work for an Irish company, when his contract is renewed. The first year serves as a kind of trial period.
Prerequisites for finding a job and moving to Ireland are knowledge of the English language, experience and high qualifications. Unlike other European countries, foreigners are not required here to take the place of nannies or nurses, guides, construction workers. On the other hand, the demand is for mid-level medical personnel, IT specialists, designers, engineers, economists and even financial analysts.
Business people
The interest of the Irish authorities in financial investments is expressed in the loyal conditions for the registration of foreign enterprises. In the country there is an opportunity both to open your own company from scratch, and to acquire a ready-made enterprise or firm. The main condition is that a foreign businessman has legal capital of at least 300 thousand euros.
Having opened an enterprise, a foreign investor receives a residence permit for a period of three years, renewed as it expires. The conditions for the renewal are the absence of violations of immigration, financial and labor laws and the profitability of the enterprise.
Among the advantages of doing business in Ireland is not only the possibility of obtaining a residence permit, and subsequently citizenship, but also the minimum tax rates and the provision of opportunities for a foreigner equal with local entrepreneurs in the form of loans, benefits and subsidies.
The acquired real estate in Ireland does not become the basis for obtaining a residence permit, but it can serve as a certain plus in favor of a foreigner for the immigration authorities.
You will be declared husband and wife
Marrying an Irish citizen or citizen is a surefire way to obtain a residence permit, and then a passport, much faster than with a work or student visa. But potential newlyweds should know that the marriage relationship of the couple will become the object of close attention of the regulatory authorities, and any attempt to pass off a fictitious relationship as real will become an instant reason for deportation. Russian citizens can get married with Irish people both in their own country and in Ireland. In the first case, in order to further go through the naturalization process, you will need a family reunification visa, and in the second, a special permit to enter the country, called a bride or groom visa.
Think for yourself, decide for yourself
Irish law allows an immigrant who receives a local passport to retain citizenship of any other country, which means that you will not have to renounce Russian citizenship.
Citizenship is automatically granted to all children born in Ireland, even if their parents are foreigners.
The Irish are quite prejudiced against immigrants. The country has very strong national traditions and it is practically impossible for an adult and a successful person to fully integrate into the local society and socialize in it.
