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Hey people,

I'm currently in Brazil and planning on going to Ireland in about July. I want to live somewhere for a year and work. I can do this with a Working Holiday visa. My question is this:

1) If I want to work in Dublin do I need to get a different visa than what I would if I wanted to work in Belfast?? I'm a bit confused about how seperate Northern Ireland and Republic actually are.

2) I am leaning towards the Republic at the moment. Out of all the cities which one am I most likely to find work in? Ideally I'd like to do office/admin stuff - maybe even use my useless degree a bit!!



Thanks in advance for all the advice!

Kelly

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If I want to work in Dublin do I need to get a different visa than what I would if I wanted to work in Belfast?? I'm a bit confused about how seperate Northern Ireland and Republic actually are.

Northern Ireland is part of the UK, the Republic is a totally seperate country. So, if you want to work in Belfast, you need a UK WHV, which is easy to get for Commonwealth citizens, and valid for 2 years. If you want to work in Dublin, or elsewhere in the Republic, you need a work visa for that country.

It may appear somewhat confusing, since they're both EU members, so local citizens can work in either part of the island, or, indeed, anywhere else in Europe, but the same freedom of movement doesn't apply to non-EU citizens.

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I am leaning towards the Republic at the moment. Out of all the cities which one am I most likely to find work in? Ideally I'd like to do office/admin stuff - maybe even use my useless degree a bit!!

Unfortunately, I'm going to have to say that you're most likely to find work in Dublin, particularly since you're looking for office work. Which is too bad, because Dublin is far from the best Ireland has to offer.

If you want to work elsewhere in the country, Cork is probably the place to start looking, since it's the only other city with a 6+ figure population, but don't tie yourself down to one city until you've found a job...email resumes around for any job you can find, and then find a place to live once you're working. This is the voice of experience...I made the mistake of renting a room in Galway - which remains my favourite city in Ireland - before I found a job, and ended up not finding a job at all, so my holiday was both shorter and more expensive than planned.

When I worked in Ireland (the Republic) I got my visa through USIT. I'm not sure if it would work for someone outside the US but I would think that it would. the site is www.usit.ie

There are a couple of places in Dublin that I can suggest for jobs if you'd like to know more send me a message.