relocating to Northern Ireland from the United States?

Question

Where would a person start the process of relocating and living in Northern Ireland

Answer 1

Well, I live & work in Dublin, on the east coast of Ireland (along with at least a million others). During "the Troubles Up North", I must say that at that time, I knew far more about the apartheid issues in South Africa. Probably because I could campaign & petition & help to influence that in some ways, with tactics that I respected, and SA was less extremist and seemed to have hope for the future. How things change!

When peace broke out there, I visited NI for a long weekend; it is a beautiful place, with such actively friendly people. I hope you do sort out all your paperwork and relocate. I've been back there every year and people almost compete to help you out. Once, I took a local train to Carrickfergus, and after dark, couldn't see the station signs & wasn't sure where to leave the train. A lively, chatty local took my friends & I under his wing (foreigners, strangers from Dublin as we were) & walked us to the hotel. With his guide dog. You couldn't make this up! I don't have any specific links to help you relocate, but I can post below some issues you may have - various considerations & existing commitments, flying with pets - as experienced by people emigrating to Southern Ireland, which may help you when you compile your final travel checklist.

Also some local links or information which you could use to bridge the gap. Basic stuff: NI uses Sterling pounds as currency; Southern Ireland uses Euros. If you are paying for your flights home, it can be surprisingly cheaper to book a return flight via a Paris stopover.

I can't imagine that you'll ever regret trying such a broad move. It won't be what you'd expect, but it will be new, scenic, accessible and surprising, and you will make some resilient friends worth keeping! Gloss over their spoken agendas, as you will never grasp them in any case; never refer to Britain as "the mainland", and you should get along just fine. That sounds terrible - I should qualify that by adding that in my experience, the most tactless comments are generously overlooked by your hosts; and in practice, in Ireland, you & yours will be our guests as long as you choose to live here.

You might prefer to buy a local cellphone ("mobile") to economise, and there is some racism but that is so rare and pompous that it will inevitably collapse under its own weight.
There are lots of online deals for web access: try the UK sites.
If you seriously plan to relocate - OK, it could be only a thought - I'll check back & ask around and add some other helpful links from friends in the UK who now live there. Best of luck with your move!

Oh! Also, do not heed those people who will bombard you with requests to research their family tree, once there! I'm not joking - prepare a template email for this one! Unless you don't have to work for a living, tracing roots is a laborious task extending over some years and many boundaries, and you can only offer a base to stay and some pointers to people abroad, however heartfelt their pleas : )

Answer 2

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