Moving to ireland from south florida?

Question

Hey ya'll! I'm 16 turning 17 soon and I have decided for a year now that I would like to move to Ireland. I am irish 2nd generation american. Of course I must wait till after college before I go, I'm going for marine biology and I know that it really doesn't make sense since I live in south Florida moving to Ireland But thats been what Ive wanted to do for a year now. Where would be the best to go for marine biology and what should I do to prepare for my move? I already have a passport what else do I need. Work visas? How can I become a citizen? Anything infomation you can give me would be great! Thanks! =)

Answer 1

buy a good waterproof coat

Answer 2

If you're a second generation immigrant you're already a citizen and you won't need a work visa. However, South Florida is a lot nicer than Ireland, trust me.

Answer 3

Hi.

You are second generation that means your grandparents were Irish. That qualifis you to obtain citizenship through descent.

You will need to have your birth registered in the Foreign Births Register

If you are entitled to register, your Irish citizenship is effective from the date of registration. The Irish citizenship of successive generations may be maintained in this way by each generation ensuring their registration in the Foreign Births Register before the birth of the next generation.

If you wish to work in Ireland it would be less complicated if you decided to earn your degree in an Irish college.

Two colleges offer a course (both are on the west coast)

Science - Marine : NUI Galway

and

Freshwater and Marine Biology applied: Galway-Mayo IT

Graduates can find jobs in:

Marine Institute

Bord Iascaigh Mhara

Industry

Fisheries

Pollution & Environmental Impact Assessment

Aquaculture

Education Projects

Basic & Applied Research Institutes & Universities

or for the Galway-Mayo It course

Marine Research Manager

Environmental Offices, Regional Fisheries Board or County Council

Fisheries Officer, Regional Fisheries Board

Aquaculture Development Officer

Marine Biology Research

Freshwater Farm Manager

Marine Farm Manager

Fish Disease Research Scientist

Marine Fisheries Development Officer

College Lecturer

http://www.nuigalway.ie

http://www.gmit.ie/

Answer 4

If you have an Irish passport you are an Irish citizen. You don't need anything else except a plane ticket.

When you get to Ireland and you want to work you apply for a PPS number (its same as social security in the US).

Irish citizens can also work freely in any of the 27 EU countries.

Answer 5

www.oasis.gov.ie - info about moving to ireland

Enter marine biology in ireland or something along those lines into google and see what pops up

Good luck

Answer 6

Hey National University of Ireland (NUI) Galway has a course in marine biology, so that might be your best bet, to email them and see whats happenin around there!!!

Answer 7

the weather will be the first thing you notice about Ireland, having spent 2 weeks in southern florida myself in 2005 its a world away from what you can expect here

as far as where would be best to study marine biology i think your best option would be to stick to the bigger cities

University of Galway offer marine science and hundreds of americans like yourself study at that university, i spent 2 years there and its a great college and the town is just brilliant for nightlife, miami on a smaller scale http://mri.nuigalway.ie/courses.html

No doubt the various universities in Dublin offer that course to try Dublin City University, University College Dublin, Trinity College.

Answer 8

See http://www.citizensinformation.ie/catego... - if one of your parents is/was an Irish citizen, then so are you. If neither of your parents are citizens, but one of your grandparents is/was, then you can become a citizen by registering on the Foreign Births Register - contact the Irish Embassy in Washington DC as you will not become a citizen until you are entered on the register and you cannot apply for an Irish passport until that is done; applications to be registered take about 12-15 months to process, so you might as well start the process as soon as possible.

If you are getting Irish citizenship through descent from a grandparent, and you want your future children to have Irish citizenship too, then you must be on the Foreign Birth Register before they are born - they cannot get citizenship if they are born after you acquire citizenship.