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arleena67
Joined 2019
Posts: 2

Moving to Ireland from USA

5 years ago

Hello All,
I am an American/US Citizen living in the Silicon Valley Bay Area, Northern California. I have been in a relationship with my Irish national boyfriend for 5.5 years. I am going to visit him this Summer for the maximum stay of 3 months and then we are hoping to marry sometime after and make my move over. My boyfriend lives in Maynooth, County Kildare just 25min outside Dublin.

After the 3 months visit, I will return to the USA and I will continue working until our plans are set in stone for me to move over.

Can someone please tell me the steps to marriage in my situation (American marrying an Irish citizen) and the easiest/quickest way for me to move to Ireland as a legal resident?

I've done my research and it appears I cannot become a legal resident unless bottom line, we are married and I cannot work in Ireland until we are married so just want to know what the process is to getting married and how long it would take for me to move over/become a legal resident.

I'm just trying to find my way over to Ireland to live with my boyfriend permanently.

I also would like to know if Expat health insurance is the only way for me to have health insurance when I move over or can I sign up for something locally?

Thank you so much.
Arleen

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