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Can an American easily find unofficial part-time Service Jobs in Ireland?

13 years ago
Hello all,

I'm asking questions for a number of us here at this same computer; we are Americans & other legal foreigners who may need to leave the Schengen States for 90 days before returning in order to have a new tourist Visa again (for the Schengen states)

Our question is: if some of us choose to go to Ireland to spend this 90 days, for those of us who speak fluent English, is it relatively easy to find under-the-table part-time service related Jobs to steady ourselves there? If so, what types of Jobs should we pursue, what types of places, etc.?

I already looked at the Official Ireland website and it states that we would not qualify for a work-permit only because our professions are on the Official 'list' of jobs closed to foreigners, sadly. But my Irish friend living near us here in Austria says it is very possible for an intelligent American or an exceptionally good English-speaker to obtain both illegitimate AND/or legitimate, taxed work. This sound too good to be true, as we thought we would have to go a dirty 3rd-world Country to spend our 90 days outside of the Schengen area, and without speaking the language of [that] 3rd-World Country (Yikes!).

Can anyone please shine any tried & true current advice of this subject?

Thank you all sincerely!

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