I'm actually just finishing up a contracting job here in Dublin. It is true that you can get citizenship if you have a grandparent that was born here but I've heard that it takes a while to get and you have to provide documentation (possibly birth certificates, etc. this is also just hearsay). It really wasn't hard to get a job here it just took a little longer than expected. Once I got a bite on my resume though it went fast. The companies here seem to hire a lot of people for contract jobs. The contracting company paid for my 1 year visa (I don't know what it cost them). The deal is that you can work here for 183 days without having to pay any Irish tax at all. I haven't gone through the US tax thing yet but I understand that you have to stay out of the US for a full tax year before you don't have to pay any US taxes (up to 70,000). There are (legal) ways around paying the max 44% Irish tax rate. There are accounting companies here that make you an employee of an offshore company and you only pay tax on the money you bring into Ireland to live on. The people who do that pay the lowest tax rate which is like 17% only on the money they bring in. I hope this helps. I have to run out and get a Guinness.
Cheers.
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I'm actually just finishing up a contracting job here in Dublin. It is true that you can get citizenship if you have a grandparent that was born here but I've heard that it takes a while to get and you have to provide documentation (possibly birth certificates, etc. this is also just hearsay). It really wasn't hard to get a job here it just took a little longer than expected. Once I got a bite on my resume though it went fast. The companies here seem to hire a lot of people for contract jobs. The contracting company paid for my 1 year visa (I don't know what it cost them). The deal is that you can work here for 183 days without having to pay any Irish tax at all. I haven't gone through the US tax thing yet but I understand that you have to stay out of the US for a full tax year before you don't have to pay any US taxes (up to 70,000). There are (legal) ways around paying the max 44% Irish tax rate. There are accounting companies here that make you an employee of an offshore company and you only pay tax on the money you bring into Ireland to live on. The people who do that pay the lowest tax rate which is like 17% only on the money they bring in. I hope this helps. I have to run out and get a Guinness. Cheers.