Pathway to Residency

General:

• You are placed into 1 of 4 groups:

  • 1. EU Citizens/Residents (CAO group), basically not any of us that applied through Atlantic Bridge

  • 2. EU Citizens

  • 3. Stamp 4 visa (Unclear what what this means, you would know if you have it)

  • 4. Everyone else (ie. Canadians and Americans)

• If you hold an EU passport you are in group 2, otherwise you are most likely in group 4

• They cycle through the groups so that everyone in the group ahead gets filled before the following group gets a job

• Historically everyone in group 1,2,3 get a job, only a few in group 4 will get a job

How it works:

• There are roughly 750 jobs, you rank 50, then rank 6 general geographical areas you would like to work in should you not get your 50 (they will assign you a job at random always giving you your preferred area if it is available)

• You are ranked based on your class centile in your individual group.

  • Eg. If you are top of the class but in group 4, you will still only get a job after groups 1-3 have been allocated but you will be top in group 4.

• Why is it done this way? EU law states that you cannot give a non-EU citizen a job before an EU citizen

Why Ireland?

• It is free to apply, just do it, you don’t lose anything, you can always withdraw if you get a job elsewhere (Deadline to withdraw is after both the Canadian and US match)

• The application is EASY

Salary?

• 38,000 EURO

• Overtime x1.25, double pay on Sunday and Bank holidays

• You can make around 40-45k EURO

• Taxes: 20% up to 32k, 40% everything after