malmark

I have a green card with no conditions and an Irish passport, married and residing in Missouri since 2005. An opportunity has come up on short notice for me to visit and stay in Ireland for free for up to 3 years on account of my grandmother moving to a nursing home. Ideally I would have gotten dual citizenship by now to make things easier but this is not possible to arrange in the few months I have before I miss the opportunity for my kids to spend as much time as possible with her before she dies (she's barely gotten to see them as it is). I would like to stay and search for a job while there to support my wife and family and then come back after the 3 years. From what I've read, I will lose permanent resident status and a reentry permit is only valid for 2yrs. You can apply for another one by returning to the States but I understand they are scrutinised more. A returning resident visa is available but how likely is it to be approved? I will be maintaining a home I own in Missouri and a vehicle loan and filing US taxes as a resident and my wifes family will still be living there. My wifes family and my kids were all born a citizen except me. To complicate things, I would like to claim 'habitual residency' in Ireland solely for the purpose of claiming jobless and child benefits while searching for a job. Its not likely I will find one before I leave Missouri. Will claiming habitual residence and benefits in Ireland invalidate my ability to be considered for a return resident visa, or what is the best way to go about all this? Ps from what I've researched so far habitual residence can technically be claimed by any Irish passport holder whether they have lived there or not and for me would just be a means to an end to make sure I can support myself until I find a job and then leave at the end of 3yrs.

I am not an expert but do you think they will also want to see that she has more ties/reason to stay here than go back to her own country? like property or job or whatever?

Weird! My credit union wouldn't give Claudeth a checking account until she gets a California I.D. They didn't care about the GC, they had to have the I.D. Stupid, won't accept a Federal document as I.D.

yeah california has some funny las lol.... but you would think they would take the green card...... bureacracy... ya gotta love it

hello i have a question about attending college in the us, when i applied in the local university everything as fine until they asked me for my high school transcripts. having lived in ireland all my life up until last august i had attended our equivalent of high school, secondary school, and i gave them my junior and leaving certificates. but the admissions people said they were looking for transcripts for every school year and i tried telling them that in ireland we only have the junior and leaving certificate exams in school, anyone who is from england and hasrecently moved to the us may hav experience of this also when they want to go to college, does anyone know if my unior and leaving cert is all they need or am i missing something? the admissions people in the college said they checked their admissions book for ireland and it says they need 'transcripts from my school'. the only reason im asking is this is a nationally known college that im having trouble with and one would think that they know what they are talking about, or maybe im just stupid!

hello i have a question about attending college in the us, when i applied in the local university everything as fine until they asked me for my high school transcripts. having lived in ireland all my life up until last august i had attended our equivalent of high school, secondary school, and i gave them my junior and leaving certificates. but the admissions people said they were looking for transcripts for every school year and i tried telling them that in ireland we only have the junior and leaving certificate exams in school, anyone who is from england and hasrecently moved to the us may hav experience of this also when they want to go to college, does anyone know if my unior and leaving cert is all they need or am i missing something? the admissions people in the college said they checked their admissions book for ireland and it says they need 'transcripts from my school'. the only reason im asking is this is a nationally known college that im having trouble with and one would think that they know what they are talking about, or maybe im just stupid!

they also said they were expecting my 'transcripts' in a sealed package from my school but im pretty sure my school keeps no such records.

my experience with bringing my dog is the same, no problems with certificate of health from ireland to usa. shots etc, doesnt need a passport. i flew american airlines and aer lingus, it was so funny to see the dog box come out of the plane on a conveyor belt into the baggage claim, poor doggie

We brought our pet Chinchilla from the UK to the US. There was no requirement for him to have anything more than a "Certificate of Good Health" from our local vet in the UK.

He could have travelled under the my seat for the journey, but we chose to have him placed in the animal section of the cargo area with our dog, just so my daughter wouldn't be upset at him being in the carrier for the entire journey. If she was looking at him she would feel worse with him being in a smaller cage than he is used to, just for the journey. He was absolutely fine when he arrived and the animal handlers at the airport in DC were wonderful. In fact, they were so concerned about the animals' welfare that they actually came to get us from the Immigration Office, and hurried the IO's along, because they didn't want the animals in their carriers any longer than they felt was absolutely necessary. So they actually helped shorten our entry time!

Not sure what airline your SO is using, but British Airways were great and their website has a section on animals. Just call the cargo department and you'll find them really helpful and they will put your mind at rest with regard to any concerns you have bringing a pet over.

Bringing rabbits should not be a problem at all and I think it is wonderful that your SO is bringing their pet with them.

Don't put all your money into this account. There are provisions in the Patriot Act that allow the bank to 'freeze' your account til furthur proof is offered. I have heard of this happening.

Jackie

as far as i know anyone can open an account over here without a ssn number, a non resident account, and all that is required is that you apply for a taxpayers identification number or tin. but usually the bank will let you open the account and when it comes tax time they want either a tin or ssn number from you by filling out that w9 form they send you. that is my xperience anyway, i am with first national bank