Working in Europe with an Irish Passport & UK Bank Account

WillieCoppen

I'm entitled to apply for an Irish Passport as my farther was Irish.  Is this all I need to be entitled to work in Europe or will I need Irish Citizenship?  Also will it be OK to only have a UK Bank Account?  Are there any other things I'll need like a Irish Bank Account and Tax Number.  If I do, this will add to much bureaucracy, to the reason for the passport in the first place.     

DullGreyGuy

You need to be Irish Citizen to get an Irish Passport but if your father is Irish then you are already. 

Once you've evidence you are an Irish Citizen then you'd be entitled to work in the EU, to be able to live in the EU without a visa etc you will need to show you are meeting the rest of the requirements under freedom of movement.

As to what bank account you need, that depends on what angle you are considering it from... you'd need to speak to your prospective employer on if they are happy to pay into any overseas account or if they require you to have a local bank account... having an Irish account is unlikely to materially help other than controlling the FX risk. 

EnPointe

WillieCoppen said:

I'm entitled to apply for an Irish Passport as my farther was Irish.  Is this all I need to be entitled to work in Europe or will I need Irish Citizenship?  Also will it be OK to only have a UK Bank Account?  Are there any other things I'll need like a Irish Bank Account and Tax Number.  If I do, this will add to much bureaucracy, to the reason for the passport in the first place.     

by  being the child of an Irish CItizen   you  are already  very likely  an irish citizen should you wish to assert it , and by gettign an Irish passport   you are  asserting that citizenship 

bank account wise it will depend on what the practice of the  prosepctive employer and may also  be relevant  where you are based and  what legal entity employes you  - if you are an employee of the  firm in a.n.other EU state  , employeed on the basis of being an Irish citizen and having  freedom of movement  as a citizen of an EU state  it might be typical that you have a local account,  if you are employed by  an Irish legal entity you may well need or want an Irish account

i'll let  those who know aobut how the tax  etc system  in Eire works comment on whethewr you need an irish tax  number   if you aren't going to be ordinarily  resident  in Eire

NoodleDoodleMan

An Irish passport is only available to those who are Irish citizens, or who can apply for it if not born there under the Foreign Births Registration procedure - that applies to children of an Irish parent or grandparent....under legacy rights.

Once citizenship is confirmed you can then apply for the passport.

The UK and Republic of Ireland accept dual nationality so you can hold both passports.

I presume that allows holding a British bank account(s) ?

DullGreyGuy

NoodleDoodleMan said:

I presume that allows holding a British bank account(s) ?

No, simply being a British Citizen doesn't automatically entitle you to a British bank account. Most banks require you to be resident of the UK, rather than Citizen as the UK banking entity will need a banking licence in the country you are resident in to open one. Its a little greyer as to if they can keep providing banking services if you open one whilst a UK resident and then leave the UK but since Brexit many banks have been shutting accounts of those known to be overseas. 

As is somewhat typical, plenty of banks operate in British Overseas Territory and British Crown Dependency places like Jersey have more liberal arrangements and will happily take more or less anyones money however they are really setup for those with reasonable wealth and so HSBC's version for example requires £75k deposited or £120k salary paid in