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pamdb

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22. moving to Ireland

Thu Sep 25, 2025, 04:06 PM

Sep 25

I don't know how old you are, but I do know that if you are on medicare, you have to continue to make the payments IF YOU EVER THINK YOU MIGHT REURN TO THE US. Otherwise if you do come back you will hit with having to pay what you didn't pay while you were done.

We checked into stuff in 2016 and then when Biden was elected we exhaled. Big mistake. We are now in our early 70's and no one wants us. We're old and can't really contribute to the economy. My grandmother was born in Canada but I cannot find her birth certificate anywhere so I have no proof. Checking baptisms not but don't what religion, if any, they belonged to. There is still Portugal which is affordable but again, it's the health care and the monthly payment to Medicare if you think you might return.

I don't want to scare anyone, but it wouldn't surprise me if the current administration would try something like, you can't get your social security if you have relocated overseas. Wouldn't surprise me in the least.

I've got English, Irish, German and Canadian but too long ago (except for the Canadian) to do any good. Just make sure about your medical insurance and if, or when, you decide to draw your SS.

Good luck.

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Never think of yourself as being a "drain on the system" Prairie Gates Sep 25 #1

thank you CountAllVotes Sep 25 #4

I agree with Praire Grass..you are not a drain on a system that you have paid into all these years Deuxcents Sep 25 #9

Maybe hire someone to do the hard stuff? I'd say go for it, if you can arrange lodging. 58Sunliner Sep 25 #2

Best of luck to you! Delphinus Sep 25 #3

Great fear CountAllVotes Sep 25 #7

My wife and I visited Ireland last year around this time Klondike Kat Sep 25 #11

My dear CAV, first of all, I applaud you for your courage in considering niyad Sep 25 #5

Wow -- I'm envious. Do you have friends or relatives in Donegal? It would help your allegorical oracle Sep 25 #6

My family is from Donegal CountAllVotes Sep 25 #8

If you have anyone you trust in a no income tax state IbogaProject Sep 25 #10

Don't need Medicare CountAllVotes Sep 25 #18

OK, just do some research IbogaProject Sep 25 #34

The grass is not always greener on the other side, not even in Ireland. Gimpyknee Sep 25 #12

I don't get out much CountAllVotes Sep 25 #19

Re Priest's advice - That was then, this is now. No Vested Interest Sep 25 #32

My selfish side says, don't go because we don't want to lose StarryNite Sep 25 #13

If you're a citizen with a passport not sure why you would need an income TxGuitar Sep 25 #14

Agreed Prairie Gates Sep 25 #15

exactly CountAllVotes Sep 25 #23

Something that I personally find helpful anciano Sep 25 #16

Good luck with the move. Old Crank Sep 25 #17

Bank of Ireland CountAllVotes Sep 25 #21

I wish you the best lindalou65 Sep 25 #20

moving to Ireland pamdb Sep 25 #22

as I mentioned CountAllVotes Sep 25 #24

Huh? A minimum 50k Euros PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 25 #25

That would seem reasonable for someone wanting to immigrate... regnaD kciN Sep 25 #30

Go for it! WhiteTara Sep 25 #26

In 2019 I spent 3 months alone in Ireland Tree Lady Sep 25 #27

When you change environment, especially when you change countries, you have the possibility fierywoman Sep 25 #28

I have a cousin who gained dual citizenship Warpy Sep 25 #29

I share your dual citizenship with the same countries! debsy Sep 25 #31

Here's a thought-- Bayard Sep 25 #33

If I wanted to leave with all my friends and family we'd need an ocean liner. hunter Sep 25 #35