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pamdb

(1,436 posts)
22. moving to Ireland
Thu Sep 25, 2025, 05:06 PM
Thursday

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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Research on leaving [View all] CountAllVotes Thursday OP
Never think of yourself as being a "drain on the system" Prairie Gates Thursday #1
thank you CountAllVotes Thursday #4
I agree with Praire Grass..you are not a drain on a system that you have paid into all these years Deuxcents Thursday #9
Maybe hire someone to do the hard stuff? I'd say go for it, if you can arrange lodging. 58Sunliner Thursday #2
Best of luck to you! Delphinus Thursday #3
Great fear CountAllVotes Thursday #7
My wife and I visited Ireland last year around this time Klondike Kat Thursday #11
My dear CAV, first of all, I applaud you for your courage in considering niyad Thursday #5
Wow -- I'm envious. Do you have friends or relatives in Donegal? It would help your allegorical oracle Thursday #6
My family is from Donegal CountAllVotes Thursday #8
If you have anyone you trust in a no income tax state IbogaProject Thursday #10
Don't need Medicare CountAllVotes Thursday #18
OK, just do some research IbogaProject Thursday #34
The grass is not always greener on the other side, not even in Ireland. Gimpyknee Thursday #12
I don't get out much CountAllVotes Thursday #19
Re Priest's advice - That was then, this is now. No Vested Interest Thursday #32
My selfish side says, don't go because we don't want to lose StarryNite Thursday #13
If you're a citizen with a passport not sure why you would need an income TxGuitar Thursday #14
Agreed Prairie Gates Thursday #15
exactly CountAllVotes Thursday #23
Something that I personally find helpful anciano Thursday #16
Good luck with the move. Old Crank Thursday #17
Bank of Ireland CountAllVotes Thursday #21
I wish you the best lindalou65 Thursday #20
moving to Ireland pamdb Thursday #22
as I mentioned CountAllVotes Thursday #24
Huh? A minimum 50k Euros PoindexterOglethorpe Thursday #25
That would seem reasonable for someone wanting to immigrate... regnaD kciN Thursday #30
Go for it! WhiteTara Thursday #26
In 2019 I spent 3 months alone in Ireland Tree Lady Thursday #27
When you change environment, especially when you change countries, you have the possibility fierywoman Thursday #28
I have a cousin who gained dual citizenship Warpy Thursday #29
I share your dual citizenship with the same countries! debsy Thursday #31
Here's a thought-- Bayard Thursday #33
If I wanted to leave with all my friends and family we'd need an ocean liner. hunter Thursday #35
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