What You Need to Get Things

This is a partial list of the documents required to ... get other documents or important things once you've arrived in Dublin. I'll add to it as time goes on.

To get a ... You need...

BANK ACCOUNT
1. Proof of identity (passport),
2. Proof of address (a utility bill mailed to you at your Dublin address, or, in my case, a letter from my university stating that I was employed there, but could not produce a utility bill because I have not been living there very long. Make the bank be specific about exactly what they want in the letter. I had to go back and get a different letter, built on a template they gave me.
3. A PPS Number


PPS NUMBER
1. Proof of identity (passport)
2. Proof of address
3. Any statement of employment if you have it already


MOBILE PHONE
*If you choose to pay as you go - to just top up money and not purchase a monthly plan - then currently you don't really need anything other than money to buy the phone or SIM card to convert your current phone. But if you go with a plan, you need
1. A Bank Account so that they can direct debit monthly
2. Proof of identity (passport)
3. Proof of address

TO GET PAID
1. A Bank Account
2. Then you need to go the Tax Office. If you're in the city centre, this is on Cathedral Street, which you get to by walking up the east side of O'Connell past Cleary's department store, and then turning right at the Burger King. They are very efficient at this office. If you neglect to set up your taxes, your employer is obliged to charge you 'emergency tax'. It's an emergency to YOU, not so much to the government, because emergency tax means they dock a huge percentage of your wages until you set up your taxes, as as incentive to ... set up your taxes
3. You probably need an address as well.

As you can see, each of these relies on the other, but the most key one other than your passport seems to be an address. May the force be with you if you're staying at a hotel and can't find a way to prove even a temporary address.



More to come...