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I am sorry for the stupidity of the question but you never know, I don't want to get into administrative trouble just because of my ignorance.
And same question for my other bills, like the Internet, can I just transfer them to my new place in Ireland (Dublin), or is Ireland considered separate from England ?
(and no offense to anyone)
Thanks a lot everyone for your detailed answers, it helped me a lot. I will have to start doing all the paperwork now.
The Republic of Ireland & the UK are separate countries, with separate currencies & banking regulations.
Are you moving on a permanent basis to the Republic of Ireland? If you are then the answer is yes, you will need a new bank account.
An Irish employer won't be able to pay your wages into a British bank account, it would be an international transaction & they'll be charged for it. It could also create difficulties with the tax man in the Republic of Ireland. You won't be able to use your British debit cards in the Republic of Ireland without paying extortionate charges
If you are an independent contractor/consultant or you'll be working outside Ireland for an Irish employer & maintaining a base in the UK then you need to discuss the situation with your employer
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I was at a lecture today and the lecture said if NAMA fails, that the country could become bankrupt and if that happened that the IMF (International Monetary Fund) could take up to 90% of the money in your bank account (everybody in the country). The lectre said this has happened in other countries and that there is prove of this on the internet. Is this true and could you tell me where you got the imformation on the internet???????
Was that person on drugs when they told you that? There's proof on the internet? There's also proof of Big Foot, alien abductions, the Loch Ness monster and all sorts of other ridiculous ideas.
Sounds like you were listening to just another conspiracy nut. I wouldn't worry about it. I would recommend that you just go to the IMF website and see what they really do there.
http://www.imf.org/external/index.htm
Also, here's an article from the IMF describing what really should be happening with countries that may be bankrupt:
http://www.imf.org/external/np/vc/2002/0 11802.htm
a month ago i posted a question on here about extra work from home.
i got am email from some guy saying hes give me 10% income if i was to cash some cheques in my account for him. whaterver the cheque was for id get 10%.
i received the cheque and was abit iffy about it so i took it to the post office to look at to see if it was real or not and they said that it looksreal. the cheque was from a bank in ireland so i checked out the bank over the internet. all genuine so far.
i put the cheque into my account to wait to clear. a month on i went into my account as my bank took money off me. found out the cheque was counterfit and the bank charged because of the trouble.
thuis cheque was in euros and canme from south africa. ive been told to get intouch with cheshire police and give as much info about the man that gave me the cheque so they can get him.
just wanting to know how does this man make any money?
he did pester me to send half of it through moneygram to some address. he wanted this quite immediately but i told him he has it when the cheque clears.
apparently with the cheque being in euros it can take up to 28 days to clear in a uk account.
why would someone make counterfit money and not get any money out of it?
do i have a good chance of the police finding this man? hes in south africa and i have his name, address and email address. will this be enough?
also, please watch out for scams like this. i thought i could see a scam if one come along but this looked like a good opportunity and didnt realise.
before people call me stupid i looked into the cheque to see if it was fake before i cashed it and everything looked good.
also this man came from this site so watch out for a ''david simmons''
I know that I don't have to tell you this, now but if something
looks to good to be true, then it's not.
The first question one has to ask himself is why is this
person going to give me 10% of his money just to cash
his check? They say they need the money, they don't have
a checking account bla bla bla. They look for people
like yourself that have the desire to help and make a
little extra cash on the side.
They are hoping that you will send them the money
because "they need it so desperately" as soon as
the check arrives, you were smarter than the average
person that got scammed, you tried to have the check
validated, checked to see if the bank existed and assumed
that you were safe in cashing it, unfortunately a month
later the check bounced like a rubber ball and the
scammer received received 90% face value of the
check.
What you could have done is once that you have validated
that the bank was real, contact the bank and ask them
to validate the availability of the funds before cashing it.
You would have known right then that the check was
either phony or did not have any funds available.
Even if the the man is caught it is highly unlikely that
you will ever see your money again.
Here is a useful link so you can look at and be aware of
the hundreds (maybe thousands) of scams today
i dont have credit card and i dont want to send any of my bank account details because im afraid that it'll be hacked or something.
but i want to shop over the internet. im in ireland.
is there any way to shop without credit card?
and what's money order?how does it work?
Set up a paypal account
Its safe and you can link it to your bank account to take funds from it.
At the same time when you shop online you don't have to give your banking account info just your pay pal information.
You could also get a pre-paid credit card like a visa one.
That way you can add money to it when you want to and its not directly from your bank account either.
I recently fled London to get away from my violent boyfriend. I took 150 pounds out of the cash machine before getting a train to another city.He now thinks I've fled to Ireland and am no longer in the UK when in fact I am about 2 hours away. I have almost ran out of cash. I want to stay in this city as I have made good friend but I have only 30 pounds left having been here for almost a month already. I have money in my bank account but this is the problem; The bank statements come to the house we shared so if I go to a cash machine and take out money on the bank statement (which he will absolutely scrutinise) it will say exactly where and when the money was taken out and he will know exactly where I am. I am awful at the internet so online banking is not an option for me at this very moment in time. I know in the long run I will have to set up a new bank account etc but just for the next two weeks is there any way I can get money out of my account without it showing up on my bank statement as a set location?I know one way is via a check but I do not have my check book. No one is willing to lend me anything. Even if it just says UK that is too much. He thinks I'm abroard.
i was shocked to find advertisers actually private messaging me to advertise their websites even on a serious question regarding domestic abuse. SICK!
Ring your bank, tell them the situation- they will be able to re-direct your post to a friend or family member if you are able to answer the security questions.
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