Moving to Ireland from the USA

The visa routes

Stamp 0 (person of independent means)

Stable passive income of at least 50,000 EUR per year per person (100,000 EUR per couple) plus a contingency lump sum; renewed annually; time on Stamp 0 does not count toward long-term residency.

Stamp 0 (remote worker)

No dedicated nomad visa; remote work is permitted on Stamp 0 only if stated in the permission letter and all work is for clients entirely outside Ireland.

The tax reality

A comprehensive US-Ireland treaty exists; it allocates first-taxing rights and allows credits rather than eliminating double taxation. The key finding for remote workers: the non-dom remittance basis does not shelter earned income for work physically performed in Ireland, so a US remote worker in Dublin is fully taxable in Ireland on that salary at rates up to about 52 percent marginal (income tax plus USC plus PRSI). Ireland taxes first and the US grants a Foreign Tax Credit, so no true double tax, but the absolute Irish burden is high. The remittance basis is genuinely valuable for retirees on passive income.

What it costs

Target cities: Dublin, Cork.

Dublin single about 1,080 EUR per month excluding rent (roughly 3,000 EUR including rent); 1-bed city-center about 1,800 to 2,500 EUR. Cork roughly 13 to 15 percent cheaper.

Housing listings

Daft.ie is the dominant portal and is reliably capturable; MyHome.ie is the secondary.

Healthcare

Public access for anyone ordinarily resident, gated by a PPS number; Stamp 0 applicants must show private insurance.

Banking and admin

A PPS number is the central admin key; common bridge is Wise or Revolut from the US, then a pillar bank.

The single biggest friction

The housing crisis is the single hardest real-world step; the secondary trap is the high Irish tax on remote earned income (up to about 52 percent), which FEIE and the remittance basis do not shelter.