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How to find work and get temporary housing in Belfast, Ireland for 6 months?

  • I'm 23 year old from Chicago who's temporarily moving to Belfast, Ireland from January-July 2010. We just found out about this opportunity (through his job) but I'm so overwhelmed about where to start. Here are some questions I have in my mind; feel free to posts answers/suggestions to any. -I'd like to find work once I'm there, but I've read that a temporary visa requries that I have already have a job upon applying. How do I find work? -We are low income students who can't afford a dashing house to rent. Can you recommend some apartments or families who house international students?

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    sarch_uk gave a fantastic answer, so following on from that, if you are coming here as a student, I find that the Jobcentre website gives much better results for student type jobs, than conventional recruitment websites would. Here is their website. Use the 'Avanced Search' option (top right) to specify area: http://www.jobcentreonline.com/JCOLFront/Home.aspx There are some good places to look for room/house share, and low cost apartments. I recommend Property News, and Gumtree (a bit like Craigslist!) - you can also find a few jobs on Gumtree too: http://belfast.gumtree.com/ http://www.propertynews.com/ To help you settle in while you are here, you could get involved with Belfast Meetup - it is a network for young adults, arranging various night out to the cinema, theatre, pubs, clubs and restaurants, and would be a fantastic way to get to know people outside your work and education: http://www.meetup.com/Belfast-social-Meetup/ Hope you enjoy!

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Belfast is in Northern Ireland which is part of the United Kingdom, not the Republic of Ireland. As you are not a citizen of the EEA (European Economic Area) to be able to come here and do any work, in any part of the UK, you will need a work permit and a skill that is in high demand over here. However, your question points to you being a student, in which case if you have a student visa you will only be allowed to work for a maximum of 20 hours during term time and 40 hours during the breaks...you do not need to have a job sorted before you arrive here if that is the case. You can find more information regarding the rules and requirements for working and studying in the UK at this Government Border Agency site... http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/workingintheuk/ Sorry, but I can't recommend anywhere that would be suitable for you to live as I do not know Belfast well enough. btw...there is a massive recession ongoing in both the UK and Ireland, people are still losing their jobs and replacement jobs are pretty thin on the ground right now.

sarch_uk

www.hostelworld.com !!! With jobs, I'd say visit some temp agency for the type of work you are interested in and see if they can help you find something.

Sealove00

Belfast is in the United Kingdom, so you need to contact the Embassy of the United Kingdom to ask there.

Orla C

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