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A friend of mine - chartered accountant - moved to the NYC in the mid-1980's.
Never registered nor did he go through the legal channels.
He's been over there ever since.
Married a NY girl - so I suppose he's legal now, through marriage.
It used to be like that, but not anymore thanks to some steps Bush/Clinton and the congress at the time made. Now a days you have to return to your home country for 10 years and then apply for a Visa like everyone else.
Until the "Celtic Tiger" took off, there always were loads of illegal irish here, usually working in bars, restaurants, construction or as nannys/home care aids. There was a very powerful support network for legal and illegal immigrants alike. There are a lot fewer now, and most live in the traditional irish neighborhoods in Woodside, Sunnyside and Woodlawn. It is not just the improved Irish economy, but stricter enforcement here, and it is harder to fly under the radar in a world where the use of cash is dwindling. Opening bank accounts, cashing checks, etc. is not so easy. Here is a recent article from a paper geared to irish ex pats. Irish Echo Online - News (http://www.irishecho.com/newspaper/story.cfm?id=19553 - broken link)
There are still plenty here, but there are also plenty of ways to get here legally. Deportation does not just happen to latin americans. An acquaintance of mine was here illegally from Japan for eight years after never leaving when her student visa expired. She was arrested at the end of last year and sent directly to a prison in Florida, where she sat for three months before going back to Japan.
I miss my Irish people in NYC! This place is jammed packed with undocumented people- and while I think that's not kosher- what the hell- please Irish people come back to NY!
Its unfair for Americans to demand all Irish enter legally when the doors are open to any American that wants to live/ work in Ireland!
It should be a two-way street.
I do hope to enter legally, however, as i want a job in Advertising
There are no advertising jobs here...or really, virtually ANY jobs at all. People aren't leaving their jobs, and are holding onto what they have...in all fields...good luck though. I have 5 years in the advertising biz now and I am an American and have been applying for a new job for the last year and a half now. No one is biting. Honestly your best bet is probably just stay in ireland. It would be horrible for you to come here, pay rent, go through all the legalities and then not have a job.
Woodside, Queens has a very high concentration of Irish ppl... as well as many other immigrants.
People do get caught: esp if they want to visit back/forth to & from Ireland.
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