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I had been in Ireland up until Sept 07 on a working holiday visa which is a temporary stay, and thus had not become 'resident'. I left and reentered Ireland after my green card had been approved, hence becoming 'resident'.bloody foreigner wrote:Hi esharknz,
If you've been here for more than a year, under any immigration status, even tourist, you are no longer legally allowed to drive on a NZ licence in Ireland.
Since it is "not recognised" you would be "unlicenced" (in their eyes) after 1 year. So conditions of the irish licence would apply.
The average Garda doesn't know that, but you can bet that the insurance companies will use it to avoid paying a claim.
All of this assumes a certian logic, but as we know, logic can vary from one country to another.
You say you "would have" taken up residency last year, does that mean that you didn't for some reason, or is this just the local use of the conditional "would have" instead of "did"?
I think the way they classified people as resident or not is according to the tax year. if a person stayed in ireland legally 6 monhts or more within the tax year. that person will be classified as resident of the country and it doesnt matter how many times the person leave and enter the country.bloody foreigner wrote:Sorry, I didn't mean to correct or offend, just to clarify. I see that you did in fact become resident.
However, the licence situation has nothing to do with immigration status.
You can use the NZ one for 1 year and that's all. Of course, since you left and came back, maybe the year starts again. I wouldn't like to argue that in court though.