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by Brigid from Ireland » Thu Dec 26, 2013 4:38 pm
Can you transfer from degree to diploma? You must ask the university you attend, it will be their decision.
If you make the right case, it may be possible for you to do the degree over a longer period of time. So for example, if you are ill with exhaustion/some medical condition of which you have medical proof, then you may take six years instead of three to complete a degree, as students with disabilites must be supported, and completing the study over a longer period of time is considered appropriate support. That is one example and it refers only to the university position on the matter, the position of immigration officials may be different.
Can you get money from Irish government if there are no jobs? It depends on your personal circumstances, so in some cases the answer is yes, but in many cases the answer is no.
So for example, if you are a non-EU student on a valid student visa, which grants you permission to live in Ireland, then if you have a partner/spouse (male or female) who is an EU/Irish citizen/stamp 4, and THEY are entitled to social welfare (because THEY are unemployed or ill, for example) then they can put you on their claim as a dependent spouse/partner.
That is one example, there are others also, but it would require a lot of knowledge of your personal life to find an approach that is suitable to your circumstances.
If you have worked in Ireland, and paid sufficient prsi, then it may be possible for you to claim benefit in your own right, but this is a very complicated area, most students who claim do so as dependent spouse/partner. (Students, even Irish citizens, are generallly not permitted to claim social welfare themselves, but they can be dependents on the claim of a partner).
If you are the parent of an Irish citizen child, you can change from a student visa to a Zambrano visa, then you may have an entitlement to money on this basis - again, various conditions apply.
So there are different ways to be entitled to money, but it depends on your personal circumstances.
BL