PPS Number for Son

BarraOG

Hi,

My wife and I have purchased a house in Ireland and have sold our home in Sweden with the intension of moving to Ireland at the end of the month. However in the meantime my mother in law in Sweden has been diagnosed with terminal cancer and my wife wants to be near her as much as possible. We have therefore secured short term accommodation in Sweden. Our four year old son has a place in school in Ireland and is due to start in two weeks.

We are both on parental leave and are entitled to it as long as we are Swedish residents, even if we live abroad. We'd like to continue to avail of this if possible until things settle down enough for us to start looking for employment.

We move to Ireland next week but plan to travel to Sweden regularly. My parents will help us so that our son can go to school as much as possible but the school understands our situation. The school has mentioned that they will need a PPSN for our son at some stage after he starts there. I have a PPSN since I was born in Ireland. Will I have to change residency in order to secure a PPSN for him?

What other advice can you offer us regarding residency?

Thanks,

Barry

Dardania

There seems to be some advice here about applying for it:

http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/social_welfare/irish_social_welfare_system/personal_public_service_number.html

Maybe take the opportunity while in ireland to apply for the PPS for your son? It doesn't seem to have any interaction with whether you are resident or not...

Bubbaclaus

They will ask for proof that your son requires a PPSN, so if you could ask the school to provide you a letter requesting one that would be useful.