| Living / Retiring abroad. 21:58 - Dec 2 with 3236 views | Deano69 |
If you had the opportunity to live or retire abroad, where would it be and why?
I have been lucky enough travel a reasonable amount including all continents, but haven’t quite found a place I have thought ‘you know what, I could live here.’ Being on holiday is a bit different to living somewhere I guess. |  |
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| Living / Retiring abroad. on 10:12 - Dec 3 with 479 views | Daninthecampo |
| Living / Retiring abroad. on 10:00 - Dec 3 by DJR |
Having experience of the Spanish legal and administrative system, including helping my son obtain a student visa recently, I am not sure that "easy" is quite the right word to apply in relation to Spain.
Indeed, having got a visa for my son (no easy task with the need for apostilles, translations etc), I arranged an appointment for a residence card for him when I came out with him to help him settle in, only to be turned down for no obvious reason. We were told he had to go to the Foreigners' Office in Malaga who told us that that we did have the correct paperwork. So I arranged another appointment for him at a different police station who granted the application. |
I meant easy to meet the requirements, totally agree the paperwork is a Ballache but you just need a good gestor.
Probably 30% of my work as a financial adviser here is helping Brits move their life/finances to Spain, some horror stories but usually just long waiting times. |  | | |
| Living / Retiring abroad. on 10:33 - Dec 3 with 441 views | bluelagos |
| Living / Retiring abroad. on 10:12 - Dec 3 by Daninthecampo |
I meant easy to meet the requirements, totally agree the paperwork is a Ballache but you just need a good gestor.
Probably 30% of my work as a financial adviser here is helping Brits move their life/finances to Spain, some horror stories but usually just long waiting times. |
I'll raise you Italian paperwork.
Nephew of mine got a job out there - and had to kind of reapply every 3 months at a local office - was all ok, but a ridiculous level of bureaucracy.
To get permission to get his gf temporary residency he got married (they'd been together 7 years but never saw the need) - and then she still didn't get it approved.
Got to love the benefits of Brexit - funnily enough saw an article yesterday on tourist arrivals to Spain (from UK) which is another dogs breakfast about to make life harder for us all. |  |
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| Living / Retiring abroad. on 11:24 - Dec 3 with 422 views | soupytwist |
Based on a few days in Livorno, Italy a couple of summers ago I would like to retire to a middle-sized Italian town by the sea. Livorno itself was pretty good and easily accessible from the UK, as well as well connected to the Italian railway network.
However, I think that Trieste would be my favourite. I could swan around town pretending I'm a cold war era spy organising a spy exhange on the Yugoslavian border. It's also handily placed for trips up into the Slovenian mountains (I'd have a Fiat Panda 4x4 for such eventualities) and down the Adriatic coast of Croatia. It also has a nearby airport for returning to the UK when necessary. |  | | |
| Living / Retiring abroad. on 11:34 - Dec 3 with 398 views | WeWereZombies |
| Living / Retiring abroad. on 10:33 - Dec 3 by bluelagos |
I'll raise you Italian paperwork.
Nephew of mine got a job out there - and had to kind of reapply every 3 months at a local office - was all ok, but a ridiculous level of bureaucracy.
To get permission to get his gf temporary residency he got married (they'd been together 7 years but never saw the need) - and then she still didn't get it approved.
Got to love the benefits of Brexit - funnily enough saw an article yesterday on tourist arrivals to Spain (from UK) which is another dogs breakfast about to make life harder for us all. |
OK, Brexit ballsups top Trumps (sic) is in progress. I have an American friend who got refused entry at Heathrow a few years back. So, on the grounds of having a grandfather born there, she tried to move to Hungary so as to get European Union citizenship. Then the tragic vote happened. But she wondered if she could make a go of it in Hungary, filled in lots of paperwork etc., had to keep moving between Hungary and Romania on temporary visas. Finally gave up this autumn and moved back to Idaho...just in time for the Trump rumpus. |  |
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| Living / Retiring abroad. on 12:00 - Dec 3 with 362 views | BarcaBlue |
| Living / Retiring abroad. on 10:33 - Dec 3 by bluelagos |
I'll raise you Italian paperwork.
Nephew of mine got a job out there - and had to kind of reapply every 3 months at a local office - was all ok, but a ridiculous level of bureaucracy.
To get permission to get his gf temporary residency he got married (they'd been together 7 years but never saw the need) - and then she still didn't get it approved.
Got to love the benefits of Brexit - funnily enough saw an article yesterday on tourist arrivals to Spain (from UK) which is another dogs breakfast about to make life harder for us all. |
"Got to love the benefits of Brexit - funnily enough saw an article yesterday on tourist arrivals to Spain (from UK) which is another dogs breakfast about to make life harder for us all."
Legislation came in today that enforces holiday home owners (hotels, campsites, car rentals etc as well) to collect up to 40 pieces of data on each guest. I'm still not really clear how it works but the registration process is going to take an age, the storage of personal details is sketchy and I've received no notification from anyone on what is expected. My day will be spent wading through govt websites and help forums. |  | | |
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