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Things will certainly be a lot
full time or part time. It’s certainly more
You have three types of visa to consider:
different when relocating to
straightforward to stay resident in the UK and
working, retirement and ‘golden’. Anyone
Europe, as the new ‘freedom of
just enjoy long – maybe very long – holidays in
planning on working abroad will need
movement’ rules will apply from 1st January,
the sun. You could, for example, buy a second
the relevant visa. That includes ‘digital
meaning British people will need a visa to
home in Spain, enjoying long, warm winters
nomads’ who plan to work from home for
live full-time in an EU country. Meanwhile,
there, and then rent it out to high-paying
the Birmingham office. It just happens that
long-haul destinations like New Zealand are
tourists while you enjoy an English summer.
‘home’ is now a café in San Francisco.
You’ll have no worries over Brexit, enjoy
Retirement or ‘non-lucrative’ visas will be
effectively sealed off to non-citizens of those countries for the time being.
capital growth (hopefully) on two properties,
popular in Spain and France, where if you
But that doesn’t mean you should forget the
take holidays whenever you want them, and
show an income over a certain amount
idea of moving abroad, which is one of the
you can even finance the overseas home
(usually not that much, less than €1,000 per
most exciting adventures one can have, at
with equity release on your UK property.
month) and have private healthcare, you can
any time of life. You might just need to spend the half of 2021 planning (and the second half living the dream!).
If moving full time, 2021 could be a big year for emigration lawyers and agents. They now have another 26 countries to work in, as Brits
Planning for your big move
moving more than half of the year to the EU
Your first decision will be whether to move
will need a visa.
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stay. Lastly, golden or investor visas are where you gain residency in return for splurging lots of money on a property or other investment. Money talks everywhere, but €500,000 will CONTINUED OVER THE PAGE
