Brits can't retire in the EU then?
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If you hold a passport from an EU/EEA country, or from Switzerland, then retiring in Portugal will be easy for you. Thanks to EU freedom of movement, you can retire in Portugal whenever you like.Non-EU/EEA/Swiss citizens
If you don’t have a passport from the EU/EEA or Switzerland, then you’ll need a residency visa to begin the process of retiring in Portugal.You’ll need to meet the following basic requirements to get a residency visa:
- Have a valid passport
- Provide proof of income
- Have private health insurance (you can join Portugal’s state health care system, but only after you receive your residency permit)
- Criminal record check from your current country of residency
So if I fulfill the criteria I have a right to retire in an EU country that accepts me?
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I wouldn't call it a right. You lost that.
So in your mind it's not a right, now we're getting somewhere.
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Not any more. You lost it.
Compared to the frictionless trade we had, we do have massive trade barriers.
Fresh fruit and veg routinely takes am extra 24 hours.
The complexity of the customs, transit and legal elements is the reason the Govt recommend businesses use a customs agent to deal with it.....that means it effectively rules out the self emotes and small businesses, it's just not worth the ago.
But then you have never understood the single market so you can't comprehend
Here we go.
Let's try this one.
I've passed the criteria to retire in Portugal, the apartment I'm in a block of flats gets raided by the police.
They bang on the door, I open the door and in an English accent I ask "what do you want" This leads them to ask "have you a right to be in this country"
To which I produce my papers. To which they say " sorry for disturbing you, have a nice day"
At least I think that's what they said.
Let's try this one.
I've passed the criteria to retire in Portugal, the apartment I'm in a block of flats gets raided by the police.
They bang on the door, I open the door and in an English accent I ask "what do you want" This leads them to ask "have you a right to be in this country"
To which I produce my papers. To which they say " sorry for disturbing you, have a nice day"
At least I think that's what they said.
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So you aren't sure? There you go then...
There's that word again massive, you can't help yourself pushing the envelope where it will no longer fit through the letter box.
The attempt at humour lost on you.
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Which weren't required before, the right you had previously has been withdrawn.
You don't understand the difference between tariff and non tariff barriers.
The EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement
An agreement between the EU and UK that sets out preferential arrangements in trade that go beyond free trade agreements to preserve longstanding cooperation.commission.europa.eu
The TCA doesn't deal with:
Rules of origin checks
SPS controls
Cabotage restrictions
ATA carnet issues
Transit documents
Customs declarations
Nor does it deal with 90 in 180 day restrictions
Oh and the TCA doesn't deal with services we have no trade deal for that
You are WRONG
As an EU member every UK citizen had the right to work, live and retire....no EU country could change the rules, FOM gave us rights.
No need to apply for anything just go and work.
No there is no right, UK citizens are subject to whatever visa and other restrictions EU countries choose to impose....ie no right
Poor Gant, you best toddle off to screwfix to get yer self a much bigger shovel
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