France's 90-day visa hell as Brits forced to sell their homes over EU rules
France's 90-day visa hell as Brits forced to sell their homes over EU rules
Non-EU citizens can only spend a total of 90 days over an 180-day period in the whole of the European Union.
Britain: "Screw the EU. We're sick of following your regulations and welcoming your people into our country just to steal our jobs from hardworking British workers and scrounge off of our NHS and welfare state. But we still want to trade freely and come live in your countries whenever we feel like it, because we're massive xenophobic hypocrites who think the entire world still revolves around us."
France: "Fruckoff."
"We don't wanna be in the EU anymore!"
"Okay, then you'll be treated like people who aren't in the EU anymore."
"No, wait..."
Articles like this are so disingenuous. UK news has been reporting things like this for several years now, always trying to make it sound like it’s us mean old continental Europeans who are forcing our evil rules on the poor blameless Britons. As opposed to being the exact thing they themselves voted for. Hello and fuck you from sunny Portugal, dear Brexit voters!
As a British person who spent several years living and working in EU countries before brexit and is now unable to - I don't think I'll ever stop being furious at the ignorant bigoted fucks who voted away the wonderful freedom of movement we shared with our neighbours. Useless slack-jawed gibbering wankers.
I don't think it was the British people with French homes that voted for brexit...
You'd be surprised.
I personally know a guy who lives in Spain and owns a house in France, and he voted for Brexit. The stupidity here is ridiculous.
I personally know of two couples who did this. It's totally Leopards ate my face shit
It absolutely was.
Spain did this first and most certainly idiots living in Spain voted against their own needs because they really didn't think that there would be consequences.
Wait, there are consequences to Brexit and things have changed?!
I'm no ornithologist but I don't think that's a peacock.
Saying goodbye to their life in France, where they were paying around £2,574 (€3,000) in taxes every year,
So these people who were rich enough to own a second home wanted to spend more than 50% of their time in France, but were paying the vast majority of their taxes back to the UK?
No wonder the laws got tightened.
Did you read the article? The couple quoted spent about 140 days and now can't spend more than 90.
Man, this thread is full of dickheads. Even if, say, only 30% of these people voted Remain, that's a lot of people who deserve some sympathy. To damn a whole group of people when a substantial number share the exact same opinions as you is truly thoughtless.
I'm a remainer in a leave-majority area, for what it's worth. May as well tell me about the "consequences of my actions" too!
You can feel sorry for roughly 45% of the state of TX while still staying clear of that shithole.
As a Texan, I understand...
'And I would've gotten away with it too, ecxept for those meddling consequences!'
If this is anything like what happened in Spain, then they had every opportunity to change their status and avoid any issues.
A substantial part of them applied for French citizenship after Brexit. If they received it, these are fine.
It's funny to see the others crying over it.
Over here in the US, a bunch of Central American countries offer retirement visas, aiming at the American retiree market. Less-expensive, warm weather.
https://money.usnews.com/money/retirement/aging/articles/countries-that-offer-retirement-visas
8 Countries That Offer Retirement Visas
These countries welcome American retirees with special programs and benefits.
Countries around the world are looking to attract American retirees. Some countries have created visa policies specifically designed for retirees and in some cases offer special benefits and incentives for relocating. The most attractive retirement visas are usually found in Latin America, although a few Asian countries also offer appealing programs.
Back when Brexit was being figured out, I remember seeing a lot of discussion about retired Brits living in Spain being unhappy about not knowing what the future held. I commented a few times on how if Spain didn't run a retirement visa program, they might consider doing so; it sounded like a lot of elderly Brits liked living in Spain.
they might consider doing so; it sounded like a lot of elderly Brits liked living in Spain.
Yeah but the question is, did the Spaniards like a lot of elderly Brits living in Spain? I can see them not bending over backwards for a clientele that may well have had a bad influence on local housing and cost of living ;)
For Argentina, you just need to earn at least $500/month from a government-funded retirement (i.e. Social Security) of any sort and they'll pretty much just give you a pensioner's visa.
Alternative headline:
"Brits Fk Around, Find Out"
Speaking as a Brit myself, yes a lot of us are this dumb.
I've seen more intelligence in low elo League of Legends lobbies than from (especially older) voters in this country.
Like, there are people who legitimately think the influx of Muslim and African immigration in our country is the EU's fault.
British are extremely delusional. The island has been skating by on imperial history for decades and everything is finally flipping on them lol
The developed world is full of narcissist who really do think that they are better than a sizable portion of the world's population just because they happened to be born in their country. It's like that idiot you had to go to school with who thought he was the best thing ever just because his father was a successful car salesman. None of these people did anything to earn or deserve what they have, but feel that they are entitled to it.
Slur not justified. So many better ways to convey what you mean.
What's next? "Pardon my slur, but what a bunch of n***ers"?
Firstly, fuck the Express and fuck that site in particular, turned my phone's screen into Times Square.
While the article doesn't mention their 2016 voting, I'd love to see a Venn diagram of those who had the means and bought property in the EU, and those who had voted to leave. I suspect they'd not be far off a circle.
I feel genuinely sorry for the outliers (edit: assumed outliers) who believed in the EU's ideals and wanted property for whatever reason - work, family, whatever - and are getting horsed by the Blue Passport Gang.
Anecdotally, a good friend of mine has British parents who moved to northern France, voted to leave, and are now shocked that new and harsher rules could possibly apply to them. The most frustrating part is that they're absolutely blind to the prospect that they might just have pissed on their own chips. It's genuinely saddening to see people put two and two together, and come up with "someone else's fault".
English exceptionalism is a disease that ails British society. People are shocked that the French etc. would apply reciprocal rules on Brits although in their minds it's perfectly legitimate to apply harsh immigration policies to people wanting to come to the UK. They genuinely don't understand it, and it's tragic in a way.
This might be the most British thing I've ever heard.
They voluntarily sprinkle vinegar on them so why not
Lives in France, votes to leave the EU, fuck sake, these Brexit dummies make me ashamed to be English. Thanks for fucking over the rest of the country with your stupidity!
I genuinely can't understand it, like I can't even come up with a single plausible way these people could think this way. How could you live in France, in the EU, intend to continue to live there because you obviously like it, and think that your home country needs to do something different?