What should UK Expats in Europe and EU Expats in the UK be doing now that ‘Brexit Day’ is upon us?

The ‘Brexit’ bill has been passed by the UK Parliament. This needs to be ratified by the EU Parliament and is what’s being processed at the moment.

If the EU Parliament rejected the bill, then the Treaty wouldn’t be ratified. However, the law that’s gone into the European Parliament is a two-line bill stating that the EU/UK Withdrawal Treaty is submitted and agreed, and recommending that the EU Commission accepts that and implements it accordingly.

Non-EU citizens who are family members of EU Citizens can apply for the EU Family Member Residence Card. This card ensures that an EU Citizen’s residency rights extend to their family member.

If a UK Expat returns to the UK before they die, they would be deemed domicile from day one. 

This would include returning to be buried or cremated. 

It pays to plan ahead and arrange assets in the best way to suit your circumstance and protect your family for the cost and delay of probate administration and inheritance taxes.

ProACT Sam highlights that careful planning of days in country to avoid non resident doesn’t protect you from potential UK Inheritance tax.

The new UK parliament finished 2019 voting through the Brexit Withdrawl Treaty to allow due process and allow Brexit from 31/1/20. 

Time doesn’t stop. The clock is ticking.

ProACT Sam looks forward to cross-border immigration checks for Expats and travellers, with or without Brexit.

ProACT Sam looks for a slither of daylight and clear vision for the year ahead in 2020.

We’ll even pay the postage!

In last weeks webinar ProACT discussed what expats need for a will living and working abroad.

When does a holiday maker, a traveller, a migrant worker, an overseas property owner become an Expat?

Is someone always an Expat when Living and Working Abroad ?

ProACT Sam says the an Expat is a transition period in some ones life.

ProACT Sam highlights the Game of Thrones reoccurring activities and confirms what Expats can do to gain certainty.

UK Expat Pensions and the Impact of Brexit, No deal Brexit and double taxation.

ProACT Sam clarifies how Expat pensions are impacted by Brexit with or without a Withdrawal Treaty and explains the deadlines ahead as review points.

Different Pensions are affected in different ways by Brexit for Expats living and working abroad - but taxation impacts are not related to Brexit.