[Help] What's the easiest way to attain EU residency?

Baldseagull · Oct 24, 2021

Seagull58 said:
You can buy in Portugal for half a million. No need to spend 2 million.

Need to wait 5 years though, to get residency. In Cyprus 300k property investment for residency in 6 months, 2 Million gets you citizenship in 6 months.

Edit: The Citizenship in 6 months is no longer available as of November last year, residency still applies but it's non schengen so doesnt give you schengen travel rights. Looks like Portugal is a better option if you have the cash, as you can have residency without actually being resident, and then get citizenship after 5 years.

French Seagull · Oct 24, 2021

Seagull58 said:
Getting residency would be much easier than getting citizenship though.

For full citizenship in France you need to speak the language and have a knowledge of France (just like the UK wants round the other way) however, to get a residence permit first you need a long stay visa (up to a year) this can be done online. When you arrive you can apply to your Prefecture for your residence permit, on their website it will have the detail. Basically they need to check you are who you say you are, have health cover and are going to be self supporting.

Seagull58 · Oct 24, 2021

Baldseagull said:
Need to wait 5 years though, to get residency. In Cyprus 300k property investment for residency in 6 months, 2 Million gets you citizenship in 6 months.

Edit: The Citizenship in 6 months is no longer available as of November last year, residency still applies but it's non schengen so doesnt give you schengen travel rights. Looks like Portugal is a better option if you have the cash, as you can have residency without actually being resident, and then get citizenship after 5 years.

Yeah, residency through Golden Visa is immediate. Can apply for permanent residency after5 years.

Pretty Plnk Fairy · Oct 24, 2021

Be a traiter

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DF

Swansman · Oct 24, 2021

Being Swedish worked for me, try it.

DavidinSouthampton · Oct 25, 2021

Pretty Plnk Fairy said:
Be a traiter

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DF

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Kalimantan Gull · Oct 25, 2021

Campaign for a referendum to rejoin the EU

Pogue Mahone · Oct 25, 2021

DavidinSouthampton said:
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Come on, David. Capital PPF = spoof account.

sparkie · Oct 25, 2021

Kalimantan Gull said:
Campaign for a referendum to rejoin the EU

It'd be quicker to work and live in Ireland for a few years and then get citizenship ?

Waiting to successfully rejoin the EU would be a longer term open ended strategy surely ?

shingle · Oct 25, 2021

vegster said:
Indeed having any connection to Ireland helps. Its kind of ironic that for the last couple of hundred years the Irish have suffered ( mostly because of us ) but now they have got ahead of us economically, socially and politically.

Really !!!

WATFORD zero · Oct 25, 2021

Pogue Mahone said:
Come on, David. Capital PPF = spoof account.

To be fair, there is no way you can tell from the content of the post :lolol:

highflyer · Oct 25, 2021

Kalimantan Gull said:
Campaign for a referendum to rejoin the EU

Won't work, but would be the best way to keep the Tories in power for ever and make sure relationships with the EU go steadily downhill.
IMO.

The correct answer I believe is to get very rich and buy it via the tax haven of Malta's 'golden visa' programme.

Kuipers Supporters Club · Oct 25, 2021

beorhthelm said:
a Delorean might be easy, getting the 1.21 gigawatts power is not.

What the hell is a gigawatt.

matt · Oct 25, 2021

Seagull58 said:
Easiest way is to have an Irish grandparent and apply for Irish citizenship by foreign birth. Then you can get an Irish passport and you have the right to residence anywhere in the EU.

The first step for this, which is joining the Foreign Births Register, has been closed for months (official reason is due to Covid), so this is unfortunately not an option at the moment.

nwgull · Oct 25, 2021

Kuipers Supporters Club said:
What the hell is a gigawatt.

Giga = billion

Is it PotG? · Oct 25, 2021

Kalimantan Gull said:
Campaign for a referendum to rejoin the EU

Official Old Man · Oct 25, 2021

Why?
If thinking of moving there to live it is very expensive. Tons of paperwork and trips to the consulate in London. You must have health insurance and a proven income of £25,000 a year.
As mentioned, the Golden Ticket is to sell up here and buy a property worth over £500,000 which gets you straight in.

Cowfold Seagull · Oct 25, 2021

papajaff said:
Yep, Mum born in Dublin so got me a Paddy Passport. Very lucky boy me.

In which case is the Union Jack you have as yolur avatar about to be replaced by the Irish Tricolour or the flag of the EU?

You can't have it both ways you know.

Publius Ovidius · Oct 25, 2021

DavidinSouthampton said:
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Wooosh Dave!

Doonhamer7 · Oct 25, 2021

Personally just waiting for the wee krankie to have independence vote - then Scotland can get back in the EU so the future of my children us hopefully sorted

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