Scottish will be foreigners does this mean stopped from buying in London?

whalster

My title says it all really , with recent plans to stop foreign.house purchases in London or at the very least taxing them till the pips squeak where will this leave the Scots if the separatists win next week.

Perhaps they will have to take a UK passport ? And just think what fun the Daily Mail will have with all those foreigners living here taking our housing and jobs Mmmmmmm!

Bluebirdman_of_Alcathays

whalster wrote: »

My title says it all really , with recent plans to stop foreign.house purchases in London or at the very least taxing them till the pips squeak where will this leave the Scots if the separatists win next week.

Perhaps they will have to take a UK passport ? And just think what fun the Daily Mail will have with all those foreigners living here taking our housing and jobs Mmmmmmm!

Have I missed something? Is there legislation in the offing to stop foreign purchases?

bobby-boy_2

We Already have UK Passports.
UK does not mean England.

I_have_spoken

Babies born after 18th Sep 2014 in Scotland will not be eligible for British passports, if it's a 'Yes' vote obviously.

Edi81

Independence would not take place until 2016.

I imagine that all children born to scottish (uk) parents after that will be eligible for a uk passport.

Anyway, I'm scottish and live in England. Does that mean that I can't sell my house and buy another one? I hardly think so as I've got British citizenship.

BigAunty

What plans are being made to stop foreign buyers of property in the UK?

wiogs

I_have_spoken wrote: »

Babies born after 18th Sep 2014 in Scotland will not be eligible for British passports, if it's a 'Yes' vote obviously.

You got an official link to that rubbish?

Pixie5740

whalster wrote: »

My title says it all really , with recent plans to stop foreign.house purchases in London or at the very least taxing them till the pips squeak where will this leave the Scots if the separatists win next week.

Perhaps they will have to take a UK passport ? And just think what fun the Daily Mail will have with all those foreigners living here taking our housing and jobs Mmmmmmm!

I have no idea what the Daily Mail would say about it as I don't read that rag.

I suspect there are far more properties in London owned by Russians, Chinese and those from the Middle East than Scots.

unkle

It's all very 'undecided' currently.

Around the web you'll see conflicting answers, however as I understand it IF Scotland get independence then UK Passports will still be valid until expiry, it would then be up to the UK Government (not Scotland) as to if these passports can be renewed. Scotland have already said they will have their own passports so I can't see why a Scot would also have a UK passport at that point.

It could get very muddied if by then Scotland are not yet members of the EU, if the UK doesn't renew passports then potentially any Scot couldn't work in the UK........... or indeed be in the UK (by UK I mean England, Wales, Northern Ireland).

"Scotland will have its own passport for Scottish citizens on the first day of independence, but there's no guarantee it will bear EU status. If Scotland applies, it could take months or years to be accepted as an EU member state. Scottish citizens will not enjoy EU membership perks during that waiting period, unless they already hold EU membership through another country's passport.
The U.K. Parliament will have to rule on whether it will allow Scottish citizens to renew their U.K. passports going forward.


Read more: http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/scotland-votes-what-the-referendum-means-for-scots-abroad-1.2002101#ixzz3DDX8l7EU"

http://scotreferendum.com/questions/can-i-have-both-scottish-and-british-citizenship/

I_have_spoken

You got an official link to that rubbish?

No, but as the YeSNP are making it up as they go along, anything could happen

jjlandlord

Note that there cannot be discrimination between British citizens and 'foreigners', but only between 'British and EU citizens' and 'non-EU foreigners'.

I_have_spoken wrote: »

No, but as the YeSNP are making it up as they go along, anything could happen

So you're making crap up to balance?

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