Retiring Abroad

bostonerimus

Ireland is an easy option for UK citizens retiring and there are many other countries that have retirement visas; Thailand is one and Portugal has a very attractive tax status for foreign retirees, but the visa situation for UK citizens will be in flux for a while.

bugslett

Colombia wrote: »

my post was simply about retiring in colombia, and where other poeple have decided to live out their retirement,,,,pity its being taken over by. Brexit and American polices do you not hear enough of that everyday.very sad.

Couldn't agree more.

For many years I ran a virtual walking group for about ten of us middle agedxladies to encourage more walking. I'd plan routes through various countries and we would 'visit' places of interest and Colombia became one of those places that we would like to visit in real life.

Personally I'm unlikely to retire abroad. I'd like to in many ways but moving abroad alone is not that appealing.

Thrugelmir

bostonerimus wrote: »

I don't like the direction the UK is going in

27 years is a long time. Very different to when you left.

it seems to mirror the US far too much.

Globalisation is everywhere. US tentacles spread far and wide.

zagfles

Colombia wrote: »

my post was simply about retiring in colombia, and where other poeple have decided to live out their retirement,,,,pity its being taken over by. Brexit and American polices do you not hear enough of that everyday.very sad.

Brexit is very relavent to people wanting to retire abroad, particularly in the EU for obvious reasons if free movement is stopped. In a lot of non-EU countries you need to prove you're almost a millionaire before they let you retire there! The same might be the case for EU countries after Brexit.

Also if you have a pension in GBP, retiring to anywhere abroad you're adversely affected by Brexit, because it's caused the pound to plummet. Obviously still a lot of places where you can get good value, but not as good as if the pound been worth what it was before the Brexit vote.

bostonerimus

Thrugelmir wrote: »

27 years is a long time. Very different to when you left.

Yes indeed...I left when Thatcher was PM because the jobs I was offered were terrible and I got twice the salary as a post doc in the US. I'm not sorry to have missed Blair, Brown, Cameron, May and Johnson

Globalisation is everywhere. US tentacles spread far and wide.

Yes they do, along with US money.

discat11

bostonerimus wrote: »

Yes indeed...I left when Thatcher was PM because the jobs I was offered were terrible and I got twice the salary as a post doc in the US. I'm not sorry to have missed Blair, Brown, Cameron, May and Johnson

Yes they do, along with US money.

Actually Blair was pretty good especially after Thatcher, it has gone steadily downhill since then, but we're at the bottom and digging now unfortunately!

The US might have Trump and it might have him for even another term but the US will get over that disaster a heck of a lot sooner & easier than brexit that's for sure.

kinger101

Colombia wrote: »

feindly poeple

Do you mean fiendly or friendly?

Thrugelmir

bostonerimus wrote: »

Yes they do, along with US money.

Though Chinese ownership of US assets is beginning to get under the skin. In a relatively short period of time.