I'm also a dual citizen, but I was born in the US. My mom was born in Hertfordshire and immigrated to the US when she was 20. She married my father in what turned out to be a troubled marriage. She moved me and my little sister to Brentwood, Essex, when I was nearly 5, and we lived there for about a year and a half. My parents reconciled moving us back to the US, but unfortunately, it did not last. We moved back to Brentwood when I was 12, where I lived until I was 19. I'm now 60 and trying to purchase a small bungalow in southeast England, but it is challenging. As you have described, buying a home in England differs from buying one in the States. I will eventually figure it out and divide my time between England and the US. I only wish I could regain my accent, which would allow me to blend in a little better. It's probably too late in life to teach this old dog a new trick. I really enjoy your insights and perspectives on the differences between the two countries I love. I visit England fairly frequently as I have a couple of close cousins and friends from my childhood with whom I'm still in touch. I am now planning a trip next September, and I will be traveling through the southwest of England to catch the ferry from Penzance to the Isles of Scilly. This has been a lifetime dream of mine as my nan would oftentimes tell me that if I did not stop being silly, she would send me to the Isles of Scilly. It was only when I was 16, and a friend of mine invited me to join him and his family to the Isles of Scilly for a week-long holiday that I realized there was an actual place. I could not join my friend and have always regretted not making a greater effort to rearrange plans so I could go. My nan would be thrilled to know I finally made it to where I belonged.
Oh that's so interesting. I love hearing peoples stories! I keep forgetting I have an "american" accent and its funny how it stops people in their tracks as they try to process what I'm saying. ;0 And here I thought I would blend in! I too have had a long desire to go to the Scilly Isles. It's not an easy trek - either by ferry or plane - but I know it will be worth it! So well done for following up. I also want to explore Jersey/Guernsey which can be a stopover on the ferry from Portsmouth to France. Always something to look forward to! Welcome back.
Good information. You didn't quite complete your thought on the Irish passport: yes it's as good as a UK passport for working/living in the UK (because the UK and Ireland have a freedom of movement agreement that predates the EU); but the Irish passport also allows you to live and work in any of the 27 countries in the European Union (EU) - should you decide that the UK and Ireland are not where you want to live after all. Also, you can obtain an Irish passport even if your parent or grandparent was born in Northern Ireland (which is part of the UK).
This was a great video! I have dual UK Citizenship and am moving back to the UK as an adult for the first time.. I haven't lived there since I was 4 and was last there 2 years ago. I'd really appreciate if you did a video on to move (I'm 48, and my kids are all grown)
Glad it was helpful! I too moved back as an adult - so it's been like starting from scratch other than having the legal right to live here. Hope your move goes smoothly :)
Three points from this post 1. On a student visa you are not allowed to bring over any family to the UK. 2. The UK is suffering many of the same problems as the US. The cost of living crisis, gas and electricity prices have double over recent year. A housing crisis, house prices and rent are high. Many people just don't earn enough to be able to buy a home and in the popular areas the high rents mean people in there 20s and 30s still live with family as they can't afford to the high rents. For those wishing to escape American politics, while the UK has just elected a left of center Labour Party. They only won because of a split in the right wing vote. The largest growing political party is run by Nigel Farage an ardent supporter and campaigner for Trump
FFS!! - the NHS is NOT free, if working you pay National Insurance which helps to fund the NHS. At least be accurate about such basic information. The NHS is largely 'free' at the point of use.
I am a dual citizen with both passports. Have not lived in the UK for many years (studied in London). Was always very comfortable there. Weather is to my liking, and I don't like the gun culture in the U.S. Also, I like to hike but always go with a group because I'm afraid of bears (we have many where I live) but often the hiking groups are more advanced than I am, so I'd like to go out by myself. I also love the moors and open areas instead of so many trees all the time as where our U.S. trails (in the East) seem to be. But I'm retired and spent all my working life in the U.S. so I need a good tax attorney, need to know how to pay taxes since they will not be taken out of wages. I have US social security, 2 pensions, and savings plus I own a house. And I know the tax year is different. Would the embassy have references for good dual tax consultants so that I can make a plan to follow for the move?
Oh and one more thing - I know I won't have a credit rating to follow and will have to start out with probably at least 6 months of AirBnB or something like that.
You're in good shape if you choose to come back! I'd consult a tax attorney to know where you stand although you could probably just google it as not sure the embassy would get into referrals. There's also a FB group for US expats that can be helpful. I paid 6 months rent up front when I first moved back, but with a passport you can rent through an estate agency.
Sounds like there’s no way for an American to move to the UK. I don’t qualify for ANY of the options you mention. No wonder there are a very few (200,000) Americans in the UK!
Just get on a dinghy, you’ll be allowed to stay in a free 4star hotel, 3 meals a day, free doctor, free dentist and all us poor schmucks that pay tax will foot the bill
Alas I wish you weren't promoting this. The UK is a very densely populated country with a huge housing crisis. Also see other comments re state of the NHS etc.
Many moving to the UK are required to take out private insurance and pay two years in advance. A friend of mine in the US married an English guy and she was asked to do this when she came to the UK. She had no problem with doing it this way and is happy with the private insurance.
Best advice: do NOT move to Britain now UNLESS you are wealthy. It's a country in serious social and economic decline, with a truly awful national healthcare system to boot - one that is both completely overwhelmed with a **7 million people backlog waiting list** and one that is one of the worst in the developed world in terms of positive outcomes for serious life threatening illnesses. Your chances of surviving cancer for example are significantly worse in the UK than most other countries in Europe or the Americas. Crime is now very bad in the cities, and the police are a joke who don't even bother investigating robberies anymore! But they WILL turn up at your door and possibly arrest you for something you said that someone else has deemed 'hateful' on social media. There is NO free speech left in the UK anymore. So for example if you are an American and think the UK has something like the first amendment right to protect freedom of speech you will be in for a very big shock! In fact it's so bad now that in Scotland where they have their own laws you can even be arrested for actually saying something in your own home if overheard by a neighbour!!! And in England the current socialist Labour regime in government are planning to push through a law that would for example enable a bar/restaurant staff member who overheard your private conversation to call the police to report you for again a so-called 'hate crime'! You could be arrested whilst on an evening out for something you said privately... In short, Britain is really not a great place to be right now. Be warned. The truth of life in the UK now is very different to that romantic notion of royalty and quaint small villages...
I'm also a dual citizen, but I was born in the US. My mom was born in Hertfordshire and immigrated to the US when she was 20. She married my father in what turned out to be a troubled marriage. She moved me and my little sister to Brentwood, Essex, when I was nearly 5, and we lived there for about a year and a half. My parents reconciled moving us back to the US, but unfortunately, it did not last. We moved back to Brentwood when I was 12, where I lived until I was 19.
I'm now 60 and trying to purchase a small bungalow in southeast England, but it is challenging. As you have described, buying a home in England differs from buying one in the States. I will eventually figure it out and divide my time between England and the US. I only wish I could regain my accent, which would allow me to blend in a little better. It's probably too late in life to teach this old dog a new trick.
I really enjoy your insights and perspectives on the differences between the two countries I love. I visit England fairly frequently as I have a couple of close cousins and friends from my childhood with whom I'm still in touch. I am now planning a trip next September, and I will be traveling through the southwest of England to catch the ferry from Penzance to the Isles of Scilly. This has been a lifetime dream of mine as my nan would oftentimes tell me that if I did not stop being silly, she would send me to the Isles of Scilly. It was only when I was 16, and a friend of mine invited me to join him and his family to the Isles of Scilly for a week-long holiday that I realized there was an actual place. I could not join my friend and have always regretted not making a greater effort to rearrange plans so I could go. My nan would be thrilled to know I finally made it to where I belonged.
Oh that's so interesting. I love hearing peoples stories!
I keep forgetting I have an "american" accent and its funny how it stops people in their tracks as they try to process what I'm saying. ;0 And here I thought I would blend in!
I too have had a long desire to go to the Scilly Isles. It's not an easy trek - either by ferry or plane - but I know it will be worth it! So well done for following up. I also want to explore Jersey/Guernsey which can be a stopover on the ferry from Portsmouth to France. Always something to look forward to! Welcome back.
Good information. You didn't quite complete your thought on the Irish passport: yes it's as good as a UK passport for working/living in the UK (because the UK and Ireland have a freedom of movement agreement that predates the EU); but the Irish passport also allows you to live and work in any of the 27 countries in the European Union (EU) - should you decide that the UK and Ireland are not where you want to live after all.
Also, you can obtain an Irish passport even if your parent or grandparent was born in Northern Ireland (which is part of the UK).
Actually I did mention that Irish citizenship gives you EU citizenship!
This was a great video! I have dual UK Citizenship and am moving back to the UK as an adult for the first time.. I haven't lived there since I was 4 and was last there 2 years ago. I'd really appreciate if you did a video on to move (I'm 48, and my kids are all grown)
Glad it was helpful! I too moved back as an adult - so it's been like starting from scratch other than having the legal right to live here. Hope your move goes smoothly :)
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Thanks, great information👍
Glad it was helpful!
Three points from this post
1. On a student visa you are not allowed to bring over any family to the UK.
2. The UK is suffering many of the same problems as the US. The cost of living crisis, gas and electricity prices have double over recent year. A housing crisis, house prices and rent are high. Many people just don't earn enough to be able to buy a home and in the popular areas the high rents mean people in there 20s and 30s still live with family as they can't afford to the high rents.
For those wishing to escape American politics, while the UK has just elected a left of center Labour Party. They only won because of a split in the right wing vote. The largest growing political party is run by Nigel Farage an ardent supporter and campaigner for Trump
FFS!! - the NHS is NOT free, if working you pay National Insurance which helps to fund the NHS. At least be accurate about such basic information. The NHS is largely 'free' at the point of use.
Hot topic, Tessa! LOL
Yup! ;)
I am a dual citizen with both passports. Have not lived in the UK for many years (studied in London). Was always very comfortable there. Weather is to my liking, and I don't like the gun culture in the U.S. Also, I like to hike but always go with a group because I'm afraid of bears (we have many where I live) but often the hiking groups are more advanced than I am, so I'd like to go out by myself. I also love the moors and open areas instead of so many trees all the time as where our U.S. trails (in the East) seem to be. But I'm retired and spent all my working life in the U.S. so I need a good tax attorney, need to know how to pay taxes since they will not be taken out of wages. I have US social security, 2 pensions, and savings plus I own a house. And I know the tax year is different. Would the embassy have references for good dual tax consultants so that I can make a plan to follow for the move?
Oh and one more thing - I know I won't have a credit rating to follow and will have to start out with probably at least 6 months of AirBnB or something like that.
You're in good shape if you choose to come back! I'd consult a tax attorney to know where you stand although you could probably just google it as not sure the embassy would get into referrals. There's also a FB group for US expats that can be helpful. I paid 6 months rent up front when I first moved back, but with a passport you can rent through an estate agency.
I'm a brit, but I would go to the US in a heartbeat. Starmer is a dictator.
You could akways arrive in a dinghy 😂
Sounds like there’s no way for an American to move to the UK. I don’t qualify for ANY of the options you mention.
No wonder there are a very few (200,000) Americans in the UK!
I know it's not easy!
Just get on a dinghy, you’ll be allowed to stay in a free 4star hotel, 3 meals a day, free doctor, free dentist and all us poor schmucks that pay tax will foot the bill
Alas I wish you weren't promoting this. The UK is a very densely populated country with a huge housing crisis. Also see other comments re state of the NHS etc.
Many moving to the UK are required to take out private insurance and pay two years in advance. A friend of mine in the US married an English guy and she was asked to do this when she came to the UK. She had no problem with doing it this way and is happy with the private insurance.
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Best advice: do NOT move to Britain now UNLESS you are wealthy. It's a country in serious social and economic decline, with a truly awful national healthcare system to boot - one that is both completely overwhelmed with a **7 million people backlog waiting list** and one that is one of the worst in the developed world in terms of positive outcomes for serious life threatening illnesses. Your chances of surviving cancer for example are significantly worse in the UK than most other countries in Europe or the Americas.
Crime is now very bad in the cities, and the police are a joke who don't even bother investigating robberies anymore! But they WILL turn up at your door and possibly arrest you for something you said that someone else has deemed 'hateful' on social media. There is NO free speech left in the UK anymore. So for example if you are an American and think the UK has something like the first amendment right to protect freedom of speech you will be in for a very big shock! In fact it's so bad now that in Scotland where they have their own laws you can even be arrested for actually saying something in your own home if overheard by a neighbour!!! And in England the current socialist Labour regime in government are planning to push through a law that would for example enable a bar/restaurant staff member who overheard your private conversation to call the police to report you for again a so-called 'hate crime'! You could be arrested whilst on an evening out for something you said privately... In short, Britain is really not a great place to be right now. Be warned. The truth of life in the UK now is very different to that romantic notion of royalty and quaint small villages...
This information is from a biased GBNews/Reform UK/Reclaim party member . Suggest you leave and make room for someone with a more positive outlook.
@@legionnairegonk4425 Good grief it's not that bad! -- I am happy in the UK.