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19/04/2008, 9:33 Bugbear Joined on 15/11/2006 Vienne (86) Posts 3,823 Re: Keeping Uk Residency? American but relevant......................................Here and in the UK................................ Here "Life is Short - Forgive Quickly - Love Truly - Laugh Uncontrollably" ............ and get yourself an Apple Mac.    Report

19/04/2008, 9:51 dr orloff Joined on 13/04/2008 Posts 96 Re: Keeping Uk Residency? It's nice to have a friend.  My experience of the french state is that is not one big super-efficient, all knowing, harmonious, well-oiled machine.  The government monitors all movement across french borders?  You don't even have to stop at most of them. I read a newspaper article about a Limoges university project to establish how many British were living in the Haute Vienne Department of France.  What did they do? - ask the thought police.  No, they scoured a selection of phonebooks for anglicised names and did a bit of extrapolating.  All not very high tech. I've no doubt that the tracking of certain targeted individuals is quite sophisticated.but unless sara77's mum is the oldest terrorist in town, I shouldn't think it would include her. I visited my local French tax office a couple of years back.  The address that they had for me was a house that I had sold two years previously. Look at the Home Office in Britain - they haven't got the foggiest idea how many people are in the country, let alone where they're going on their holidays.       Report

19/04/2008, 10:28 bigears Joined on 16/07/2007 Posts 191 Re: Keeping Uk Residency? hi Cooperlola, a good idea but what evidence of residency will the NHS ask for?  A uk tax declaration?  I have never filled out any tax form in my life, but am uk resident.   Are we going to be issued with compulsory residency cards?  Think of the extra burocracy all this will generate.    Report

19/04/2008, 10:39 Bugbear Joined on 15/11/2006 Vienne (86) Posts 3,823 Re: Keeping Uk Residency? This is funny but relevant........................ When I moved my tax burden from England to France I was asked to provide details of the amount of time I had spent in the UK since my move to France. This I dutifully did by racking my brain (didn't take long ) and scouring my email folders for Aircraft and Ferry bookings. Two weeks after sending all the information off I received a reply asking if it was me that had travelled on (dates supplied) . I'd actually missed one trip in my submission but they had the exact details on their list. They made light of it as I'd added "to the best of my knowledge" on my submission, but it does go to show that a lot of information is being kept on all of us. I wonder if wearing a false beard would work..................... "Life is Short - Forgive Quickly - Love Truly - Laugh Uncontrollably" ............ and get yourself an Apple Mac.    Report

19/04/2008, 10:50 bigears Joined on 16/07/2007 Posts 191 Re: Keeping Uk Residency? hi Why Bugbear, did they not want you here?     Report

19/04/2008, 10:59 Bugbear Joined on 15/11/2006 Vienne (86) Posts 3,823 Re: Keeping Uk Residency?  bigears wrote: hi Why Bugbear, did they not want you here?  "Life is Short - Forgive Quickly - Love Truly - Laugh Uncontrollably" ............ and get yourself an Apple Mac.    Report

19/04/2008, 11:02 cooperlola Joined on 05/05/2006 72 - Sarthe - home of les 24 heures du Mans Posts 6,408 Re: Keeping Uk Residency?  bigears wrote: hi Cooperlola, a good idea but what evidence of residency will the NHS ask for?  A uk tax declaration?  I have never filled out any tax form in my life, but am uk resident.   Are we going to be issued with compulsory residency cards?  Think of the extra burocracy all this will generate. the document is 80 pages long (I kid you not!) but if you'd like to see a copy, then please pm me. Edited : it wasn't as big a document as I thought - it just seems like it.  And yes, it will mean more bureaucracy (you guessed it) as a person will be appointed specifically to each trust to deal with the subject! Healthcare Issues Site    Report

19/04/2008, 11:13 Russethouse Joined on 23/08/2004 Forum Moderator Posts 9,955 Re: Keeping Uk Residency? Big ears - if you are in the Uk its pretty essential that you have access to funds, a simple bank or credit card statement will give all the info - and if you are living on cash, probably all the more reason to be suspicious. www.quimperclub.org 99    Report

19/04/2008, 11:42 bigears Joined on 16/07/2007 Posts 191 Re: Keeping Uk Residency? hi My wife and I share, certainly our french bank card, again a list of card withdrawals does not prove residency.  Anyway I would refuse to allow an NHS bureaucrat a look at any such personal statement.  If the UK public are going to be asked to prove residency for NHS treatment, they will have to come up with an id scheme that works.  I'm sure given time all these issues will be resolved and there will be little hiding place for anyone ducking and diving.  Must go as mortier is going off.    Report

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