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



Baldseagull

Well-known member
Jan 26, 2012
11,839
Crawley
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.
 
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French Seagull

Active member
Jul 30, 2014
626
France
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

In the Algarve
Jan 31, 2012
8,517
Vilamoura, Portugal
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.
 
















sparkie

Well-known member
Jul 17, 2003
13,276
Hove
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 ?
 
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shingle

Well-known member
Jan 18, 2004
3,224
Lewes
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 !!!
 










matt

Well-known member
Mar 19, 2007
1,565
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.
 








Official Old Man

Uckfield Seagull
Aug 27, 2011
9,113
Brighton
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.
 








Doonhamer7

Well-known member
Jun 17, 2016
1,454
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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