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Brexit: Theresa May scraps £65 fee for EU citizens

Discussion in 'Europe Wide Visa Discussions' started by Anon04576, Jan 21, 2019.

  1. Anon04576
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    Anon04576 Well-Known Member

    This isn’t a politically motivated thread, I’m just not sure how this will assist any cause other than disgruntling British people bringing over their non-EU partners.

    Theresa May has scrapped the £65 fee millions of EU citizens were going to have to pay to secure the right to continue living in the UK after Brexit.

    It came as the prime minister made a statement to MPs on how she plans to get them to back a Brexit deal.


    ‪https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-46950719‬
  2. Aromulus
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    Aromulus The Don Staff Member

    Saves me 130 quid, between me and the Mrs...
  3. KeithAngel
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    KeithAngel 2063 Lifetime Member

    If you had Permanent Residence there was no fee:)
  4. Aromulus
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    Aromulus The Don Staff Member

    I would have paid anyway.
  5. oss
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    oss Somewhere Staff Member

    There's a really nice young Irish lad that works with me, he upped sticks from his home to come here with his partner and to build a new life in the UK that was back in 2014.

    He could probably rely on the CTA to stay here but Brexit has got his back up and makes him feel unwelcome, a few weeks back he told me that if he had to pay to stay he would rather go back home, he loves his job and loves it here but the whole thing is making him feel unwanted.
  6. Anon04576
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    I can imagine he does feel uncomfortable about the current situation and it’s great he has the opportunity to work. We had a young lad join our department yesterday , a Czech national, speaking 5 languages no less. He was the best candidate so fairly deserved the position.

    I just wonder why the the £65 has the potential to be withdrawn? Why was it there in the first place, some sort of admin fee for processing?

    In comparison to those on the visa route £65 is absolutely minuscule in comparison and it does seem unfair that one is possibly withdrawn whilst the other is increasing in silly amounts Year on Year.
  7. Markham
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    The fee was introduced on the basis that tax payers should not have to shoulder the cost of administering the registration system The amount chosen apparently just about covers the raw cost of issuing the biometric card.
  8. oss
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    oss Somewhere Staff Member

    It's a sop to the remain camp and to the EU, removing it is just saying look we're being nice so be nice to us.
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  9. Markham
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    Yes but I seem to recall that a year ago the British government stated that EU27 nationals in the UK would be able to remain in the UK and that, for them, nothing would change. The hope was that the EU27 would reciprocate with regards to the million-plus UK citizens living in the Eu27. With 66 days to go, Brussels has still not made such an offer.
  10. Drunken Max
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    Drunken Max Well-Known Member Trusted Member

    Interesting release by the Belgium government today ( maybe yesterday ) . If you do not change your British driving license by the end of March then you will need to take a driving test and get a Belgium driving license if you live in Belgium.
  11. Drunken Max
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    Because residency is a national not an EU issue. It helps if you know what the EU is responsible for and what these countries with no alleged soveriegnty are to decide for themselves. The EU cannot say anything unless/until all 27 agree.
  12. Markham
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    That has been the case in Malta for years and definitely predates the referendum. Malta adopts UK's Highway Code and motoring law and driving here is just like it is back home. Except it is warmer here and there are no motorways.
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    According to government sources here the situation regarding British nationals' rights in the EU27 was commandeered by the EU Commission right at the outset. Malta has been trying to get clarity on the matter for well over a year, without any success.
  14. Aromulus
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    Aromulus The Don Staff Member

    Some abject form of skullduggery is afoot....
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  15. KeithAngel
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    KeithAngel 2063 Lifetime Member

    Its becomes National if no deal is reached on the cost which has been inplace at least since 2013 (then £55) In the articles it clearly states that any fee is for

    !. The Issueing of a Residency Card/Registration Document (Not an application)

    2. That the cost can only be the equivalent of those for an existing Nationaly requirement (A National Identity Card for example)

    The UK has always been non compliant with this Portugal charged us 15 Euros for issuing a residence card (payable when it was collected) exactly what a local pays for a National Identity Card
  16. Drunken Max
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    It is one of my favourite places Malta, too many Russians sometimes but still a relly nice place
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  17. Markham
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    That's €15 more than Malta charges for the self same card.
  18. Drunken Max
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    Thats right, it was agreed first by the EU 27 ( the EU council ) , not by Barnier, not by Merkel, not by Juncker, not by the Commission who rubber stamped this. Beyond that it comes down to national governments. For example, residency rights in the EU only count for the country the brit is resident in. Having rights to live in Malta will not give you free movement in the EU. Beyond these residency rights everything else will be assumed to be that of a third country. I wonder if the EU are performing the same criminal record checks the UK is doing.
  19. Markham
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    I think you may be confusing Russians for Serbs; there are quite a few of those but I've yet to come across any Russians - there are no direct flights between Malta and Russia which helps. There are also a lot of Filipinos working as carers, private nurses and in places like MacDonalds.

    I was in Gozo hospital shortly before Christmas and "my" doctor was a 20-something Vietnamese lady who is specialising in critical care. One morning she had to replace a line that had been inserted into a small artery that runs at the base of the thumb - the previous line, inserted two days earlier by the A&E doctor when I was admitted, had started to leak and had to be removed. She was so quick and gentle I never felt a thing, quite unlike the earlier insertion. Most of the rest of the clinical staff are Maltese with one or two doctors on secondment from Barts in London.
  20. Anon04576
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    Russian Billionaires make their own direct flights on their business jets to tie-up up their Maltese residency/nationality requirements ;)

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