vorsman

Any one who is interested, and we should all be, should check out the website

Home - About my vote

This explains how you get registered for postal voting as long as you have not been out of the UK for more than 15 years.

FenTiger

I'm curious .... and yes, it is none of my business really but I expect all of you will be voting to stay in the EU! Although I don't live in Hungary and long term aim is to move over when I finally take retirement, either official working retirement age or early retirement, you can guess which way my vote will go. If UK opts out with my wife being Hungarian I should have too many problems becoming a permanent resident.

Peter_in_Hungary

It should not be an issue with a Hungarian wife. I had no problems moving here before Hungary joined the EU. Being married to a Hungarian made permission more or less automatic and that was just after the regime change so things were a lot more bureaucratic. We did all the paperwork at the Hungarian embassy in London first.

Yes you can guess which way I would vote - except that because I have been living in Europe for 20 years (= more than 15 years) I am not entitled to a vote

FenTiger

Oops .... meant to say '... sould NOT have ...'

ursus3

Everybody - go to www.gov.uk/registertovote.

quiltman

Sent my papers back 2 months ago. Just waiting for confirmation from my old council. Very easy to do.

Steve_Turin

It is important to ensure you are registered to vote for the Brexit referendum. Expats in the EU have very little to gain from an exit and a lot at risk . This is the website to register to vote: https://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote

Cheers

Alcogod

I am torn between this vote as i am still living in the UK and want to vote out of the EU but it will probably make it more difficult when i can finally move over to Hungary.

Peter_in_Hungary

If you would consider voting FOR Brexit consider what the implications for the approximately 1.26 million UK citizens who already have made the choice to live in the EU. OK so you have about 2 million EU nationals working in the UK. The Brexit camp as far as I can see have migration and its control as one of its main issues. So vote for Brexit and swap the 1.26 million Brits for the 2 million EU workers - its not going to happen. And any way as far as I can see the majority of EU workers do jobs that the Brits don't want. (e.g. my family in the UK need a carer for my mother, advertised in the UK - no takers - so we hired an EU worker. And she pays taxes and NI !!)

Steve_Turin

Also, I would think future expats would be more at risk than current expats (same for Europeans already in UK, vs. new immigrants) as it is much easier to remove future rights/frameworks than existing arrangements.

Peter_in_Hungary

I would have thought that all will be treated the same. If the law / rules change then they change. I can see a period of grace where workers can apply for work permits, resident pensioners can apply for residence the same as any non-EU person, there would probably be a fairly short period of time to sort out NHS cover as reciprocal EU arrangements would cease. Any one rejected by the host country would have to leave or be an illegal immigrant. Those who left because their pensions go further abroad, if any of them have to return then UK social services would have to pick up the bill until foreign property is sold etc. It is potentially a horrible bag of worms.

By the way 0.8% of the Spanish population are Brits as are 5.5% of the Irish population, with Malta having 2.6% Brits. (source International Business Times) I believe the social impact of Brexit in both directions has so far been (intentionally) ignored

wolfi

Bad news for those of you Brits who have been away for 15 years:
British expats lose legal battle for right to vote in EU referendum | Politics | The Guardian

mawood47

So mixed bag of those in favor and against Ok just one question if Uk is out of European Union first does that mean we shall have to apply for Visa to enter E.U Country's and moor so if here when to exit the E.U can we clam to be here as Asylum Seekers ❓ digger47

Peter_in_Hungary

You almost certainly won't need visas, even as a child before the EU was invented there was no need for a visa travelling from the UK to mainland Europe. Visa are only used / required when the home country wants some control over who they let in form a particular country.

Under the international rules you can only claim asylum if you are in danger. The odds on successfully claiming you are in danger in the UK are a bit slim.

wolfi

But you might need a visa if you want to stay longer than say three months - just as we Europeans need one for the USA (ESTA i e Visa Waiver means you can stay 90 days) and vice versa ...