No, that is factually incorrect. Unless he has another nationality, being Norwegian does not make him an EU citizen because Norway is not in the European Onion.

Norway is in the European Free Trade Area, and the Schengen Area.

True. A British Passport says European Union on the front, a Norwegian passport does not.

However, he is entitled to work in the EU countries plus Iceland and Lichtenstein.

https://www.gov.uk/eu-eea

Well I sure hope it isn't in the European Onion

Stupid iPad auto-correct

Not mine. I will never own an iGadget!
And Switzerland.

Good spot.

Ohh... good point Pulaski.

I know that to work in the UK he would have to register with the British Government and possibly get a work permit. But as far as I know he would be allowed to live in Britain without any problems so long as he wasn't working.

Has anyone else got any knowledge? Am I wrong? Do we need to look into the formalities more?

You should be able to see the rules here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/organi...nd-immigration

Pulaski, although he isn't a EU citizen, since he's norwegian- He is however an EEA citizen. I checked.

Thanks Englishmum.
I looked here too: HM Revenue & Customs: Documents you need before you can work in the UK

So it looks like he won't need a visa, or work permit, that's one less thing to think about at least. So I think he will just have to let the Norwegian Tax Services know, and the Norwegian govt in general that he is moving to UK and won't be paying norwegian taxes that year.

Ohhh BTW, thought I'd let you know. I haven't been able to find a holiday let that will allow us to rent it for a year, although I'm sure we could make a deal, I have looked at furnished flats in our target areas and it seems pretty reasonable, and I think that on 10,000 we could live very nicely in the UK for a year. Still seems a bit of an impossibly high sum but I'm a lot more hopeful now.

The problem is that, IIRC, holiday homes in the UK cannot be let for more than 9 (?) months of the year or the owner loses the (substantial) tax advantages of designating a house as a holiday let.

Thanks Pulaski for explaining that. I have to say though, looking at the prices and figuring out what we would need to live in Blighty a year I'm not really too worried about renting a flat. It would only be temporary, it would be a good base to look at the surrounding areas, so it wouldn't have to be the best looking place so long as the lekky worked, the taps ran water and not mud and it was clean. I've stayed in cabins up and down the norwegian mountains so even an outside loo wouldn't bother me that much.

If you are looking at the NW, Lancaster is quite nice and if you can get in to work for one of the Uni's there, it is quite possible to have a modest but nice standard of living on £19K+ .... one of the things I am currently missing!

Hoffage

My opinion is you could easily live here on 25k a year, it really wouldnt be difficult at all.