Moving back to the UK summer 2017.
 

My husband and I have often talked about moving to the UK over the last few years. Now we have decided to go for it and we are giving ourselves 1 year to save and organize everything. We are currently living in Ireland, we met and married in Ireland and had all 8 of our beautiful kids here. I'm British and my husband is Polish. I'm really just looking for advice on how to make the move as smooth as possible, especially for our children. (The oldest will be 11 when we move) so any websites or personal experience would be great.

Re: Moving back to the UK summer 2017.
 

Welcome to BE. :)

Lots of people in this forum have experience of moving home after living overseas for several years. I am sure you will get lots of help and advice from the regulars of this forum.

Good luck.

Re: Moving back to the UK summer 2017.
 

There may not be a United Kingdom for more than another couple of years, so your first task is to decide which of the UK countries you want to move to.

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Thank you. 😄

Re: Moving back to the UK summer 2017.
 

Probably Chester in England, as it's not too far from where I am originally from and I have family there too. 😄

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I lived in Chester for many years before moving to the US. I love the Cheshire countryside, the villages, the country pubs....

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Chester is a nice town. I used to visit it often when I lived in Staffordshire.

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Yes it is beautiful! 😄

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Yes it is. I have many happy memories of Chester from school trips when I was younger!😄

Re: Moving back to the UK summer 2017.
 

Given the potential consequences of Brexit it'll probably be a good idea for your husband to take out Irish citizenship before you leave.

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Why?

Re: Moving back to the UK summer 2017.
 

Because he's Polish and EU citizens may lose the automatic right to live in the UK. The same would not apply to Irish citizens thanks to the Common Travel Area which predates the EU. You may wish to do the same if you wish to make sure you can move elsewhere within the EU with ease. If your children were all born in Ireland then they would already hold British, Irish and Polish citizenship so they are covered.

Re: Moving back to the UK summer 2017.
 

Oh! Okay! Thanks for the advice. So just to clarify, he can be refused residence in the UK even though we are married?

Re: Moving back to the UK summer 2017.
 

He wouldn't necessarily be refused residence but depending on the outcome of the negotiations you may have to meet the ordinary requirements for spousal immigration, applied currently to non-EU spouses, which are quite onerous, particularly the financial requirements. If your husband obtained Irish citizenship then he would negate this risk. Likewise if you wanted to live elsewhere in the EU then obtaining Irish citizenship and remaining an EU citizen would make it much easier for you to do so.

Re: Moving back to the UK summer 2017.
 

Great, Thank you! I'm quite happy with staying a British Citizen and my husband hopes to become a British citizen aswell. (all in good time of course.) I just regret not doing this sooner! I miss England and can't wait to get back.It's a long story but I wish I never left but hey ho such is life. Anyway thanks very much for your advice, you have been a great help!