Moving from Romania to UK
Aug 8th 2014, 6:32 pm
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Moving from Romania to UK
Hello all,
I am quite new on this forum, so if this topic has already been started, apology for my redundancy.
I am preparing to move from Romania to UK in the following months. Currently, I am not exactly sure which will be the specific location as the pharmaceutical company I may start to work with has several sites spread all over UK so we haven't settled the location yet.
However, I tried to do some research upon what does the immigration require and I have to admit I am kinda lost. Therefore, could someone please help me with some indications on the regular taxes, what card may I need to apply for and everything that may be useful for someone who moves in the UK?
Additionally, I would also like to ask you about the salary part. From your perspective, do you think that 40,000 GPB per year, as a gross salary, would be a decent one and allows me also to make some savings? I need to mention that I am single and I am doing this step for myself.
Many thanks in advance for your help. I hope I'll receive some useful replies
.
Cheers!
I am quite new on this forum, so if this topic has already been started, apology for my redundancy.
I am preparing to move from Romania to UK in the following months. Currently, I am not exactly sure which will be the specific location as the pharmaceutical company I may start to work with has several sites spread all over UK so we haven't settled the location yet.
However, I tried to do some research upon what does the immigration require and I have to admit I am kinda lost. Therefore, could someone please help me with some indications on the regular taxes, what card may I need to apply for and everything that may be useful for someone who moves in the UK?
Additionally, I would also like to ask you about the salary part. From your perspective, do you think that 40,000 GPB per year, as a gross salary, would be a decent one and allows me also to make some savings? I need to mention that I am single and I am doing this step for myself.
Many thanks in advance for your help. I hope I'll receive some useful replies
.Cheers!
Aug 8th 2014, 6:34 pm
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Re: Moving from Romania to UK
Hello all,
I am quite new on this forum, so if this topic has already been started, apology for my redundancy.
I am preparing to move from Romania to UK in the following months. Currently, I am not exactly sure which will be the specific location as the pharmaceutical company I may start to work with has several sites spread all over UK so we haven't settled the location yet.
However, I tried to do some research upon what does the immigration require and I have to admit I am kinda lost. Therefore, could someone please help me with some indications on the regular taxes, what card may I need to apply for and everything that may be useful for someone who moves in the UK?
Additionally, I would also like to ask you about the salary part. From your perspective, do you think that 40,000 GPB per year, as a gross salary, would be a decent one and allows me also to make some savings? I need to mention that I am single and I am doing this step for myself.
Many thanks in advance for your help. I hope I'll receive some useful replies.
Cheers!
I am quite new on this forum, so if this topic has already been started, apology for my redundancy.
I am preparing to move from Romania to UK in the following months. Currently, I am not exactly sure which will be the specific location as the pharmaceutical company I may start to work with has several sites spread all over UK so we haven't settled the location yet.
However, I tried to do some research upon what does the immigration require and I have to admit I am kinda lost. Therefore, could someone please help me with some indications on the regular taxes, what card may I need to apply for and everything that may be useful for someone who moves in the UK?
Additionally, I would also like to ask you about the salary part. From your perspective, do you think that 40,000 GPB per year, as a gross salary, would be a decent one and allows me also to make some savings? I need to mention that I am single and I am doing this step for myself.
Many thanks in advance for your help. I hope I'll receive some useful replies
.Cheers!
Aug 8th 2014, 6:37 pm
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Re: Moving from Romania to UK
Err, you must be quite lost as this is the Canada section not the Moving Back to the UK section. That can be found here: Moving back to the UK - British Expats
But to answer a few of your questions, 40,000 GBP is quite a lot and is on par with average salaries. You should be able to save quite a bit on this.
As an EU citizen you are entitled to move to the UK under freedom of movement. All you need is your Romanian passport and/or identity card, its best to have both as you can send one away for your resident card application/PR in future, whilst retaining the other for traveling.
So you shouldn't have much trouble moving to the UK from an immigration perspective.
But to answer a few of your questions, 40,000 GBP is quite a lot and is on par with average salaries. You should be able to save quite a bit on this.
As an EU citizen you are entitled to move to the UK under freedom of movement. All you need is your Romanian passport and/or identity card, its best to have both as you can send one away for your resident card application/PR in future, whilst retaining the other for traveling.
So you shouldn't have much trouble moving to the UK from an immigration perspective.
Aug 8th 2014, 6:39 pm
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Re: Moving from Romania to UK
Err, you must be quite lost as this is the Canada section not the Moving Back to the UK section. That can be found here: Moving back to the UK - British Expats
But to answer a few of your questions, 40,000 GBP is quite a lot and is on par with average salaries. You should be able to save quite a bit on this.
As an EU citizen you are entitled to move to the UK under freedom of movement. All you need is your Romanian passport and/or identity card, its best to have both as you can send one away for your resident card application/PR in future, whilst retaining the other for traveling.
So you shouldn't have much trouble moving to the UK from an immigration perspective.
But to answer a few of your questions, 40,000 GBP is quite a lot and is on par with average salaries. You should be able to save quite a bit on this.
As an EU citizen you are entitled to move to the UK under freedom of movement. All you need is your Romanian passport and/or identity card, its best to have both as you can send one away for your resident card application/PR in future, whilst retaining the other for traveling.
So you shouldn't have much trouble moving to the UK from an immigration perspective.
Aug 8th 2014, 6:40 pm
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Re: Moving from Romania to UK
Welcome to BE!
I moved your post to the Moving Back to the UK section of the forums.
I moved your post to the Moving Back to the UK section of the forums.
Aug 8th 2014, 8:13 pm
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Re: Moving from Romania to UK
Err, you must be quite lost as this is the Canada section not the Moving Back to the UK section. That can be found here: Moving back to the UK - British Expats
But to answer a few of your questions, 40,000 GBP is quite a lot and is on par with average salaries. You should be able to save quite a bit on this.
As an EU citizen you are entitled to move to the UK under freedom of movement. All you need is your Romanian passport and/or identity card, its best to have both as you can send one away for your resident card application/PR in future, whilst retaining the other for traveling.
So you shouldn't have much trouble moving to the UK from an immigration perspective.
But to answer a few of your questions, 40,000 GBP is quite a lot and is on par with average salaries. You should be able to save quite a bit on this.
As an EU citizen you are entitled to move to the UK under freedom of movement. All you need is your Romanian passport and/or identity card, its best to have both as you can send one away for your resident card application/PR in future, whilst retaining the other for traveling.
So you shouldn't have much trouble moving to the UK from an immigration perspective.
Aug 8th 2014, 8:51 pm
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Aug 9th 2014, 5:25 pm
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Re: Moving from Romania to UK
OMG, 20 odd posts about what is the average or median wage. Its irrelevant as the OP will be earning around 40k
Aug 10th 2014, 12:03 pm
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Re: Moving from Romania to UK
Oh dear.... 
Didn't the OP ask if 40K was a "decent" salary for a single person in the UK? Sounds VERY decent to me. I'd certainly take it!
Didn't the OP ask if 40K was a "decent" salary for a single person in the UK? Sounds VERY decent to me. I'd certainly take it!
Additionally, I would also like to ask you about the salary part. From your perspective, do you think that 40,000 GPB per year, as a gross salary, would be a decent one and allows me also to make some savings? I need to mention that I am single and I am doing this step for myself.
Many thanks in advance for your help. I hope I'll receive some useful replies.
Many thanks in advance for your help. I hope I'll receive some useful replies
.
Aug 10th 2014, 5:39 pm
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Re: Moving from Romania to UK
No, she might want to be careful taking advice from YOU , an obviously arrogant poster who believes that just because i'm 15 (16 in 5 months) i am not smart / dont have an opinion. 
It doesnt't take a rocket scientist to know that 40K GBP (about 75k CAD) is more than enough to save and live on in the UK.
It doesnt't take a rocket scientist to know that 40K GBP (about 75k CAD) is more than enough to save and live on in the UK.
Aug 10th 2014, 5:47 pm
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Re: Moving from Romania to UK
No, she might want to be careful taking advice from YOU , an obviously arrogant poster who believes that just because i'm 15 (16 in 5 months) i am not smart / dont have an opinion.
It doesnt't take a rocket scientist to know that 40K GBP (about 75k CAD) is more than enough to save and live on in the UK.
It doesnt't take a rocket scientist to know that 40K GBP (about 75k CAD) is more than enough to save and live on in the UK.
I'm sure you have an opinion, most people do, but on the subject of how much it costs to live in the UK, yours would be an uninformed opinion as you have never lived there. Indeed, you have never been self-supporting anywhere. For your information, GBP 40,000 would not be enough to live on in London.
Now go and play and leave the discussion to the grown-ups.
Aug 10th 2014, 6:46 pm
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Oh, you're 15? My mistake.
I'm sure you have an opinion, most people do, but on the subject of how much it costs to live in the UK, yours would be an uninformed opinion as you have never lived there. Indeed, you have never been self-supporting anywhere. For your information, GBP 40,000 would not be enough to live on in London.
Now go and play and leave the discussion to the grown-ups.
I'm sure you have an opinion, most people do, but on the subject of how much it costs to live in the UK, yours would be an uninformed opinion as you have never lived there. Indeed, you have never been self-supporting anywhere. For your information, GBP 40,000 would not be enough to live on in London.
Now go and play and leave the discussion to the grown-ups.
No. Its not enough in London. It wouldn't be enough in Vancouver either, for example.
Aug 10th 2014, 6:49 pm
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Re: Moving from Romania to UK
Not according to the link that Michael provided:
Income in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- which is the only evidence I can find in the thread (maybe you provided some evidence and I'm missing it). Mean is higher than median for all age groups in the Wikipedia source that Michael provided.
As per my earlier point, income data are invariable positively skewed. I teach statistics and use this example all the time to demonstrate the effect of skewness on estimates of central tendency (mean and median).
Just one text excerpt says "That same year [2011], the after-tax earnings of the median household was around £26,000 per annum while average net household income (after tax) stood at £38,547"
I don't see anything in there that shows median income higher than mean income for any age category or group, or for the population as a whole. Look at the table titled "Percentile points for income of individuals before tax" - the mean is higher than the median for every year.
Anyway, to get back to the OP's question, £40k is a well above average salary (guesstimate is that it is around the 80th percentile).
Income in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- which is the only evidence I can find in the thread (maybe you provided some evidence and I'm missing it). Mean is higher than median for all age groups in the Wikipedia source that Michael provided.
As per my earlier point, income data are invariable positively skewed. I teach statistics and use this example all the time to demonstrate the effect of skewness on estimates of central tendency (mean and median).
Just one text excerpt says "That same year [2011], the after-tax earnings of the median household was around £26,000 per annum while average net household income (after tax) stood at £38,547"
I don't see anything in there that shows median income higher than mean income for any age category or group, or for the population as a whole. Look at the table titled "Percentile points for income of individuals before tax" - the mean is higher than the median for every year.
Anyway, to get back to the OP's question, £40k is a well above average salary (guesstimate is that it is around the 80th percentile).
Aug 10th 2014, 7:25 pm
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Re: Moving from Romania to UK
I have moved all the off topic posts to a separate thread here...http://britishexpats.com/forum/rover...thread-840643/.
Please try to keep serious threads on topic and stop the bickering. Thanks.
Please try to keep serious threads on topic and stop the bickering. Thanks.