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Forum: Spain
Apr 13th 2026, 7:41 am
Replies: 17
Views: 1,714
Posted By Woodstore

Re: Travelling through EES citing EU Directive 2004/38/EC - travel with Spanish

Thanks. I understand what you are saying. But I do not accept why my wife will and should encounter trouble. You like the border guards are linking unrestricted multiple short stay EU movements by a...
Forum: Portugal
Apr 13th 2026, 7:12 am
Replies: 8
Views: 681
Posted By Woodstore

Re: Schengen - EU Family Member

Hi Fergus,

That’s interesting. However……like ourselves we too have never had issues though in reality we rarely break the 90/180 day rule. In the past the border guard just stamped my...
Forum: Spain
Apr 11th 2026, 11:08 pm
Replies: 17
Views: 1,714
Posted By Woodstore

Re: Travelling through EES citing EU Directive 2004/38/EC - travel with Spanish

Thanks for advice but in Portugal and I think in Spain too, is that an application for a residence card on the basis of then becoming an ‘EU Family Member’ is because one is applying to stay for...
Forum: Portugal
Apr 11th 2026, 9:22 am
Replies: 8
Views: 681
Posted By Woodstore

Re: Schengen - EU Family Member

Appreciate your views. However there would indeed be a problem if we stayed in Portugal for 3 months, left for the UK for a month and then returned to Portugal for a further 3 months. Without a...
Forum: Spain
Apr 11th 2026, 8:58 am
Replies: 17
Views: 1,714
Posted By Woodstore

Re: Travelling through EES citing EU Directive 2004/38/EC - travel with Spanish

Hi,
I have the same issue but in reverse. I am a UK citizen and also holding a EU country passport. My wife holds a UK passport only. We travel to Portugal to our holiday home and lately the border...
Forum: Portugal
Apr 11th 2026, 3:58 am
Replies: 8
Views: 681
Posted By Woodstore

Re: Schengen - EU Family Member

Thanks Lou,

No we are not in PT at the moment but will be there next week and are well within the 90 days….but later in the year will be a pb…I have lots of correspondence with EU Direct and...
Forum: Portugal
Apr 10th 2026, 3:38 am
Replies: 8
Views: 681
Posted By Woodstore

Schengen - EU Family Member

I have a UK passport and a passport from a EU country (not Portugal). My wife only has a UK passport. The EU rules state that as I have free movement across the EU my wife’s stay in Portugal is not...
Forum: Portugal
Sep 11th 2024, 9:47 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 3,450
Posted By Woodstore

Re: Gifting property in Portugal

Hi, I am no expert on this but I recall my solicitor saying to me when we bought our PT house some years back that there is a special transaction in PT that one could ‘transfer’ the title of ones...
Forum: Portugal
Aug 25th 2024, 10:27 pm
Replies: 20
Views: 2,754
Posted By Woodstore

Re: Circuit breakers RCBO

Just to add some caution as we are discussing potentially dangerous aspects of electricity…..one cannot be too careful, I briefly researched the value of a 300ma RCB rather than a more sensitive...
Forum: Portugal
Aug 25th 2024, 2:05 am
Replies: 20
Views: 2,754
Posted By Woodstore

Re: Circuit breakers RCBO

Thanks Livaboard. If I cannot find the RCBO’s (and I will be cross if I can’t), then I will have to go as you comment with changing the RCB to a 300ma one, though the safety factor will reduce 10...
Forum: Portugal
Aug 24th 2024, 1:07 am
Replies: 20
Views: 2,754
Posted By Woodstore

Re: Circuit breakers RCBO

Thanks Score76, yes I do have a large solar panel Sonenkraft for water heating, so will choose a type B for this as you suggest.

I looked at the Aliwebsite for the EARUelectric RCBO and heartened...
Forum: Portugal
Aug 24th 2024, 12:40 am
Replies: 20
Views: 2,754
Posted By Woodstore

Re: Circuit breakers RCBO

Thanks. I will try Rolear on Monday but from their website they appear large scale commercial technologists. I am looking for electrical distributors, the shop kind.

re what RCBO’s are called,...
Forum: Portugal
Aug 23rd 2024, 4:46 am
Replies: 20
Views: 2,754
Posted By Woodstore

Re: Circuit breakers RCBO

Forgot to ask, what is an RCBO called in Portuguese?
Forum: Portugal
Aug 23rd 2024, 4:38 am
Replies: 20
Views: 2,754
Posted By Woodstore

Circuit breakers RCBO

Hi,
My fuse box with 2 sets of 1 RCB with 9 overload breakers, totalling 2 RCB’s and 18 breakers….has a very intermittent trip on one of the RCB’s and sometimes the other RCB trips too. I’ve...
Forum: Germany
Mar 16th 2022, 10:29 pm
Replies: 2
Views: 2,186
Posted By Woodstore

Income Tax logic

Hi and help!

I am a UK born resident that has a small pension (330EUR/month) from Germany when I worked there for 7 years. I recently queried to the Finanzamt Neubrandenburg as to how the tax...
Forum: Portugal
Jun 23rd 2021, 10:12 am
Replies: 4
Views: 712
Posted By Woodstore

Re: Stamping Passports

I had my passport stamped in error entering Faro. The excuse the passport officer gave was ‘sorry I thought the document you showed me was a Covid test’.....and then she cancelled the stamp...
Forum: Italy
Jun 3rd 2021, 9:45 am
Replies: 3
Views: 944
Posted By Woodstore

Italian citizenship from London

Can anyone help? This is an old and hard nut to crack - how to get an appointment at the Italian Consulate in London to submit my application for Italian citizenship by descent (I am UK born...
Forum: Portugal
Mar 15th 2021, 9:42 pm
Replies: 75
Views: 8,431
Posted By Woodstore

Re: Exchanging Driving Licence - too late? :-(

2 questions:
- Has anyone as a UK citizen with UK licence and PT residency had an actual successful experience of taking a Portuguese driving test and share their experience...is it that difficult,...
Forum: Portugal
Jan 17th 2021, 1:49 am
Replies: 22
Views: 1,985
Posted By Woodstore

Re: Driving test in Portugal

Can't follow your logic. You suggest 'one change now' and then say 'both could drive in the UK'. How if its very difficult to find an insurer to accept a PT licence? I wouldn't say this is a valid...
Forum: Portugal
Jan 14th 2021, 2:31 am
Replies: 15
Views: 2,838
Posted By Woodstore

Re: Driving in Portugal post Brexit

Interesting. So I live in the UK for minimum of 185 days per year and I have a Portuguese residency as required for being in the PT for more than 3 months. So I can have a UK licence and a PT licence...
Forum: Portugal
Jan 13th 2021, 9:25 am
Replies: 15
Views: 2,838
Posted By Woodstore

Re: Driving in Portugal post Brexit

Errata....’with the rest of the EU‘...should read ‘with the EU‘ !

For completeness, this is my earlier post on the 2 Jan:

From today, UK is now no longer participating in the European...
Forum: Portugal
Jan 13th 2021, 8:05 am
Replies: 15
Views: 2,838
Posted By Woodstore

Driving in Portugal post Brexit

As I mentioned in an an earlier post, UK quitting the EUCARIS system from 1/1/21 means no inter communication with the rest of the EU:UK holidaymakers will dodge EU speeding fines after Brexit ends...
Forum: Portugal
Jan 2nd 2021, 5:00 am
Replies: 38
Views: 4,934
Posted By Woodstore

Re: Holiday home in Portugal

Just to add that we departed from Gatwick this morning with some trepidation to Faro. 6 passengers on the Easyjet flight over.....had our Covid tests/residency checked without any hitch. No passports...
Forum: Portugal
Jan 1st 2021, 7:06 am
Replies: 38
Views: 4,934
Posted By Woodstore

Re: Holiday home in Portugal

You are taking advantage of hindsight! Recall last year that the Boris was taking the high ground with a No Deal sting....so taking PT residency was a sensible insurance option against an...
Forum: Portugal
Jan 1st 2021, 4:37 am
Replies: 38
Views: 4,934
Posted By Woodstore

Re: Holiday home in Portugal

Interesting. So the question is what law/ruling are you breaking if you keep/carry on using your newly acquired UK Licence AND use your PT Licence when it arrives. Last year it broke the EU law, this...
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