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Forum: Portugal
Mar 31st 2025, 7:52 am
Replies: 16
Views: 2,776
Posted By dickydog

Re: Spot the accent

The Scottish are adept at rolling the R to start with, Geordies can’t do it 🏆🖤🤍🖤🤍🖤
Forum: Portugal
Jun 5th 2022, 9:01 am
Replies: 13
Views: 1,969
Posted By dickydog

Re: Van move England, ferry to Spain then Portugal

Just like that Andy but in Spanish, six pages, all boxes cumbered, went up to 74 I think
Forum: Portugal
Jun 3rd 2022, 7:31 am
Replies: 13
Views: 1,969
Posted By dickydog

Re: Van move England, ferry to Spain then Portugal

No, the police stop big vans and send you to customs, not very intriguing I,m afraid
Forum: Portugal
Jun 2nd 2022, 8:44 am
Replies: 13
Views: 1,969
Posted By dickydog

Re: Van move England, ferry to Spain then Portugal

Thanks Andy
yes I did, my wife wrote it out in Spanish, I,m sure it sped up the process, the customs people photo copied it and attached it to their form. Took a couple of hours of waiting about to...
Forum: Portugal
Jun 1st 2022, 5:28 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 1,969
Posted By dickydog

Re: Van move England, ferry to Spain then Portugal

The trip went well, cost £300 in tax arrival in Spain. Dropped off the stuff for the house, back to the UK few days later, customs were really interested in an empty van :)
Then we drove the car to...
Forum: Portugal
May 31st 2022, 8:40 pm
Replies: 8
Views: 2,106
Posted By dickydog

Re: Insulating apartment

Don’t insult my apartment
Forum: Portugal
Mar 17th 2022, 3:14 am
Replies: 13
Views: 1,969
Posted By dickydog

Re: Van move England, ferry to Spain then Portugal

We don’t know the van registration number yet but that’s fine, we are still fully booked, just enter the details when they’re known.
Forum: Portugal
Mar 16th 2022, 10:26 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 1,969
Posted By dickydog

Smile Van move England, ferry to Spain then Portugal

Taking a van 28th March, Portsmouth to Santander with our. uK belongings.
We did a trial run with the car in September so we believe we now know what’s to come, plus the information we found on...
Forum: Portugal
Jan 29th 2022, 7:43 am
Replies: 20
Views: 12,894
Posted By dickydog

Re: Anyone applied for a Baggage Certificate from the Portuguese consulate?

Hi Eddie
that just confirms how I see it panning out for our March departure, UK to Spain then Portugal. The list we’ve been building is in English but I like the idea of making it in Spanish now....
Forum: Portugal
Jan 20th 2022, 5:51 pm
Replies: 20
Views: 12,894
Posted By dickydog

Re: Anyone applied for a Baggage Certificate from the Portuguese consulate?

I,m in the same boat, maybe we will be on the same boat even !!
we gave up on the baggage certificate route very early on as an option to transport of stuff from the uk to Coimbra, for exactly the...
Forum: Portugal
Nov 26th 2021, 1:26 am
Replies: 21
Views: 2,264
Posted By dickydog

Re: Financial Advice help

Two great points there, many thanks, the cards being sent to the address, never thought about that and the NHR not taxing my savings, thanks guys
Forum: Portugal
Nov 26th 2021, 12:18 am
Replies: 21
Views: 2,264
Posted By dickydog

Re: Financial Advice help

I thought about just not telling them, everything is online anyway.
Forum: Portugal
Nov 25th 2021, 11:58 pm
Replies: 21
Views: 2,264
Posted By dickydog

Smile Re: Financial Advice help

Thanks for the information friends and keep it coming, we have a pt millennium account, I have a nif number and can see the possibility of my English bank Barclays noting me out after 35 years of...
Forum: Portugal
Nov 25th 2021, 8:11 am
Replies: 21
Views: 2,264
Posted By dickydog

Financial Advice help

Hello guys,
me again, you never seem to let me down, for that many thanks.

As our move to Coimbra is now close, I was wondering about all things financial and the best way to approach it, we...
Forum: Portugal
Oct 21st 2021, 3:48 am
Replies: 15
Views: 1,583
Posted By dickydog

Re: Any recommendations on moving house furnishings London to Coimbra please ??

Thanks for the information I will take a close look

chris
Forum: Portugal
Oct 21st 2021, 1:02 am
Replies: 15
Views: 1,583
Posted By dickydog

Re: Any recommendations on moving house furnishings London to Coimbra please ??

It sounds like you went down an official path Shanorme ?

it’s the first I,ve heard about custom codes and can’t see any reference to it on the Fide pdf for import to Spain, I,m not taking a...
Forum: Portugal
Oct 19th 2021, 9:24 pm
Replies: 15
Views: 1,583
Posted By dickydog

Re: Any recommendations on moving house furnishings London to Coimbra please ??

Firstly thank you for your support on here over many years now, it’s greatly appreciated and by a lot of people I know.
Back in the UK after our trial ferry crossing and here’s what we learned...
Forum: Portugal
Sep 19th 2021, 7:25 am
Replies: 15
Views: 1,583
Posted By dickydog

Re: Any recommendations on moving house furnishings London to Coimbra please ??

This is not sounding good !!
my wife has been collecting antiques for five years to take with us, it will be easier to chop her hands off than leave them behind.
crap !!!
Forum: Portugal
Sep 19th 2021, 4:10 am
Replies: 15
Views: 1,583
Posted By dickydog

Re: Any recommendations on moving house furnishings London to Coimbra please ??

Thanks for the reply ST
Are you suggesting there’s some cost attached to our household belongings, like import tax or duty ?
My wife has been collecting, junk is maybe not the correct word but...
Forum: Portugal
Sep 19th 2021, 3:01 am
Replies: 15
Views: 1,583
Posted By dickydog

Lightbulb Any recommendations on moving house furnishings London to Coimbra please ??

Hello again,
in January we will be relocating fully to a small village outside Coimbra. I have had some great advice so far on this forum and I,m looking for any recommendations on transporting our...
Forum: Portugal
Jul 24th 2021, 11:26 pm
Replies: 15
Views: 1,508
Posted By dickydog

Re: Advice needed as I,m moving near Coimbra in January

Good 😁😁👍
Forum: Portugal
Jul 24th 2021, 11:25 pm
Replies: 15
Views: 1,508
Posted By dickydog

Re: Advice needed as I,m moving near Coimbra in January

Hi toots,
Obtaining nationality (citizenship) appears quite straightforward, seems I need the form, marriage & birth certificate, passport and €250 euros and to go into Coimbra.
This looks the...
Forum: Portugal
Jul 24th 2021, 7:32 pm
Replies: 15
Views: 1,508
Posted By dickydog

Re: Advice needed as I,m moving near Coimbra in January

Thanks,
you were spot on, It would appear I can obtain citizenship relatively easily through marriage, the clearest advice I,ve found is available at eportugal.gov.pt
Forum: Portugal
Jul 24th 2021, 3:45 am
Replies: 15
Views: 1,508
Posted By dickydog

Re: Advice needed as I,m moving near Coimbra in January

Thanks RA 😁👍
This looks a good avenue to explore, will explore this.

Yes we both have UK pensions to take with us, will do some more digging as it’s raining here in Stevenage.

chris
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