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Forum: Middle East
Mar 17th 2026, 7:45 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 1,495
Posted By captainflack

Re: Staying or leaving?

I got out many years ago so no real skin in the game but this kind of thing was always a possibility I considered while there (although to be honest, being banged up in jail for being hit by an...
Forum: Portugal
Feb 6th 2026, 12:35 am
Replies: 13
Views: 1,112
Posted By captainflack

Re: Dual Citizens with expired UK passports

On the practical side, airlines are going to need to update their websites to cope with the ETA, ESTA, ETIAS stuff. Because now, I will need to travel to the UK with my UK passport, and travel back...
Forum: Portugal
Jan 14th 2026, 8:40 pm
Replies: 1
Views: 406
Posted By captainflack

Presidential election 2026

As a newly minted Portuguese citizen since June last year, this is the first time in my life I get to vote for my head of state. Not sure if any others here have citizenship and are voting?

It...
Forum: Portugal
Jun 12th 2025, 12:20 am
Replies: 23
Views: 1,953
Posted By captainflack

Re: (Re)learning Portuguese

I lived there for a year working as an engineer. The guys in the office generally spoke "high german" but most of the guys in the factory spoke Schwabish. My manager used to berate them for speaking...
Forum: Portugal
Jun 12th 2025, 12:11 am
Replies: 23
Views: 1,953
Posted By captainflack

Re: (Re)learning Portuguese

My brother is in the US and considering moving over here to Portugal at some point in the next few years. He really wants to learn some Portuguese before he comes, to at least get to his schoolboy...
Forum: Portugal
Apr 29th 2024, 11:29 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 1,318
Posted By captainflack

Re: Ring / Nest / Arla

I am looking to Arlo. It seemed to let me create an account on their site for Portugal, but their store does not ship to Portugal. It seems there are some vendors who sell their stuff in Portugal...
Forum: Portugal
Apr 29th 2024, 4:43 am
Replies: 7
Views: 1,318
Posted By captainflack

Re: Ring / Nest / Arla

Looked at Google Nest already. This suggests that you cannot purchase Nest Aware subscriptions in Portugal.

https://store.google.com/ie/product/nest_aware?hl=en-GB

click Country availability...
Forum: Portugal
Apr 28th 2024, 1:06 am
Replies: 7
Views: 1,318
Posted By captainflack

Ring / Nest / Arla

Looking at getting one of these. My brother has a Ring doorbell in the US and keeps bugging me to get one as I work in our loft and everytime DPD or someone else turns up with a delivery, I have to...
Forum: Portugal
Apr 4th 2024, 11:44 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 2,183
Posted By captainflack

Re: Married to Portuguese Citizen, Job Offer Pending

My understanding is that unlike the UK when it was in the EU, Portugal extends the same rights EU citizens have to bring family members into the country to its own citizens.

As such, you should be...
Forum: Portugal
Apr 4th 2024, 11:26 pm
Replies: 43
Views: 4,304
Posted By captainflack

Re: Britons abroad for more than 15 years can vote again!

Well i have received my confirmation from Wandsworth council that I am registered to vote again, and also that my request for postal vote was approved.

I rarely go back to the UK, and rarely take...
Forum: Portugal
Jan 17th 2024, 8:24 pm
Replies: 43
Views: 4,304
Posted By captainflack

Britons abroad for more than 15 years can vote again!

I can now vote again in the UK!

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/jan/16/britons-living-abroad-regain-right-to-vote-in-uk-elections-as-15-year-rule-ends

I have just done my registration...
Forum: Portugal
Sep 4th 2023, 11:04 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 1,251
Posted By captainflack

Re: Property lawyer recommendation for Lisbon area?

My wife is a property lawyer. but I won't plug her here as it wouldn't be a recommendation really in the sense of a neutral endorsement.

But I would definitely endorse getting your own lawyer, and...
Forum: Portugal
Aug 28th 2023, 10:53 pm
Replies: 26
Views: 2,224
Posted By captainflack

Re: tourist season

In the UK in particular, when property prices are rising they always say "there isn't enough property, it's supply and demand". I now see the same being argued in Portugal.

The fact is property...
Forum: Middle East
Aug 28th 2023, 5:24 am
Replies: 5
Views: 4,446
Posted By captainflack

Re: Left Dubai with debts back in 2007

I would not risk it. Computers have long memories, and the UAE doesn't have a functioning legal system in the same sense western countries do. Due to the time, they may stop routinely checking and...
Forum: Portugal
Aug 3rd 2023, 5:07 am
Replies: 31
Views: 5,221
Posted By captainflack

Re: Portuguese language learning

Having had to learn a few languages, my take for what it's worth on what works....

1. Get in a class where the teacher doesn't speak English. If your teacher speaks English during class, forget...
Forum: Portugal
Aug 3rd 2023, 4:10 am
Replies: 14
Views: 4,609
Posted By captainflack

Re: Habitation licence

Perhaps it would be best to ask them? We'd all just be guessing.
Forum: Portugal
Aug 1st 2023, 5:58 am
Replies: 11
Views: 1,170
Posted By captainflack

Re: E..U. nonsense

We've just had my mother in law here for 2 months. She got residency in mid 2021 (my wife is an immigration lawyer, and it was only way she could visit as a Brazilian at that time because of covid)....
Forum: Portugal
Aug 1st 2023, 5:53 am
Replies: 10
Views: 1,065
Posted By captainflack

Re: Covid Booster

People there used to wear masks there back in the 90s when I was there a lot. Maybe not half, but a fair proportion. I think due to pollution and general fear of diseases etc. Covid just added some...
Forum: Middle East
Aug 1st 2023, 5:47 am
Replies: 7
Views: 3,287
Posted By captainflack

Re: Debt in KSA work in UAE

I would never acknowledge debts with anyone from a GCC country. They have no legal leg to stand on outside in the free world. The debts are not enforceable. The last thing you want to do is...
Forum: Portugal
Aug 1st 2023, 5:39 am
Replies: 10
Views: 1,065
Posted By captainflack

Re: Covid Booster

We went to Paris for a few days, came back and my wife and mother-in-law both had covid. Thankfully both had only a day feeling rough, so even though it has been a while since they were vaccinated,...
Forum: Portugal
Jun 22nd 2023, 9:38 am
Replies: 9
Views: 1,614
Posted By captainflack

Re: Consequence of Overstaying 90 day thing ? Student Visa

My wife is an immigration lawyer, and she says that non EU nationals need to apply for a student visa from outside of Portugal before coming. It can take a few months. Once you arrive in Portugal,...
Forum: Portugal
May 17th 2022, 10:11 pm
Replies: 37
Views: 2,912
Posted By captainflack

Re: Solar Water Preheater?

Heat pumps are definitely more efficient, but how much depends on a number of factors.

We use our aircons for some heating in winter; my parents in the next street have a newer bungalow and they...
Forum: Portugal
Apr 18th 2022, 4:19 am
Replies: 53
Views: 16,550
Posted By captainflack

Re: Non resident buying small cheap plot to park camper on for holidays?

I am pretty sure that the UK is not a member state of the EU. Seem to remember something in the news about this a few years ago.
Forum: Middle East
Feb 7th 2022, 11:21 pm
Replies: 18
Views: 7,718
Posted By captainflack

Re: Dubai - heading back to the sand pit

I spent 8 years in Dubai, last 8 in Portugal half hour south of Lisbon. Really don't miss Dubai at all. Still have the odd repeating nightmare where I am back in Dubai and *free* but cannot leave...
Forum: Portugal
Dec 20th 2021, 10:44 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 530
Posted By captainflack

Re: Holiday Season 2021/22

Was pleased to see both Sesimbra and Setubal near to us are both running their fireworks displays this new year. Was a lot of talk about cancellations, but I saw yesterday both will go ahead....
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