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Brexit or how I'll make a killing in forex

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by JohnHammond, Jun 23, 2016.

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  1. cranberry

    cranberry Well-Known Member

    Yep.
     
    cranberry, Jun 28, 2016
    #289
  2. Michael_ Gee

    Michael_ Gee Well-Known Member

    Sunshine, let me amend my previous post. I probably COULD afford to live in France if we sold our house. But France wouldn't let me. If you're not an EU citizen, the longest non-student, non-working visa you can get is six months. I met an American four years ago in Avignon who split his time between there and his US home of Toledo. That I could never afford.
     
    Michael_ Gee, Jun 29, 2016
    #290
  3. amraeder

    amraeder Well-Known Member

    Toledo is often called the Avignon of northwest Ohio. :D
     
    amraeder, Jun 29, 2016
    #291
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  4. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    We should take the UK's place in the EU.
     
    YankeeFan, Jun 29, 2016
    #292
  5. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    But it rightly belongs in Michigan.
     
    YankeeFan, Jun 29, 2016
    #293
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  6. Songbird

    Songbird Well-Known Member

    Avignon means armpit?
     
    Songbird, Jun 29, 2016
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  7. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    That isn't true. You can get a long stay visa if you own a home there. It buys you a year at a time. A bank account that shows you have enough to live and a home there will get you the visa. I believe you can renew it a year at a time. It's a hassle, but it is doable. After a certain amount of time (I believe 5 years) of continuously living there you can apply for a permanent resident visa which extends everything to 10 years at a time. Again, you need to demonstrate you can afford it, have a place to live and that you have integrated into French society. By then, you can also apply for citizenship if that is what you want.
     
    The Big Ragu, Jun 29, 2016
    #295
  8. Michael_ Gee

    Michael_ Gee Well-Known Member

    There's hope! Since the first thing Alice does in any city, foreign or domestic, she visits is check out the windows of local real estate offices as we stroll around, I have learned that apartments suitable for a couple in nice neighborhoods of Bordeaux are way more affordable than in the Boston area.
     
    Michael_ Gee, Jun 29, 2016
    #296
  9. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    Our plan is to eventually (hopefully sooner rather than later) spend approximately half of our year there (France, but not in Bordeaux) and half of our year in the U.S. We have homes in the U.S. and a home there between us. We have done everything we can not to get married, but we may do it for that purpose, because she is a French citizen. She is good in the U.S. already -- has a green card and could actually become a U.S. citizen if she wanted, although she is conflicted about it. If we are married, I can get a permanent residency visa for there faster than 5 years.
     
    The Big Ragu, Jun 29, 2016
    #297
  10. Michael_ Gee

    Michael_ Gee Well-Known Member

    Here's a great business opportunity for anyone in France. Window screens. All those big French windows don't have screens, even in nicer apartments. Bordeaux and the rest of France, however, still has plenty of mosquitoes.
     
    Michael_ Gee, Jun 29, 2016
    #298
  11. amraeder

    amraeder Well-Known Member

    When my wife and I did our honeymoon in Italy a few years ago, we enjoyed checking out the real estate offices (though I was always slightly nervous some real estate agent would try to chat us up, and I'd be fumbling around in my limited Italian). I felt kind of weird to do, but it was fun to fantasize about getting a place. A place in Positano is our shared "If we ever hit the lottery" dream.
     
    amraeder, Jun 29, 2016
    #299
  12. Ace

    Ace Well-Known Member

    We probably should have carpet bombed Britain the minute it looked like the voting wasn't going in our best interests.
     
    Ace, Jun 29, 2016
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