Fast Track French!

[Bill]

Apparently, I now qualify for Citizenship, pretty simply, as my French Wife and I have been married more than 4yrs, and without the need for the language test. Nice to know, though I wont be rushing to take advantage, 'til we see what happens when/if the break occurs.

[james]

Why not go for it, you can have two passports, no downside as far as I’m aware?

[Bill]

Thanks for the observations James, but being a ‘Libran’, of course, I have to consider it from ‘all’ angles, the one that concerns me most, is, any implication re my UK will being enacted on my ‘demise’.

[james]

Good point

[james]

We have an article on wills in case there is anything of interest there

Why you need a French will in addition to your UK one

[Guillaume_Barlet_Batada[1]] We all know the old adage about nothing in life being certain apart from death and taxes, but all too many of us are unaware of just how stressful these two things can be when they are combined. And whilst most of us involve a legal specialist when dealing with the transfer of property ownership, when it comes to estate planning, all too often we leave things to chance or assume that a UK will will suffice when it comes to disposing of our French estate. This is something that has been concerning me for a while as I am aware that there have been changes in succession issues under EU law, but I was not sure about how these worked in reality so I decided to meet up with Guillaume Barlet-Batada from Cubism Law. Cubism Law is a London based law firm providing legal advice and services for private and corporate clients and individuals through all stages of their private and business lives. They have specialist knowledge in employment law, private client tax a…

[Bill]

Thanks for that James, will give it a ‘severe looking at’ this evening

[Martin_Cooper]

Hi Bill,

Can’t find any news on what you mentioned?

Can you link it to anything you read?

Cheers

Martin

[Bill]

It was on here Martin.
Brexit and EU Citizens Rights.
Regards, Bill.