Is that a good idea? I retired at 56 and it was very much a good idea 
but one needs to be sure.
There is a wealth of valuable knowledge here on moving to and living in France.
But the most important question IMO is, do you really, really want to? If you are half hearted then every speed bump you encounter will be a headache. If you are committed you’ll overcome any issues that arise.
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Seriously? It sounds like they’ve moved back to the dark side… or the bright side depending on which way you look at it. For a while they rehabilitated… Now it seems they’ve slipped back.
Just briefly, wondering how that works, and where “the other foot will drop”. Are they charging an annual fee, then, or an entry fee? This has got me quite curious.
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It’s worth a Google Karen… malta tax residency status
When Portugal tightened things up Malta became a better option tax wise, despite being by all accounts a ghastly place to live, even partially. Luckily one didn’t have to. If you can point to it on a map, you’re in 
One of Ireland’s wealthiest shysters, Denis O’Brien, despite having deep connections with Portugal, like owning Quinta do Lago - where a lot of other Irish shysters and wannabe shysters vacation, decamped (notionally) to Malta. I’ve other acquaintances that “live” in Malta that have never set foot in the place.
You’d need to talk to KPMG for the details 
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Once upon a time I was a tax adviser who specialised in advising on cross border moves (tax, social security, pensions etc). Very occasionally you would come across (usually male!) clients that asked for advice about how to avoid being resident anywhere, proposing to serially flit from country to country. To the best of my knowledge, I believe that very few of them actually implemented the advice. Anecdotally we suspected that their wives (and families) probably put their foot down, especially when told what, in practice, that would mean in terms of upping sticks and moving internationally every few months for the foreseeable future. It may be that one or two actually did so for shorter periods (eg 3-4 years), possibly to ‘shield’ exceptionally large capital gains from tax, but that was very much a rarity.
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It was much more interesting in the early 1970s when it was still a Trucial State, Here is an old photo of the famous Dubai waterfront then
compared to this stock photo of it now.
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What’s so awful about it? I’ve never been and am less and less attracted to manmade environments but everyone I know who’s visited was really impressed.
And you might bump into Isabel Oakeshott. A bonus!
How would you know it was her? I am sure she would be following all local customs, speaking fluent Arabic and covered in a burqua she would mix in with all the others at her mosque.
I had an Irish grandparent, but it’s one of those complicated family situations, and it was only discovered a few years ago. As there’s no official documentation to prove the relationship, I can’t take advantage of the Irish passport, but I am grateful that I came here prior to Brexit (all too easy to take it for granted). It seems very complicated these days,.
Yes, of course she would.
I spent 4 days in Dubai in 2014 photographing a wedding.
That was long enough for me. 
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My son in law has had two stopovers now en route to Perth and said it was the most awful place he had ever been to and was afraid to go far in case he did something wrong that was perfectly normal in our society.
It’s definitely not awful at all. It’s funny as most people who say that have never been. But it really is a man made city in every sense, and kind of lacks any soul because of that.
It was built specifically for expats, I know that term is contentious but it’s definitely the right one in this case, as most can’t get citizenship, and most will return home at some point.
This means it attracts people from all over the world, some good and some bad. But the strict rules means that people very much act as guests should do.
The service is good, everything is clean, and visible crime is non existent. It has now though, become a very expensive place to live.
The weather is unbearable in the summer but great for 7-8 months.
I know many people who have lived there, some who have returned to the UK and they miss it a lot.
I could never see myself living there full time, but it will serve the purpose I am after for few months a year, for the next 3 years.
From what I’ve seen of the place it looks soulless. A friend who made several visits said she had to spend the whole time inside because of the heat.
That sounds quite fun. Like Casablanca before the war.
If a person is going to a hot country and they don’t like the heat, they have only themselves to blame lol
Hi Helah,
Should be an enjoyable experience overall, you get out what you put in.
Don’t expect French to lay red carpet etc…but trying to speak French as much as possible helps getting ahead.
If no AC durring hot months this can hinder working an 8hr shift with a smile, plenty of great advice here Helah.
Good luck…Paul_Rob.
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Four days too long
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Sorry, I hadn’t realised posts were restricted to one persons question, nearly all that I have seen evolve into something else. And I thought my post was relevant.
Is there an official rule on that?
Regarding being civil, I don’t think I have ever been anything but, so please don’t feel the need to apologise on my behalf.. Yours on the other hand…
Yawn… I have paid huge sums of tax in my lifetime, have been a tax resident in the UK for all my life, (the flitting is simply weekly work travel) and I will also still continue to pay more tax than most. Not that I should really feel the need to explain myself!
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