What are you talking about
No idea, I know nothing about gĆ®tes/chambres dāhĆ“te/B&B etc businesses, so I was curious. I suppose itās a how long is a piece of string question really so I was silly to ask.
Jane posted above (apologies, quote option not working for me today) that:-
"If you are British there are only four ways to get a visa to move hereā¦
- marry a French person"
Can I add to Janeās helpful list the āoptionā (!) of marrying an EU national (warmly recommended personally by the way!)
Not entirely facetiousā¦there are several Brits I know who have ādiscoveredā Irish born parents or grandparents either in their families or in their other halves families, enabling them to live and work in the EU.
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We come here with a dream of a different life. We try. We d our best.
We are not all ex city whizz kids or teachers.
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Yes brexit is to blame
There is total discrimination.
friend in London wishes to move here and open a restaurant,
He was trained at a top London hotel and cooks better than most of the chefs
in my region.
But will he be allowed in.
Sure Brexit has changed things hugely. But where is the discrimination? British people are treated no differently from other non-europeans.
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Ah but we are no longer europeans, We are migrating birds lost in flight.
Migrating or fleeing?
Well that is a good question.
And the answer is?
depends upon the individual
Sadly I donāt have any Irish relatives.
Were I younger Iād consider getting a job in Ireland (which Brits can do courtesy of the CTA), wait until I could get Irish citizenship that way, then Iād have freedom to work in the EU if I wished. A long process but probably the easiest way of doing it at the moment. Unless you can afford an āfast trackā scheme through investment though I think only Malta still allows this and the EU is trying to shut down the schemes.
Iām just a bit old for that so will have to wait for retirement when, with a bit of luck, we should have enough to meet French income requirements.
Would I get naturalised after living in France - maybe but with the UK retirement age at 67 by the time I get to put my feet up I would be mid 70ās, maybe older, so Iām not sure.
Of course if he has a solid business plan that shows this restaurant will pay its way and support him. Which would actually have been a sensible idea for those pre-Brexit people who arrived in France thinking they could make a go of a business just on enthusiasm, and only lasted thill their savings ran out.
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That sounds a a little omniscient.Any one can run out of money.any one can hit on hard timesā¦
Even accountants.
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Covid has also shown us how vulnerable many businesses really are too! So many high street names going under as well but a lot of them are fashion and shoes which many folks have cut back on or are buying at the cheaper outlets now and also online.
Yes and I know that many of the exspnsive restaurants are busy.People are still going to the Ritz
The only point Iām making is that a properly researched and costed business plan will not only satisfy the visa requirements but also give a new business the best chance of success. And the best chance of being able to weather hard times.
The issues facing the collapse of large chains are a touch more complex.
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costings and projections I do not believ in them.
Did you work in banking in UK ?
And I donāt believe one should run a business by guess work, and stick oneās finger in the air to work out what to charge people.
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