Brexit worries

Brexit checklist to complete before December 31

Brexit will apply with full impact, including changed residency rules in France, from January 1, 2021, as the transition period ends. Here's what you need to put in place beforehand.

Brexit: Can UK wife of Irish man stay 90+ days in France?

Every other day, we share a reader question from our Brexit and Britons in France Help Guide. Get your copy of the guide via the link at the end of this article.

Brexit: I'm British, will my French son need a UK passport?

Every other day, we share a reader question from our Brexit and Britons in France Help Guide. Get your copy of the guide via the link at the end of this article.

Third Briton ordered to leave France

15 years in France but turned down for residency and told to leave

Family told to leave France can stay

A British family who were sent letters telling them they had been refused cartes de séjour and had to leave France within 30 days can now stay after an error came to light.

Driving licence swap rejected

More than two months ago, we applied to Nantes to exchange our UK driving licences for French licences.

UK to pay Brits' healthcare for year if no-deal Brexit

S1 pensioners fear funding cuts

Ambassador: focus is on future health deal

Healthcare in France after Brexit is one of the principal worries of Britons contacting the UK embassy, Ambassador Lord Llewellyn has said.

Brexit and incomes: France to be flexible

‘Generous approach’ but residency refusals reported

Maybe now we can create a better social Europe

We spoke to former British ambassador to France Lord Ricketts, Julie Ward MEP and some of the British in Europe coalition groups for their thoughts at this crucial time.

British fonctionnaires can keep their jobs

There is good news for British teachers and others who are fonctionnaires in France as the government and MPs have backed an amendment to the new Brexit law to allow them to keep this special status afterwards.

‘Britons in France are the victims of Brexit’

In an exclusive interview, former UK ambassador Lord Ricketts tells Connexion how Britons living in France are victims of Brexit, saying he strongly believes that leaving the EU is wrong.

Reader cartes de séjour experiences

Connexion readers talk about their experiences trying to obtain a French carte de séjour

Brexit and government pensions

There must be many retired people in France who have government occupational pensions (teachers, police etc). Currently these have to be taxed in the UK and not in France. In the event that S1 healthcare cover is withdrawn for UK pensioners in France after Brexit would the UK government allow these pensions to be taxed in France so we would automatically become part of the healthcare system? A.M.

Selling business - how to reassure buyers

We are selling our language centre but it needs to be run by English-speakers. How can we reassure potential buyers as to their status in France after Brexit? T.W.

Listen to businesses on Brexit effects

Readers comment on latest Brexit concerns

Will Brexit affect time I can spend in France?

We have homes in the UK and France and enjoy being able to move between the two. As retirement approaches we would like to spend most of the year in France but will Brexit effect how much time we can spend there and will we need visas? Will it help if we apply for a carte de séjour ? B.I.

The moneymen and Brexit