Issue No. 25

Your essential
Guide to
moving to
France
In these difficult times with the Covid-19 virus preventing travel and
halting plans, and the upcoming removal of the UK from the European
Union, we asked Jennie Poate of Beacon Global Wealth to give us some
top tips to help those planning on moving to France when they can…
You find your dream home in France,
you can’t wait to move there and
start living the good life but there are
a few things you need to do first.
You’ll need to fill in paperwork and
notify authorities in the UK and
France, sort out healthcare, maybe
inheritance planning, savings, tax and
whole host of fun things.
Before you leave the UK, check this
list to see what needs to be done:
Get form P85 from Revenue and
Customs, fill it in and return it. It
notifies the tax authorities that you
are leaving the country and helps
ensure that you’ll be taxed
appropriately.
If you’re retired, request an S1 Form.
https://www.gov.uk/moving-orretiring-abroad
Set up a mail redirection if you know
where you’ll be living in France or to
an address in the UK that can forward
mail on to you in a batch.
Inform your local GP and dentist that
you are leaving so they can take you
off their books.
Request a State pension forecast: if
you’re going to live in France longterm
or forever and may not return to
the UK before you become eligible for
your pension. https://www.gov.uk/
check-state-pension
Notify the Pension Service of your
new address so they’ll know how to
contact you. https://www.gov.uk/
international-pension-centre
Notify your personal or company
pension trustees of your new address.