TUK020 wrote:Emigrate?
Hmm, I've been outside the UK for 9 years and am looking forward to finally returning next year. Emigration might suit if your belief is that there will be 'no going back', but I don't underestimate the challenges it brings, nor the challenge of being able to make that judgement.
When I originally left the UK as a 'trailing spouse' to my wife's nomadic career I believed it would be for 3-4 years max, but it'll end up as 10. I've known many people in a similar position, usually people who go to work abroad, who then get cross-posted to another country, and another...
So on the downside as a Brit but non-resident I have been and remain ineligible for the mainstream UK tax-efficient savings vehicles, ISAs etc. But perhaps there might be some opportunity open to me to get my affairs established in a more tax-efficient and Corbyn-proofed way prior to repatriation.
If anyone has had any experience of such arrangements I'd be grateful to hear it. Alternatively if anyone knows the collective name of the kind of professional advisor who might guide me on this I'd also be grateful. Is it a 'Chartered Financial Planner', perhaps one with some experience of Brit expat affairs?