Sparkieflint
American looking for information about Scotland
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Registration: 27 August 2020
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Retiring, Independent Means, Seeking 5-year Visa to start by rebeccafs1018
My spouse and I plan to retire in the next year and move to the Inverness area (Beauly). We've read that a person can apply for a 5-year visa if they can show they have independent means (meaning, they will not be looking for a job), but I ...
Thanks so much for the update. I know how disappointed you must be to have a plan and the finances to support your investment in the property and still not be able to make it happen. Best of luck; and if it does work for you, perhaps we'll ... Read More
Retiring, Independent Means, Seeking 5-year Visa to start by rebeccafs1018
My spouse and I plan to retire in the next year and move to the Inverness area (Beauly). We've read that a person can apply for a 5-year visa if they can show they have independent means (meaning, they will not be looking for a job), but I ...
Thanks for the info! I had checked the government website in 2019 and thought that the visitor visa was the only way to spend more time in the country, but thought maybe the rules were in the process of being changed. I suppose those restrictions ... Read More
Retiring, Independent Means, Seeking 5-year Visa to start by rebeccafs1018
My spouse and I plan to retire in the next year and move to the Inverness area (Beauly). We've read that a person can apply for a 5-year visa if they can show they have independent means (meaning, they will not be looking for a job), but I ...
I was wondering the same thing about "retirement with independent means", but have avoided asking questions due to a reply that I saw to an inquiry on a Facebook group. The person basically stated that retirees weren't welcome in ... Read More