Surely you can work back in Scotland and live in the van?
MOBY GOES TO TURKEY. A tam and pups adventure.
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Aye from what I gathered last year though my only hope is the naturalisation process mentioned in thisLol it certainly is but you should definitely think about getting an expert to look into the Moycullen link if that comes to fruition your home and dry, you might even get someone no success, no fee
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But to do that I'd have to be resident in Ireland for 3 years . Which means I'd have to find work and somewhere to live in Ireland for 3 years. Then I could apply for naturalisation due to my great grandparents being born in Ireland. But that process can take up to 30 months.
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I'd have to put it on a campsite or something to do that though , and that's not going to work.
I've not done a proper job other than the takeaway deliveries since 2017 , so I'm not even sure what work I'd get nowadays . Every company I worked for previously is no longer in business so even getting references would be difficult.
That's the concern as I've kinda got myself in to a situation now where I have obstacles in every direction.
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Yea but all you'd probably need is an address and i can 'give' you a job lol then just go travelling until the time is used up they never check anything over here feck sake it's lucky to get the guards out for anything over here! 
But before all that look into Moycullen
But before all that look into Moycullen
Perhaps you could get CaptainPaul to adopt you as his long lost son. (Don't think about the implications concentrate on the end result)
Can you adopt adults?
Can you adopt adults?
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No looked into that last year can't adopt over 18 year old, and even without the beard Tams never getting down to under 18!
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We said that last year lol
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Don’t give up Tam you have to be crafty, just a few pointers for you
Get married to a EU citizen
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Buy property in the UK in a location which is both desirable for you and others , rent it out for lots of money, you can travel from the income
Or
Buy in Greece and until rules change, go in and out every 3 months , so work three months and then relax in Greece for 3 months and repeat, when you are not in Greece rent it out as a air b&b , find someone local to manage that, so it pays for itself
you need to have an address and bank account to work unless you work cash only. Living in a van is not classed as a permanent address
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Yeah lol that all sounds easy when you say itDon’t give up Tam you have to be crafty, just a few pointers for you
Get married to a EU citizen
Or
Buy property in the UK in a location which is both desirable for you and others , rent it out for lots of money, you can travel from the income
Or
Buy in Greece and until rules change, go in and out every 3 months , so work three months and then relax in Greece for 3 months and repeat, when you are not in Greece rent it out as a air b&b , find someone local to manage that, so it pays for itself
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I don't have a great deal of cash behind me. OK so I have a bit and for that I'm grateful. I've got the proceeds from my own house sale etc and a bit wheeling dealing in the bank , ...around 100k , add to that inheritance I have coming from mums estate , approximately 55k
I've no private pension and currently no income.
So I could buy a flat back home , then I'd have the option of either living in it myself and finding a fulltime job again to pay the bills etc I'd still have. Or I could rent it out and hopefully get enough of a income profit to live on and travel in the camper as I'm doing. But I'd have the risk there of bad tenants etc .
I need an income of some sort , the deliveries payed me quite well when I had somewhere to park up free with no bills etc to pay .. but they wouldn't pay enough to cover me having to pay campsite fees etc or enough to cover paying bills to keep a flat all year round and still travel ....so I'd be eating in to my savings constantly. I've tried thinking of other things to bring in an income but really I'm a newbie to all this , and I guess my biggest worry is dwindling away the safety net I currently have because once it's gone it's gone.
He’s had plenty of cash in hand jobs.
There’s surely ways around it plenty seem to do it on vanlifers forums.
There’s surely ways around it plenty seem to do it on vanlifers forums.
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Anyway all I've managed to do this evening is undo all my stress free week I've had and replace it again with worrying about the future lol.
So that wasn't a good move...
And now it's bedtime .
It's midnight here .
Jees life was so much simpler 6 months ago , it's amazing just how quickly and unexpectedly life can be turned on it's head. I knew it couldn't last forever , but I thought I had a good few years to go before I was in this situation.
So that wasn't a good move...
And now it's bedtime .
It's midnight here .
Jees life was so much simpler 6 months ago , it's amazing just how quickly and unexpectedly life can be turned on it's head. I knew it couldn't last forever , but I thought I had a good few years to go before I was in this situation.
155k, plus a Motorhome, that’s a nice problem to have and to decide what to do. Seriously I think you’re in a great position financially at your age.
Not many 50 year olds will be as financially sound.
Certainly none of the ones I know.
You have your health( hopefully you do after your mums passing) , a few quid, a nice van now,
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No looked into that last year can't adopt over 18 year old, and even without the beard Tams never getting down to under 18!
I have a mental age of 14… will that do..
Me tooI have a mental age of 14… will that do..
me too I wake up still feeling 14 year old Gina then I look in the mirrorI have a mental age of 14… will that do..
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You’ve only got to read a few threads on this forum to realise live life while you can and worry about the future if that day comes…
Its certainly what I’m doing…
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Yeah I appreciate its not the worst position to be in . But with no income it's amazing how quickly i could burn through that.
I could pick up a cheap property in Scotland and return to a proper job again till I retire ... and maybe if I'm still healthy then I could move abroad. Chances are though I won't be that healthy.
I'd have preferred to buy a bit land or a house somewhere warmer though and either work there or start my own small business etc .
Fear and uncertainty is holding me back because I just don't know what road to take. And if I take the wrong one
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My problem being I'm not that computer literate. Certainly no qualifications, I even considered teaching English somewhere but then I thought surely you need to be able to speak the language of the country you're in to do that ...and I can't.
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Aye I try to do that ...mum telt me that too. But old habits die hard. I've always been a worrier.You’ve only got to read a few threads on this forum to realise live life while you can and worry about the future if that day comes…
Its certainly what I’m doing…
Thanks to Brexshit you are stuffed for your plans to live abroad
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I'm not even sure how these vanlifers do it ....OK so I don't do youtube... but I have an Instagram and I think I post fairly good pics etc on there but I just can't build my following . Even my niece who just has a profile full of selfies has over 3000 followers lol and mine has had 500 and odd for 3 bloody years .. in fact I've lost followers rather than gain them.
I don't know how to make money from vlogging etc because I don't want to spend all my time making and editing videos and exaggerating stuff to get viewers .
Think I'm too boring to be honest ,
I don't know how to make money from vlogging etc because I don't want to spend all my time making and editing videos and exaggerating stuff to get viewers .
Think I'm too boring to be honest ,
You are not boring we love you on here
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Aye that's my other problem lol .I didn’t realise you could speak English Tam
It's frustrating this trying to live a different life, everything is set against you.
I couldn’t do that either….
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