Top 20 Places for Brits to Live Abroad

Top 20 Countries for Brits to Live Abroad

Discover the top 20 best places for Brits to live abroad.

Warm weather, sandy beaches & snow
1.3 million Brits already in Australia
City living, country living & jungle living
Strong, secure online banking – Commonwealth Bank, Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ), National Australian Bank (NAB), Westpac Bank, Bank of Queensland, Macquarie Bank, Bendigo Bank, AMP Bank Ltd
Most people speak English
Strong pension / retirement fund, the Aussie Super
State pensions & national health service
You can move your UK pension to australia with a QROPS
High paid jobs & careers available
Strong currency, the Australian dollar (AUD)
1 USD = 1.36 AUD* (15th Nov, 2021)

Short flight to UK
761,000 Brits live in Spain
Warm weather, blue seas, sandy beaches
Strong & secure banking – BBVA Bank Spain, Banco Popular, Santander Bank, Sadabell Bank Spain, Bankia Spain
EUR can be used Europewide
1 USD = 0.87 EUR* (15th Nov, 2021)
ou can move your UK pension to spain with a QROPS
City living in Barcelona, Madrid, Seville, Valencia, Bilbao, etc
Strong football teams
Skiing & snowboarding in Sierra Nevada & Baqueira Resort
National health service

only 8 hour 15 min flight
678,000 Brits already live in the USA
Work & career possibilities
Work visas available
Strong banking system
you can move your UK pension to usa with a QROPS; note that you must move the pension before you move to the USA
Strong pension system, 401(k), Roth IRA, Bitcoin IRA
Possibility to set up US companies with a low tax regime
Nearly 330 million people to sell to
English language is most popular
Some of the best food in the world
Defined seasons: summer, autumn, winter, spring
Can take many vacations without ever leaving the country
Some of the best service in the world
Some of the best entertainment in the world
NBA, NFL, USA Baseball, NHL, WWE, Boxing
USD the strongest currency in the world
More than 65 countries peg their currencies to the U.S. dollar while five U.S. territories and seven sovereign countries use it as their official currency of exchange.

Over 600,000 Brits live in Canada
More laidback than living in the USA
Safer than living in the USA
Strong, secure currency
1 USD = 1.25 Canadian dollar
strong banking system & exchanges
You can move your UK pension to Canada with a QROPS
strong retirement fund, the Canada Pension Plan (CPP; French: Régime de pensions du Canada) is a contributory, earnings-related social insurance program. It forms one of the two major components of Canada’s public retirement income system, the other component being Old Age Security (OAS).
Canada has a decentralized, universal, publicly funded health system called Canadian Medicare. Health care is funded and administered primarily by the country’s 13 provinces and territories. Each has its own insurance plan, and each receives cash assistance from the federal government on a per-capita basis.
snowing & snowboarding popular in Whistler, The Big White, Mount Tremblant and Lake Louise

291,000 British expats have moved to Ireland
short flight or ferry ride to Ireland
Use the EUR currency
You can use the euro in 19 EU countries: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain
Old school Irish pubs
Lots of sport including hurling, gaelic football, camogie, association football, horse racing, show jumping, greyhound racing, basketball, fishing, handball, motorsport, boxing, tennis, hockey, golf, rowing, cricket, and rugby union.
Secure pension plans
National health service
Country living or city living
Nearly everyone speaks English

IT COMAPANY	WORLD RANK	REVENUES (USD MILLIONS)	EMPLOYEES
Apple	1	$215,639	123,000
Alphabet	5	$111,000	80,110
Microsoft	7	$89,900	124,000
Dell	11	$74,000	140,000
Facebook	10+	$40,653	25,105
Oracle	10+	$37,730	138,000
SAP	10+	$23,460	88,543
Vmware	10+	$7,920	19,900
Synopsys	10+	$2,725	12,590
Adobe	10+	$1,690	17,000

Source:https://www.goireland.in/

Warm weather, sandy beaches, house music
Strong teams in rugby & cricket
Tiffindell Ski Resort (see video below) is a year-round alpine resort, the only ski resort in South Africa and one of the two ski resorts in Southern Africa.
Most people speak English
Game reserves in South Africa (see video below)
Strong banking system with Standard bank, ABSA, Nedbank, FNB & Capitec
The Old Age Pension (OAP) is means-tested with individuals having an income of under ZAR 73 800 for singles and ZAR 147 600 for couples and no more than ZAR 1 056 000 in assets for a single person and ZAR 2 112 000 for a couple. The benefit amount is up to ZAR 1 600 per month for singles and ZAR 3 200 for couples (2020).
Unstable currency (see below). 1 USD = 15.23 ZAR

Easily jump on a flight or drive to France in a short time
There is no inheritance tax for Brits in France
You can set up an offshore bond wrapped in a trust for extra protection.
Warmer weather, beaches, snow, skiing & snowboarding
National Health Service
Lots of benefits and holidays if you work in France
Transfer your UK pension to France with a QROPS
You can use the euro in 19 EU countries: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain
You can eat in rustic French pubs or Michelin star restaurants
Plenty of markets
Strong football & rugby teams

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