About Jonty

Currently Lives:

Akershus, Norway

Citizen Of:

United Kingdom

Some Forum Posts:

Norway: Thinking to move to Kristiansand:

1. Find out if any qualifications you have are transferable to Norway 2. Learn Norwegian. 3. Get a job in Kristiansand 4. Workout what you will get after taxes and buy or rent a property according to your budget. Factor in the costs of travel, heating, everything being very expensive in Norway and if you have any intention of seeing Shetland again, the cost of keeping in touch with home. There are few "free lunches" in this world and I think you will find it hard to thrive in Norway.

Norway: U.S. Estate Tax for Non-Resident, Foreign Spouse:

Why select Norway? You need to set up offshore trusts, maybe shell companies.

Norway: Daughter moving:

She could read this. It's by an American. http://www.meganstarr.com/30-things-you-should-know-before-moving-to-norway/ She is gambling she won't become depressed, that Norway will pick up the bill for treating her if she doesn't work. She may find the only way to get "security" in Norway is marry her boyfriend. Immigrants are far more likely to commit suicide. Googling keywords will be illuminating. Norwegians in the US are more likely to kill themselves than Norwegians in Norway. Not nice things to say but she needs to walk into this with her eyes open ..... does her boyfriend have a job with any prospects? Is he really keen to have your daughter in Norway? Does she realise she is moving somewhere she will have LESS disposable income to pay for trips "home"? Her boyfriend will be fine. He's Norwegian. Many Norwegians do fine without working. For foreigners, it's very easy to become tax liable to Norway, difficult to become entitled to anything in return for your contributions to the Norwegian National Insurance Scheme .....

Norway: Moving to Norway:

You have wild places in the US. What do you gain from going to Norway? Iceland is closer to the US so try there but what's wrong with Canada?

Norway: Art related work Oslo:

Did you find anything?

Norway: Urgent advice needed:

1. Don't panic 2. Tell us where your from Are you an EU citizen? Do you come from a country that has a bilateral treaty with Norway covering tax, health and social security. I know of cases where foreigners have been taxed as non residents by one part of Skatteetaten because they were refused inclusion on the Folkregister whilst also being taxed a residents because they lived in Norway "for tax purposes" .... all illegal ..... it is common for EU citizens, members of the Norwegian national insurance scheme to be denied benefits. For more details, search the internet for "Migrant workers""Norway""EFTA Surveillance Authority", read what you find. Report back here if it appears Norway has not altered its behaviour since the judgements against it and we'll take it from there.

Norway: Moving with young family from uk:

This isn't the place to look. You don't give enough information. Will you be allowed to work in a country to which you're tax liable? Do you like clearing snow3? Driving on snow and Ice? Can you afford the private health care? if your husband is making phenomenal money .... hundred grand a year, you may have fun, otherwise forget it. If you inherit money in the UK whilst in Norway for more than 62 days, it needs declaring. Can you speak, read and write Norwegian? Is your husband a migrant worker or resident? I'd forget the idea now. Internet full of horror stories about Norway. Your husband may well only live in Norway for tax purposes. You don't know what that means? Read the book ... I wouldn't bother. You should read all posts here, read a book called "Working in Norway" by Warren Davies. Oslo might be easier but not Alesund. If you think everything through, you'll realise it's a bad idea. Norway is survivable with the support of extended family. You don't have that.

Norway: Before asking questions here:

This is a great resource. You probably need to study the Norwegian system and get assurances in writing for a bout two years before considering moving to Norway. You need to study to even know how to ask questions on here. This is a good resource www.nordiclabourjournal.org/search?SearchableText=norway You will learn about the kind of obstacles you will face and you must decide if spending most of your time administering being a foreigner in a land where your native language isn't used to communicate with The State is what you want. personally, I wouldn't say it's a good idea. Remember, You're not Norwegian. People who "live" in Norway get benefits or Norwegians who live abroad and qualify. You will be obliged to pay high taxes and contribute top a National Insurance Scheme from which you may well be excluded from receiving anything with no permanent right to reside in Norway or get citizenship ... that's if you manage to get a job .... not straightforward if you're a foreigner. I see a lot of questions here and see people destined to make appalling mistakes ... so ill informed they can't even ask the right questions ... assuming they will have the same entitlements as Norwegians.

Norway: Family Reunification Process Questions about staying or leaving!:

I'm sorry. If you don't tell us what nationality you are, how can we know your rights in Norway? If you have permission to stay in Norway for 90 days, if you are in Norway on day 91 you will be in Norway illegally unless you have written permission that is not the case. It's quite simple. If Norway takes your passport, you cannot leave the country. Do everything in writing.

Norway: Please please can anyone help:

There is freedom of movement within the EEA but why do you want to work in Norway? You DO realise you are unlikely to get any benefits in return for your contributions to the Norwegian National Insurance Scheme and will lose your right to benefits in the UK because you will fail the "Habitual Residency Test" when you go back to the UK? Can you speak Norwegian? Do you want to "live in Norway for tax purposes" so you spend years getting letters from the Norwegian tax authorities you can't understand? What use is Norwegian outside of Norway? The time to come to Norway was about 1986!! The boom's over ... everyone's leaving ....

Date Joined:

11/14/2008

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