The Schengen Area, known for its borderless travel within Europe, has welcomed new members this year, significantly impacting expatriates living and working in Europe.

ProACT Sam Orgill previews EU Schengen Zone Expansion on the Eastern front in the year ahead and the restrictions this will bring to UK travellers. 

The EU is all about freedom of movement, the freedom of movement of your capital, of your work, and of you as an individual to move around the EU. And within the Schengen zone, which is primarily an EU construct, this allows people to cross borders without passports and without having to show ID.

In this weeks episode we delve into the latest changes and updates affecting EU expats in 2023. Whether you're planning to move, already living abroad, or considering working in the UK or the EU, this guide is tailored for you.

We shed light on the intricacies of residency, tax residency, and citizenship

The European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS) arrives this year allowing enforcement of the rule that you can only spend 90 days in 180 in the entire Schengen zone.

For more flexibility to travel around Europe we look at how (ETAIS) can interact with the Schengen zone to allow overseas property owners and nomads more freedom living and working abroad.

Find out more about the new electronic visa system for travel in the EU being introduced for non-EU citizens in 2023 & how it compares to a Schengen Zone visa.

Post Brexit the world keeps turning.

Much is made within the EU for freedoms of movements - yet they exist around world.

The Schengen zone is set to expand as an internal visa free zone - only to complicate it more.

So how is it for UK and Global expats & their residency status in the EU post Brexit?