I get my Social Security deposited directly into my French bank account. (Reply #30)

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Sun Aug 23, 2020, 12:53 PM

GoneOffShore (17,143 posts)

30. I get my Social Security deposited directly into my French bank account.

And when Mrs GoS starts collecting in 15 months, we'll make the same arrangement.

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139 replies	Author	Time	Post
I am seriously thinking of leaving the country if He is re-elected [View all]	PCIntern	Aug 2020	OP
Given how disease-ridden we are here,	murielm99	Aug 2020	#1
Yes	PCIntern	Aug 2020	#5
Israel has a nationalist government too.	DemocratSinceBirth	Aug 2020	#22
Nationalism is inherent in the very idea of a "Jewish state" (n/t)	Spider Jerusalem	Aug 2020	#86
DU has an Americans Abroad subgroup that people	appalachiablue	Aug 2020	#61
I wish that was an option for me but even if it was, Canada's border is closed.	Siwsan	Aug 2020	#2
We're in the same boat.	MurrayDelph	Aug 2020	#21
My maternal grandfather immigrated from somewhere in eastern Europe	Siwsan	Aug 2020	#26
Did your dad renounce his citizenship before you were born?	Mariana	Aug 2020	#100
Sometimes I think Canada isn't far enough away.	Hassin Bin Sober	Aug 2020	#24
Us too.	lark	Aug 2020	#3
Right now NZ isn't letting anyone in who isn't already a citizen.	PoindexterOglethorpe	Aug 2020	#13
I know we'd have to guarantine for 3 weeks.	lark	Aug 2020	#16
Not sure what kind of connections your friends have,	PoindexterOglethorpe	Aug 2020	#46
We most likely will end up	Meowmee	Aug 2020	#4
I am so jelly! In my next life I'm going to be Canadian. You guys are the best!	OMGWTF	Aug 2020	#51
Wish you could be🤗	Meowmee	Aug 2020	#105
Don't pack your bags just yet. I don't think it's likely.	lpbk2713	Aug 2020	#6
Thank you for that. We need some postive thinking here. It's not all gloom & doom yet...	Illumination	Aug 2020	#48
I think the Postal Service sabotage is enough	Castiel	Aug 2020	#112
I know how you feel. I am to old to leave now, but I felt the	marybourg	Aug 2020	#7
If he's re-elected AND we do not take back the Senate and keep the House,	LaMouffette	Aug 2020	#8
I think if it steals another election, there will be a great schism	WheelWalker	Aug 2020	#9
They would simply start a civil war and occupy blue states	DSandra	Aug 2020	#40
There are a lot of liberals with guns.	Castiel	Aug 2020	#113
nuking the west coast would be pretty stupid	Squidly	Aug 2020	#128
I told my brother that if Trump wins, we're leaving the country for four years.	LastLiberal in PalmSprings	Aug 2020	#63
He's not a legitimate president now. Talk of him winning (again) is a non sequitur.	WheelWalker	Aug 2020	#84
Correction. If Fat Donnie cheats his way into the WH again, we're taking a four year vacation.	LastLiberal in PalmSprings	Aug 2020	#139
I definitely understand.	Mike 03	Aug 2020	#10
Absolutely! Everyone should have a plan (or maybe several).	Illumination	Aug 2020	#54
Kudos to you and anyone else who chooses to leave. This is no way to live	Thekaspervote	Aug 2020	#11
Have you seen the list of countries	PoindexterOglethorpe	Aug 2020	#12
Here's their list of 14-day quarantine countries.	Buckeye_Democrat	Aug 2020	#15
Useful info. Thanks for the link!	Illumination	Aug 2020	#55
Exactly. Where you gonna go?	MrsCoffee	Aug 2020	#133
I moved to BC in 2012, haven't regretted a single day	Fiendish Thingy	Aug 2020	#14
I should have left for Canada years ago.	Buckeye_Democrat	Aug 2020	#17
I just retired last year, and draw on my SS	Fiendish Thingy	Aug 2020	#23
Seriously?!	Buckeye_Democrat	Aug 2020	#28
I get my Social Security deposited directly into my French bank account.	GoneOffShore	Aug 2020	#30
If I remember correctly you are in Lyon? One of my favorite cities in Europe.	GulfCoast66	Aug 2020	#98
We're in Aix-en-Provence. With Covid getting a visa right now is difficult.	GoneOffShore	Aug 2020	#125
Me and my family are considering France	Castiel	Aug 2020	#115
We're in Aix-en-Provence. With Covid getting a visa right now is difficult.	GoneOffShore	Aug 2020	#126
Interesting thanks.	Castiel	Aug 2020	#138
They probably had a good defined benefit pension at Mitsubishi?	Fiendish Thingy	Aug 2020	#42
For now	Traildogbob	Aug 2020	#43
Can you take in an American orphan?	Illumination	Aug 2020	#57
Sorry, but I can put you in touch with a good immigration lawyer nt	Fiendish Thingy	Aug 2020	#58
Actually, Fiendish Thingy I was joking. However, who knows about the future! Care to share?	Illumination	Aug 2020	#60
I know...check your messages nt	Fiendish Thingy	Aug 2020	#65
Thank you!	Illumination	Aug 2020	#69
Why should I be the one who has to leave?	Tommy_Carcetti	Aug 2020	#18
I'm not leaving but I might sell everything and live in an RV	Buckeyeblue	Aug 2020	#19
I have thought about that too in the past.	FM123	Aug 2020	#20
Several years ago an acquaintance of mine moved to Panama.	PoindexterOglethorpe	Aug 2020	#79
Yes, that's true. Each of those countries had specific requirements to establish residency.	FM123	Aug 2020	#87
I have a permanent resident visa from Panama stamped in my expired US passport.	mnhtnbb	Aug 2020	#132
Hubs and I would love to live in Donegal, Ireland but we're too dang old to make such a move!	cornball 24	Aug 2020	#25
Not to be personal, but how old are you? We made the first tentative jump to France in 2017	GoneOffShore	Aug 2020	#33
Hubs is 85 and I am 78-certified old coots! I just found my dream home online in Donegal-	cornball 24	Aug 2020	#83
That's a tough call. Though I have a friend here who was 79 when she moved to France 3 yrs ago.	GoneOffShore	Aug 2020	#88
Ireland or Scotland are top on my list	Castiel	Aug 2020	#116
Good luck to you. You may want to make the move overseas even if sanity returns.	GoneOffShore	Aug 2020	#27
True. I knew that.	PCIntern	Aug 2020	#29
My BiL is Conservadox, lives in Jerusalem and he hates Mango Mussolini.	GoneOffShore	Aug 2020	#34
That's great and all. Good luck, but remember	Politicub	Aug 2020	#31
Easier said than done	ashredux	Aug 2020	#32
Your one of the lucky ones	DSandra	Aug 2020	#35
It is also very possible as a student. nt	Celerity	Aug 2020	#129
Trump	rso	Aug 2020	#36
Great point! One person here asked why HE has to leave!? I'm thinking people are very	Illumination	Aug 2020	#74
I would too BUT	elleng	Aug 2020	#37
Are we going to be allowed?	AwakeAtLast	Aug 2020	#38
Upthread there are several posts by people who've checked	appalachiablue	Aug 2020	#53
My partner and I started our expat planning before 2016	sanatanadharma	Aug 2020	#39
Dementia	bucolic_frolic	Aug 2020	#41
You'll be part of a mass exodus, I'm sure.	Native	Aug 2020	#44
Since no one wants us, this is going to be more difficult	lettucebe	Aug 2020	#45
I'm right there with you	LostinRed	Aug 2020	#47
Well, it's sad when you hear this that I'll leave the Country etc. etc. etc. I'd like to think that	SWBTATTReg	Aug 2020	#49
There isn't a country that I can afford that offers what I have here.	Kaleva	Aug 2020	#50
yep	llashram	Aug 2020	#52
I admit. I do think about Ireland every so often. n/t	Bonhomme Richard	Aug 2020	#56
I know it's great to be prepared but should we focus on winning until Nov?	AlexSFCA	Aug 2020	#59
He will not be re-elected. There are more of us and we are coming to reclaim our country	Brentar	Aug 2020	#62
I would not mind leaving if he was re-elected..The only thing	helpisontheway	Aug 2020	#64
I would.	moondust	Aug 2020	#66
Costa Rica, Belieze, Canada, South Viet Nam ...	marble falls	Aug 2020	#67
Canada is pretty strict about who they let in.	Kaleva	Aug 2020	#89
See ya' in Belize! nt	flamin lib	Aug 2020	#68
I would move to a bluer state or region.	roamer65	Aug 2020	#70
Easier to surrender than fight	zaj	Aug 2020	#71
Hear, hear!!	Missn-Hitch	Aug 2020	#75
Some things aren't worth fighting for.	Mariana	Aug 2020	#123
A Third Great Migration will happen.	djacq	Aug 2020	#72
The wife and I are looking at some acreage on Canadian border.	Missn-Hitch	Aug 2020	#73
I'll carry your bags. n/t	Harker	Aug 2020	#76
Few places are letting us in these days	Warpy	Aug 2020	#77
I waver	Rorey	Aug 2020	#78
Y'all do know that Medicare won't Pay for your treatment in a foreign country?	raccoon	Aug 2020	#80
Yeah	shanti	Aug 2020	#108
If someone resides in a country with a real health care system	Mariana	Aug 2020	#122
I was hoping to be an expat.	BBbats	Aug 2020	#81
So disappointing about Philly environs you describe..	appalachiablue	Aug 2020	#97
67 is not elderly. Senior citizen, yeah. Elderly, no.	PoindexterOglethorpe	Aug 2020	#135
I would do the same if younger	Martin Eden	Aug 2020	#82
Damn, It seems that a lot of good Democrats are jumping ship.	panader0	Aug 2020	#85
As soon as my parents pass, we are leaving	essme	Aug 2020	#90
Panama... Pensionado Visa, retired gringo live like king.	Baked Potato	Aug 2020	#91
To be fair, "we" didn't do it last time.	DFW	Aug 2020	#92
I've seriously thought about Guam	maxrandb	Aug 2020	#93
Kick	appalachiablue	Aug 2020	#94
I would never let that fascist piece of shit run me out of my own country	Skittles	Aug 2020	#95
I wish I had the means to leave	Dukkha	Aug 2020	#96
I think you are not alone...	jimlup	Aug 2020	#99
Serious question... who is taking Americans?	KentuckyWoman	Aug 2020	#101
Do what I did. I made the promise in 2016	GusBob	Aug 2020	#102
We'll probably go to the UK.	Mariana	Aug 2020	#103
You're so lucky.	Castiel	Aug 2020	#117
If the UK hadn't Brexited, it would be higher on my list	Silent3	Aug 2020	#118
I wish the UK hadn't Brexited.	Mariana	Aug 2020	#120
Me too. Already looking up places.	ecstatic	Aug 2020	#104
LEAVE, IT'S THE COURAGEOUS THING TO DO	Demonaut	Aug 2020	#106
He who runs away lives to run away another day.	PCIntern	Aug 2020	#107
intercine protesting	Demonaut	Aug 2020	#109
You assume borders will be open to you.	Stinky The Clown	Aug 2020	#110
I've been researching how to leave as well	Castiel	Aug 2020	#111
When I was doing my research, you had to be in a field like a health professional or an engineer...	DSandra	Aug 2020	#130
The USA isn't family. It's just a job.	Buckeye_Democrat	Aug 2020	#114
We hear this every four years. You may well leave if he wins, but 99.9% (at least) of those who say	Dial H For Hero	Aug 2020	#119
You're right, of course, but I think this time the numbers might be a bit higher	Silent3	Aug 2020	#121
Trump and the Republicans are SOOO close to ending democracy now	DSandra	Aug 2020	#134
There's not going to be a bloody revolution. Christianity will not become our official relgion.	Dial H For Hero	Aug 2020	#136
Trump rules with impunity, and the Republicans have been working on destroying democracy...	DSandra	Aug 2020	#137
Mine wouldn't be a permanent move, more of a series	Totally Tunsie	Aug 2020	#124
If you have done your homework in advance, then follow your inclinations	DFW	Aug 2020	#127
My husband and I have talked about this periodically since 2000.	MoonRiver	Aug 2020	#131

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