Coronavirus and EXPATS
Discussion
It is a worldwide pandemic, but it affects expats in different ways. We don’t have the NHS, we have whatever local health resource are available. Some additional issues:
Where I am there are only a handful of ventilators and already talk is of only well-connected people being able to have access.
There are no flights out, so stuck. No way to get home.
If elderly parents and other family in the UK are affected in a bad way, will be unable to help and will have to watch from afar.
If I somehow manage to make it back, HMRC will be wanting a large amount of cash from me (I don’t expect any sympathy on this, and it should not be a main concern).
There is some concern over looting if it all goes tits, trusty machete is kept by my door...
Anyone else?
Where I am there are only a handful of ventilators and already talk is of only well-connected people being able to have access.
There are no flights out, so stuck. No way to get home.
If elderly parents and other family in the UK are affected in a bad way, will be unable to help and will have to watch from afar.
If I somehow manage to make it back, HMRC will be wanting a large amount of cash from me (I don’t expect any sympathy on this, and it should not be a main concern).
There is some concern over looting if it all goes tits, trusty machete is kept by my door...
Anyone else?
I guess it’s all luck and the consequences of our choices.
We’ve just been overseas for a month, missed being quarantined in different places by just a couple of days a couple of times.
There are a good number of Brit travellers stuck overseas and similarly quite some non brits stuck in the UK.
Similarly with ex pats, I suppose.
We’ve just been overseas for a month, missed being quarantined in different places by just a couple of days a couple of times.
There are a good number of Brit travellers stuck overseas and similarly quite some non brits stuck in the UK.
Similarly with ex pats, I suppose.
Ayahuasca said:
It is a worldwide pandemic, but it affects expats in different ways. We don’t have the NHS, we have whatever local health resource are available. Some additional issues:
Where I am there are only a handful of ventilators and already talk is of only well-connected people being able to have access.
There are no flights out, so stuck. No way to get home.
If elderly parents and other family in the UK are affected in a bad way, will be unable to help and will have to watch from afar.
If I somehow manage to make it back, HMRC will be wanting a large amount of cash from me (I don’t expect any sympathy on this, and it should not be a main concern).
There is some concern over looting if it all goes tits, trusty machete is kept by my door...
Anyone else?
Even if you can get back you would not be entitled to free NHS care unless you have a EHIC from your country of residence. Where I am there are only a handful of ventilators and already talk is of only well-connected people being able to have access.
There are no flights out, so stuck. No way to get home.
If elderly parents and other family in the UK are affected in a bad way, will be unable to help and will have to watch from afar.
If I somehow manage to make it back, HMRC will be wanting a large amount of cash from me (I don’t expect any sympathy on this, and it should not be a main concern).
There is some concern over looting if it all goes tits, trusty machete is kept by my door...
Anyone else?
Mrr T said:
Ayahuasca said:
It is a worldwide pandemic, but it affects expats in different ways. We don’t have the NHS, we have whatever local health resource are available. Some additional issues:
Where I am there are only a handful of ventilators and already talk is of only well-connected people being able to have access.
There are no flights out, so stuck. No way to get home.
If elderly parents and other family in the UK are affected in a bad way, will be unable to help and will have to watch from afar.
If I somehow manage to make it back, HMRC will be wanting a large amount of cash from me (I don’t expect any sympathy on this, and it should not be a main concern).
There is some concern over looting if it all goes tits, trusty machete is kept by my door...
Anyone else?
Even if you can get back you would not be entitled to free NHS care unless you have a EHIC from your country of residence. Where I am there are only a handful of ventilators and already talk is of only well-connected people being able to have access.
There are no flights out, so stuck. No way to get home.
If elderly parents and other family in the UK are affected in a bad way, will be unable to help and will have to watch from afar.
If I somehow manage to make it back, HMRC will be wanting a large amount of cash from me (I don’t expect any sympathy on this, and it should not be a main concern).
There is some concern over looting if it all goes tits, trusty machete is kept by my door...
Anyone else?
Ayahuasca said:
It is a worldwide pandemic, but it affects expats in different ways. We don’t have the NHS, we have whatever local health resource are available. Some additional issues:
There is some concern over looting if it all goes tits, trusty machete is kept by my door...
Anyone else?
Hasn't hit New Mexico hard yet, but I have a larder full or last years preserved harvest, with plenty of Jack Daniels and toilet paper stashed.There is some concern over looting if it all goes tits, trusty machete is kept by my door...
Anyone else?
Trusty Mossberg 12 gauge pump action by the door, and my AK-47 next to the bed.
I don't own a machete.
Ayahuasca said:
It is a worldwide pandemic, but it affects expats in different ways. We don’t have the NHS, we have whatever local health resource are available. Some additional issues:
Where I am there are only a handful of ventilators and already talk is of only well-connected people being able to have access.
There are no flights out, so stuck. No way to get home.
If elderly parents and other family in the UK are affected in a bad way, will be unable to help and will have to watch from afar.
If I somehow manage to make it back, HMRC will be wanting a large amount of cash from me (I don’t expect any sympathy on this, and it should not be a main concern).
There is some concern over looting if it all goes tits, trusty machete is kept by my door...
Anyone else?
Seeing colleagues/friends dealing with parents with dementia, cancer, parkinsons how were you planning on helping in the event of those? Would you move back? Yes under normal circumstances you could fly back, but they're all long term conditions. Covid is likely to be short term, though much more disruptive. I hope you never have to make that decision, its something that bears on my mind and i'm a 2hr drive from my parents.Where I am there are only a handful of ventilators and already talk is of only well-connected people being able to have access.
There are no flights out, so stuck. No way to get home.
If elderly parents and other family in the UK are affected in a bad way, will be unable to help and will have to watch from afar.
If I somehow manage to make it back, HMRC will be wanting a large amount of cash from me (I don’t expect any sympathy on this, and it should not be a main concern).
There is some concern over looting if it all goes tits, trusty machete is kept by my door...
Anyone else?
i'm on one of the last UK flights from tobago on monday. i was visiting the UK in summer anyway so blinked first and re-booked.
we have no officially recorded cases on island yet but it's getting a bit grim, perhaps taking years to bounce back. bars, restaurants closed or prepping to close with hotels following suit as their last guests check out, although i know of one which has served "eviction" notices on its remaining clientele. non-essential businesses are advised to close but not mandated as yet.
we have very basic and under-developed infrastructures, including health facilities. quarantine beds for less than 30 people are available on island but ITU beds are scarce.
shops remain well stocked with no real shortages but ? for how long as our supply chain is all external these days. ferries from trinidad are still running but the air-bridge is just a handful of flights per day as opposed to the usual 3 per hour.
as a resident i'd be allowed back whenever i chose to return but there'll be no flights for months and i have elderly parents and a frail sibling to consider so i'm out for the duration
paul
we have no officially recorded cases on island yet but it's getting a bit grim, perhaps taking years to bounce back. bars, restaurants closed or prepping to close with hotels following suit as their last guests check out, although i know of one which has served "eviction" notices on its remaining clientele. non-essential businesses are advised to close but not mandated as yet.
we have very basic and under-developed infrastructures, including health facilities. quarantine beds for less than 30 people are available on island but ITU beds are scarce.
shops remain well stocked with no real shortages but ? for how long as our supply chain is all external these days. ferries from trinidad are still running but the air-bridge is just a handful of flights per day as opposed to the usual 3 per hour.
as a resident i'd be allowed back whenever i chose to return but there'll be no flights for months and i have elderly parents and a frail sibling to consider so i'm out for the duration
paul
mcdjl said:
Ayahuasca said:
It is a worldwide pandemic, but it affects expats in different ways. We don’t have the NHS, we have whatever local health resource are available. Some additional issues:
Where I am there are only a handful of ventilators and already talk is of only well-connected people being able to have access.
There are no flights out, so stuck. No way to get home.
If elderly parents and other family in the UK are affected in a bad way, will be unable to help and will have to watch from afar.
If I somehow manage to make it back, HMRC will be wanting a large amount of cash from me (I don’t expect any sympathy on this, and it should not be a main concern).
There is some concern over looting if it all goes tits, trusty machete is kept by my door...
Anyone else?
Seeing colleagues/friends dealing with parents with dementia, cancer, parkinsons how were you planning on helping in the event of those? Would you move back? Yes under normal circumstances you could fly back, but they're all long term conditions. Covid is likely to be short term, though much more disruptive. I hope you never have to make that decision, its something that bears on my mind and i'm a 2hr drive from my parents.Where I am there are only a handful of ventilators and already talk is of only well-connected people being able to have access.
There are no flights out, so stuck. No way to get home.
If elderly parents and other family in the UK are affected in a bad way, will be unable to help and will have to watch from afar.
If I somehow manage to make it back, HMRC will be wanting a large amount of cash from me (I don’t expect any sympathy on this, and it should not be a main concern).
There is some concern over looting if it all goes tits, trusty machete is kept by my door...
Anyone else?
Ayahuasca said:
Jasandjules said:
I presume the concept of being an Ex Pat is to leave the country and never return. So why do you want to come back now? The place you now live is home right?
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