The impact of Brexit on the British in France
What will be the consequences for British living in France after the Brexit?
Following the ratification of the withdrawal agreement, the United Kingdom’s exit from the EU took effect on 1 February 2020. This agreement provides for a transition period to run until 31 December 2020. During this time all of your rights as a British citizen will be upheld. Pursuant to the withdrawal agreement, you will be required to hold a “withdrawal agreement” residence permit.
You must apply for a residence permit online before July 1, 2021, via a website, accessible at the following address https://contacts-demarches.interieur.gouv.fr. It will be required to hold this permit as of 1 July 2021.
You live in France:
Electoral right
British citizens without dual nationality are no longer eligible to vote or stand in local in France.
They will not vote for the European as well.
Right of residence
The withdrawal agreement concluded between the United Kingdom and the European Union provides for a transition period to run until 31 December 2020. During this period, British citizens and their family members already living in France or wishing to move to France before 31 December 2020 retain their rights as European citizens and are not required to hold a residence permit. After the transition period, British citizens residing in France will need to apply for “withdrawal agreement” residence permits on the following website before 1 July 2021 https://contacts-demarches.interieur.gouv.fr.
British citizens and their family who wish to move to France after 31 December 2020 will be subject to national legislative provisions. They will be required to obtain a long-stay visa before going to a prefecture to file their application for a residence permit.
Access to healthcare
With the ratification of the withdrawal agreement, the transition period guarantees that nothing will change in 2020. The end of the transition period will have implications for EU and British citizens and economic players established in the EU and the UK. Regardless of whether an agreement is reached on the future relationship. You must anticipate these changes.
Legal rulings
In the absence of an agreement on the future relationship, judicial cooperation in civil and commercial cases will still be possible in the majority of circumstances. But significant changes will need to be planned for judicial cooperation in family matters, free movement of judgments, service of judicial and extrajudicial documents, and taking of evidence will be governed by the existing international instruments or, in the absence of such instruments, national law.
You are working in France
The end of the transition period will have implications for EU and British citizens and economic players established in the EU and the UK, regardless of whether an agreement is reached on the future relationship. You must anticipate these changes (sécurité sociale, droit au chômage…).
Other questions
What are conditions for British citizens moving to France after the transition period who wish to apply for a residence permit?
British citizens arriving in France as of 1 January 2021 who have no family connections will be issued with a residence permit in accordance with national legislative provisions.
Will citizens of non-EU countries who are members of the family of a British citizen have a special status?
Citizens of non-EU countries who are members of the family of a British citizen (who moved to France prior to 31 December 2020) will be entitled to a residence permit due to their family connections. In the same way as British citizens, they will also be required to apply for a residence permit online on the following website : https://contactsdemarches.interieur.gouv.fr/brexit/brexit-residence-permit-application/.
Will British citizens require a work permit to continue working in France?
British citizens and their family who begin working in France prior to 31 December 2020 will not require a work permit. Only those who move to France and start working as of 1 January 2021 will be required to apply for a work permit. With the exception of family of British citizens living in France prior to 31 December 2020.
Will permits issued in France allow their holders to travel throughout the EU?
The holders being able to settle in France, the residence permits will allow them to travel in the Schengen Area.
It will be able for periods of less than three months.
I am a British citizen who works in France. Which social security regime will apply to me during and after the end of the transition period?
During the transition period (withdrawal agreement), you will remain affiliated to the French social security regime. You’ll continue to benefit from the various provisions of the EU rules on coordination of social security systems. They will continue to apply during this period.
British employee in France: I have been posted to France by a company established in the United Kingdom. Which social security regime will apply to me after Brexit?
The current EU rules on coordination of social security systems will continue to apply during the transition period. If you meet the posting conditions, you will remain affiliated to the British social security system during this time. If you’ve already been posted and your situation doesn’t change, you don’t need to make special arrangements with your British social security fund. The A1 form attesting to your situation will remain valid during the transition period.
Will British citizens require a work permit to continue working in France?
Under the terms of the withdrawal agreement, British citizens who begin working in France prior to 15 December 2020 will not require a work permit. Then, only those who come to France from 1 January 2021 will be obliged to apply for such a permit.
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