Re: ??US Citizen emigrating to Europe???

rand-y <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> I am an American citizen,, 46 years of age. I am thinking of moving to
> Europe. Why? Social benefits!  It is hard to get medical benefits here
> in the USA unless you have a good job. 
> 
> My mother was Canadian, and her mother was born in England.
> 
> I have my mother's birth certificate, and it shows her mother as
> having been born in England.
> 
> I know that I can get a visa to live in UK for 4 years, and then
> become a naturalized UK citizen/permanent residence one year after the
> 4 year period has ended, provided I show employment within the UK,
> etc.
> 
> Is it possible, once I get permanent residence from my UK ancestry
> visa, to move to another EU country, such as France, Germany, etc?
> Once there, would I be able to have access to the social benefits of
> that EU country?
> 

If you are a Canadian citizen through your mother, you have the right
of abode in the UK. After residing there for the requsite time (say 5
years) you can obtain British nationality.

Noncitizens with the right of abode in Britain have no EU status,
although their EU or UK employer can sponsor them for work in another
EU or EEA country for up to a year (Rush Portuguesa case).

Social benefits are dependent upon residence and employment status. If
you are not employed, you can claim residence rights in another
EU/EEA/Swiss country (assuming you have one of those passports
yourself) only if you have paid-for health insurance. As a tourist or
other temporary visitor, Form E111 provides that insurance at the
expense of your country of nationality or residence.

But you're not serious anyway.