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For 17 years, Opal Transfer has been supporting expat communities across the EU and non-EU countries to be closer to their families and friends back home. Because of you, over the time we have built a strong and completely independent company, that people who choose a better future abroad can rely upon.Today, when the spread of Coronavirus is challenging all of us, it is vital to keep the same standards.

A community of over 300,000 people like you from 41 countries rely on Opal Transfer financial services. We are very thankful to each of you and we want to make your health and wellbeing a top priority these days, when Coronavirus is acting up around the world.

Are you thinking to move to the UK in 2020? Great choice, it’s a very good time for European citizens to change their lives for better now, as the freedom to move to the UK is exactly the same as before Brexit, by the end of December 2020.

Free movement of persons to the UK continues. For EU citizens that are already in the UK or come to the UK by 31 December 2020: it is important to apply for pre-settled or settled status by 30 June 2021.

Over 3.6 million EU citizens are currently living in the UK and you are probably one of them. Not yet? Relax about Brexit, Bulgarians, Romanians, Poles, Latvians, Lithuanians and all other EU people! 

Good news for all EU citizens that plan to move to the UK: freedom of movement will continue to apply during the transition period after Brexit. This means that all EU nationals will still be able to live and work in the UK as they currently do, by the end of 2020. 

Some of you already asked us about the future of money transfers after Brexit; here are a few answers to your questions, for the peace of mind:   

We believe, that recently you received a lot of different messages explaining how Brexit will affect/not affect the financial services you might be using, with a huge amount of text and numerous specific financial terms.

More than a decade ago, we realized that people working in the UK need a fast, secure and reliable way to send money back home to their loved ones. This is how Opal Transfer came into existence. Since then, we have helped more than 200.000 people support their families, wherever in Europe or outside of it they may be.