First of all thank you for this wonderful forum, it's great to be here!
Let me begin by giving you a bit of context about myself.
I am originally from Bulgaria, I moved to the UK in 2008.
I became a British Citizen by naturalisation in 2015. I currently hold dual citizenship - both British and Bulgarian.
My personal timeline is like this:
2008 - 2011 - University student
2011 - Currently - Full time employed in UK, permanent, have never been a contractor.
I am at a point in my life where I want to move back in Bulgaria for the foreseeable future, which might end up being for the rest of my life.
So I started researching all the steps I need to take to make this transition as smooth as possible and not to miss anything out, and ended up having lots of questions for which I need your help.
Currently this is my plan:
- Contact HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) regarding Tax.
- Contact Department of Work & Pensions (DWP) regarding pension and tell them you are leaving.
- Contact the NHS and tell them you are leaving.
- Sort out bank accounts.
- Hand in resignation notice at work (I have a 3 month notice period).
- Pack and send luggage in Bulgaria.
- Fly to Bulgaria.
Question1:
My main question is - am I on the right track, are these the steps I need to do in order to move out from the UK, is there something I have missed?
Question2:
I am struggling to arrange the correct sequence in which I need to do things, so my next question is - what is the order in which I need to do things?
Question3 - related to Question2:
Which of these steps can I do before I hand in my resignation notice at work, I have a 3 month notice period, and at the moment it looks like the earliest I will be able to hand it in is January 2018?
I guess what I am asking is which of these government bodies can I contact without accidentally triggering something in motion before I am ready to trigger it?
Apologies for the long explanation, but I am kind of lost with this, and I am hoping more context will be useful.
Any help will be greatly appreciated!
Kind regards,
mintdeminted