A Guide for Immigration from Denmark to England
A Guide for Immigration 
After living in Denmark for nearly 40 years I decided to immigrate to UK.
But after making that decision, what do you do? Well, being a consultant and being used to travelling this should be easy for me but there are still a lot of things to think of. Of course you need to verify what I'm telling you, because I don't want to be held liable to whatever I put on my web page.
I do not though, want to tell you about all the personal decisions you need to get through, like family, language etc., I'll only tell you the hard facts.
Bank's in UK
Buying or letting a
house in UK
Health insurance in UK
How to get out
of the Danish tax system
Moving costs from
Denmark to UK
Registering
with a GP (general practitioner = doctor)
Taxes in UK
Work permit and visa in UK
Well, UK is a part of EU, so you don't need any kind of permit to live and work in UK, as long as you are a Danish citizen. But hold tight to your passport you will need it often although we all are EU citizens.
Health insurance in UK are much like the Danish, not better and not worse, but different. When you arrive in UK you need to apply for a National Insurance number(NI number) at the Social Security Centre. To do this you need:
You get a temporary proof of application and it takes at least 4-6 weeks to get your number.
The national insurance is both health and unemployment insurance.
This is a tricky one, because it depends on how much you have, the price is around 1000DKK/m², which for a normal family home is around 30.000DKK. In this price they pack and unpack for you, so it's very convenient. If you want to have your furniture in stock it costs around 1400DKK/month.
I also got about 10m² to London. I had to pay the cost of transport to and from my home to the ADAM office and from the ADAM moving partner to my new home.
Yeah, who don't want to do that...
Well, first you need to be able to verify that you are moving, either by selling, renting out or terminating your tenancy.
Then you need to tell the person register that you are leaving the country by a certain date and do not have any house or similar remaining in Denmark. If you do have a house, which is not rented out to a third party, you will be liable to Danish tax.
Most people says the UK is very expensive compares to Denmark, but try to surf on the internet; it doesn't look that bad. In UK you don't have any Remember that you will be able to pay back with more money due to lower taxes.
BUT short term renting is expensive due to a lot of business people use to way of living as an alternative to living in a hotel. A one bedroom flat costs from £500 and upwards in rental per month. Watch you for the prices, sometimes the £600 is per week!!! so be sure to check what the rate is.
First you will have to pay temporarily around £100 cash.
Then you will have to pay a deposit on around 2 times the monthly payment and one month in advance, which in this example would be around £1800. You will have to pay this via bank transfer from the country you are coming from.
To rent a flat you need to bring:
When you get into your new home you need to:
HomeSight Property Service from Yell
PROPERTY WORLD - Property For Sale or Rent Estate Agents Full Listings
UpMyStreet.com for Property Prices, Best Schools, Council Tax, Crime & Health Stats
To get a bank account is not always that easy when you havent lived in that country before.
I first tried at Lloyds Bank but they asked me to show a utility bill - how would I be able to do that when I've just moved in?
Woolwich was better - I could get my bank account number same day, which is crucial in order to get your salary.
I need though to have the following documents with you to show to the bank clerk:
At this stage you only get a current account, which is a debit account. Credit card takes longer and they need to do more credit checking on you. I helps when you get your first salary into your current account.
Coming soon - hopefully.
Ideally this should be a VERY short chapter...
Well there might be easier ways but I just called 192 and asked them where to register with a GP. They gave me a new phone number which I called and they referred me to a new number which I also called and finally I got the number of the local health centre. I called them I told my address so they could send me a list of GPs in my area. Then I just called back to the health centre and told them which GP I would like to have. Well it's much like the Danish system isn't it?