Good afternoon, We are officially in transition. And while in principle this means nothing should change for most of us, apart perhaps from losing our vote in local elections, we are hearing a few stories where Brits in Europe are running into trouble with officials. We had an email from a Briton in France who was told by a Gendarme police officer that his UK driving licence was already no longer valid. We have had an email from a British woman in Italy suggesting her mortgage request was going to be turned down because the bank has stopped lending to Brits. This sounds extreme and we are in the process of trying to verify her claim. We have also heard of a British woman in France who was told she needed a residency permit to open a bank account and another British woman took to Twitter to say her 12-month work contract was not being renewed because of the transition period was only 11 months long. We will be keeping a close eye on incidents like this throughout the countries we cover so if you end up in a situation where you are being treated as a third-country national, rather than a British citizen protected under the Withdrawal Agreement, please email me at the address below. | 