BOVF attended the second APPG on Citizens’ Rights ‘Britons Abroad’, led by Manuella Perteghella MP and hosted in Westminster. The role of this All Party Parliamentary Group is to “raise awareness of the challenges facing EU citizens in the UK and Britons abroad. We work cross-party to help secure immigration status and the rights set
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British citizens in Taiwan are invited to join BOVF in partnership with the British Chamber of Commerce in Taipei (BCCT) for an informative and interactive session explaining how British citizens living in Taiwan can exercise their right to vote. This event took place onThursday, June 12 · 5:30 – 7:30pm CST, connected fellow overseas Brits,
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June 2025 BritCham Cambodia hosted talk about the work of BOVF Chair of BOVF Bruce Darrington delivered a talk to BritCham members in Cambodia about the rights of British citizens living overseas. Sharing key areas BOVF are focusing on: Frozen pensions, university fees for overseas citizens, spousal visas, accessing UK bank accounts, voting logistics,
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The BOVF Team based in Bangkok hosted a stall at the annual British Club Fair. This event was a great opportunity for British Citizens living in Bangkok to hear about the work BOVF is doing, and to discuss some of the steps British Citizens can take to ensure their voice is heard in UK Parliament.
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April 2025 BOVF member Eric Jordan presented insights from BOVF at the Pattaya City Expats Club The Pattaya City Expats Club hosted a presentation by Eric Jordon of BOVF on voting from overseas. The session was focused on UK overseas citizens, but the event was attended by many nationalities who are impacted by similar
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On April 1st 2025 BOVF spoke to Manuela Perteghella MP Bruce Darrington, Chair BOVF spoke to Manuela Perteghella MP about her involvement on the Education Committee, and shared the work BOVF have been doing on overseas student fees. Noting that this committee is starting to look at higher education funding, and our insights could support
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On April 1st 2025 BOVF met with the Director of Unlock Democracy. We have been working with Unlock Democracy where our policies align – namely evolving voting mechanisms for overseas citizens and the potential for overseas constituencies. On April 1st, BOVF met with the Director of Unlock Democracy, Tom Brake, to discuss how we progress
Meeting with Director of Unlock Democracy, Tom Brake. Read More »
In early April 2025 BOVF met with Ian Sollom MP in Westminster. Ian is the Liberal Democrat party spokesperson on Higher Education, so we were keen to discuss our insight on overseas student fees with him. This was the first meeting we had with Ian, so we spent the time providing background and briefing on
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On April 1st 2025 BOVF met with Chris Hinchliff MP This meeting was focused on our new policy proposal for overseas student fees. As this was our fourth session with Chris, he was up to speed with the policy came with ideas and actions plans into how we could advance the cause. The meeting took
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On March 31st 2025 BOVF met with Jack Rankin MP This meeting focused on our new policy for overseas student fees. Jack had been briefed on the policy in previous meetings and was happy to support our common sense proposal. Jack and his Chief of Staff Anna Robinson were able to provide helpful direction to
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