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| To give you my own personal example at the point of leaving the UK in early 2020:
- I didn't register for a GP in the 6 years I was in London (2014-2020) as I never needed to go. Lots of young people move frequently and don't always register or de-register.
- I don't drive, passed my test at 18 in sixth form and never updated my address from my parents
- I had a passport - but it was 8 years old and the address wasn't up to date
- I never bothered to tell my employer when I moved, so they were presumably giving HRMC the wrong address
- My wife paid the council tax bills as she owned the house (and had done before I met her).
- I didn't register to vote, as there was no election, and I was planning on moving abroad. I knew that you are only entitled to vote as an expat in the last place you are registered - which for my previous address was a marginal seat - so I didn't register at my wife's address in order that I could keep my vote in that marginal seat after the move (although obviously didn't use it while living at my wife's). Bending the rules perhaps but legal - the guidance is clear that its the last place you are registered.
Granted, most people will have given their address at some point. But there will likely be loads of old addresses still on file. There's probably 3 or 4 wrong addresses for me on file. | |
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It's basically for these reasons that the UK has such a massive influx of illegal immigrants. A problem entirely of her own making, people can turn up and just disappear. Most other countries in Europe one has to register with the local authorities.