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What does emigrating to England cost?

Four questions, and you have an honest range for your situation — with for every item whether it's a checked rate or an estimate. The big item here isn't the move but the health surcharge: it goes per person, per year, and has to be paid up front.

What it costs

A rough indication for your situation

A few short questions, and you get a range instead of an amount. That's deliberate: an exact figure would suggest a precision nobody has.

Who's coming along?
Are you taking your household contents?
Is a pet coming along?
Are you taking your car?

Count on a total of

€ 7.800€ 14.700

Where does that difference come from?

  • De eerste maanden€ 3.000€ 8.000

Open the breakdown below: there you'll find per item where the upper and the lower limit come from.

Aanvraag en papieren
€ 4.700€ 6.300
De verhuizing
€ 80€ 400
De eerste maanden
€ 3.000€ 8.000
View the itemsPer item the amount, the source and whether it's a rate or an estimate

Aanvraag en papieren

  • Visumleges Skilled Worker€ 900€ 2.000
  • Immigration Health Surcharge€ 3.500€ 3.700
  • Taaltest (SELT, niveau B2)€ 300€ 500
  • Akten, apostilles en vertalingen(estimate)€ 0€ 100

De verhuizing

  • Reis en overtocht(estimate)€ 80€ 400

    Met de auto via de ferry of de tunnel, of een korte vlucht. De ferry Hoek van Holland-Harwich begint rond € 107 voor auto plus bestuurder (vanaf-prijs, dynamisch); nachtboten en de tunnel liggen hoger, en wie vliegt betaalt per stoel plus koffers.

De eerste maanden

  • De eerste maanden(estimate)€ 3.000€ 8.000

    De borg is wettelijk gemaximeerd op vijf weken huur en de meeste verboden kosten zijn echt verboden — maar de huur zelf is de knop die alles bepaalt: Londen huurt ver boven Nederlands niveau, de rest van Engeland eronder tot vergelijkbaar. Reken borg plus eerste maand vooruit, tijdelijk verblijf tot de woning er is, en leven tot het eerste Britse salaris binnenkomt.

And if you buy a house?

This calculation assumes renting: the first months include deposit and rent in advance.

If you buy, count on 3 to 8% of the purchase price on top of this amount. On a home of € 250,000 that's € 7.500 to € 20.000.

De stamp duty loopt in schijven op: niets tot 125.000 pond, 2% tot 250.000, 5% tot 925.000 en daarboven meer. Op een woning van 400.000 pond komt dat neer op ongeveer 2,5%. Belangrijk voor wie nog niet verhuisd is: koop je als niet-ingezetene, dan komt er 2% bovenop. Dat bedrag kun je terugvragen als je binnen twaalf maanden na de aankoop 183 dagen in het Verenigd Koninkrijk verblijft — de aanvraag moet binnen twee jaar na de transactie bij HMRC liggen. Reken daarnaast op een solicitor van rond de tweeduizend pond.

Source

An order of magnitude based on averages, not a quote. The real amounts depend on your occupation, your route, the season and dozens of choices you still have to make.

Rates checked on 14 August 2026.

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