  It is shown that an alternative to the standard scalar QED is possible. In
this new version there is only global gauge invariance as far as the charged
scalar fields are concerned although local gauge invariance is kept for the
electromagnetic field. The electromagnetic coupling has the form
  $j_\mu (A^{\mu} +\partial^{\mu}B)$ where $B$ is an auxiliary field and the
current $j_\mu$ is $A_{\mu}$ independent so that no "sea gull terms" are
introduced. In a model of this kind spontaneous breaking of symmetry does not
lead to photon mass generation, instead the Goldstone boson becomes a massless
source for the electromagnetic field. Infrared questions concerning the theory
when spontaneous symmetry breaking takes place and generalizations to global
vector QED are discussed. In this framework Q-Balls and other non topological
solitons that owe their existence to a global U(1) symmetry can be coupled to
electromagnetism and could represent multiply charged particles now in search
in the LHC. Furthermore, we give an example where an "Emergent" Global Scalar
QED can appear from an axion photon system in an external magnetic field.
Finally, formulations of Global scalar QED that allow perturbative expansions
without sea gulls are developed.
