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4 hours ago, VBF said:

Yes that is the case when leaving UK - happens to me every time.

HOWEVER, I believe the airlines report your departure

https://www.quora.com/Why-dont-the-authorities-check-your-passport-when-you-exit-the-UK#:~:text=The UK doesn't run,checks could just be circumvented.

Interesting, thanks. I wonder what the person you quoted is on about.

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As a result, the UK does not stamp anybody’s passport on exit. No exit stamp exists.

2 hours ago, Baht Simpson said:

That worked for me. I took it with Omeprazole for 10 days and my ulcer pain went away after the course. Now I just take the Omeprazole now and again.

Be careful, my mother is tapering off that drug. She can't take it because of some other thing, sodium levels I think. 

2 hours ago, Sheryl said:

Yes, medication side effect. It will pass. 

Good to know, thanks.

Do they give random porof of life tests in the UK??

41 minutes ago, Fairynuff said:

I suppose you call yourself an expat not an immigrant.

I call myself both.

https://www.amazon.com/Natrol-Melatonin-10Mg-Gummy-Count/dp/B079TD7HG2

I'm weaning myself off this drug. There are better options for sleep, not masking the root cause. 

27 minutes ago, Andycoops said:

When my proof of life form came to me here I had to get signed and with a official stamp.

I went to Pattaya beach road police station where there is a officer who is assigned to do this and paid 200 baht plus a tip.

He duly completed the relevant section on the form in English and plonked the official Thai police stamp under his signature.

Lawyers, doctors etc can also do this if you can find one.

DWP send out the proof of life forms at random to your official address you registered with them, there is a time limit for you to respond, no response and your pension payments are stopped.

Why do you tip a policeman doing his job?

5 minutes ago, Mike Teavee said:

You would have had to show your passport at the check-in desk who would have scanned it & effectively registered your exit from the UK (presumably if you then don't board the flight the records are updated).

 

No idea whether this would flag up the fact that you left on a Passport that didn't give you the right to be in the UK (By this I mean using a Thai Passport that you didn't use to enter on & so doesn't confer automatic right to be in the UK).

Hmm, Brits can enter the UK with an expired/no UK passport, the issue might be at the Airline check in desk going to the UK. 

8 minutes ago, Mike Teavee said:

Could you leave the UK on a Thai Passport if you didn't enter using it? 

Actually, last year I never needed to show a passport when leaving the UK. Maybe a one way flight to Thailand would just require showing Thai passport/ID.

Strangely I wake up in the morning now with a very dry mouth and a horrible taste in my mouth, kina metallic. 

Maybe as I breath through my mouth, maybe antibiotics/omeprazole?

1 minute ago, ChrisKC said:

When I was paying National Insurance contributions for 40 years that were only ever increased, I feel it is only fair in my pensionable age that I receive the increases they reflect.

It wasn't optional, think of it as a tax. 

I wonder if a dual citizen leaves the UK on their Thai passport, will the govt know they are out the country?

29 minutes ago, csmith said:

UK maximum pension for a single person who paid the full contributions over their working life is 

 

Baht 20,000 a month

 

I know … as that is me!

Mine is forecast at 29,000.

1 minute ago, BerndD said:

As a German, I receive my pension in my Thai bank account, usually 3-4 days earlier than pensioners in Germany. In July 2024, like every other pension recipient, I will receive a pension increase of 4.57%. If I die, my Thai wife can receive a widow's pension from the German state equal to 40% of my pension. Requirement: the widow must be at least 46 years old and the marriage must have lasted, I believe, for 6 years.

 

There are no restrictions on pension receipt for Germans who live abroad permanently.

Ah, that explains so many Thais married to Germans. 

14 minutes ago, bkk6060 said:

Bqrgirls and massage workers make more then these lousy pensions. Probably the worst pension system in the advanced west. What an embarrassment and a joke.

Oh dear, if you hang around prostitutes, you'll know a soapy massage  costs around £50.

How much would you pay in the UK? 

State pension I'll get at 67.

Chances are I live to 75, how many increases will I miss? 

Are there yearly increases? 

Surely only those living to 90 will see a difference. 

8 minutes ago, delh said:

The fact that people have contributed to their pensions entitles them to the same benefits as everyone else.

 

British pensioners living across Europe have increased, whats the difference on location?

You can't have your cake and eat it. 

3 minutes ago, delh said:

How, exactly didn't Brexit help British  government policy on pensions?

And how, exactly has Covid influenced British government rulings on pension increases for non EU overseas pension payments?

Leaving unions affects finances in a big way. 

Of Scotland leaves UK, the English will lose lots in oil revenue, and Scots will get better pensions, for example. 

I thought it was only youngsters my kids age that had a sense of entitlement. 

28 minutes ago, JoePai said:

I know of 2 in Pattaya who had to pay back the 'over claimed' UK pension when the Gov found out where they lived  

How did the govt find out?

On 4/18/2024 at 1:39 PM, john donson said:

but can you buy something with BTC ?

I have a debit card I buy everything with in Thailand -  I top it up with BTC. 

In Thailand nowadays you can cash bitcoin easily, P2P. I wonder if there's any way the government can keep track of cryptocurrency transactions?

1 hour ago, onthemoon said:

It's who you fall in love with that makes you gay or straight. Many a gay man has had sex with a woman. That didn't make them straight.

Good point, thanks.