hotandsticky

Had you read the notes you will have seen that the claimant has to be ordinarily resident in the UK.

She can't.

I think only a retired government employee would be confused. A Google search of "UK government pension" brings up 2 pages of State Pension items....... and nothing about a government occupational pension.

State pension is paid by the UK government. Presumably a government occupational (not private) pension would be paid by the appropriate pension trustees?

That is private as opposed to occupational.

A typical 'attack the poster' comment where you have been proved wrong.....????

So you have totally ignored the Brexit effect just to suit your pro-Thaksin the Crook agenda. Pathetic! What about the rate being 70 AFTER he left office? Coincidence?

Just to add weight to your comments........ my missus had to get a bank letter/statement for a Schengen visa - she got it same day (or next, can't remember) from a Bangkok branch of Kasikorn - her account being up country.

This is a good site for comparing TT rates - updated during the day as well. http://bankexchangerates.daytodaydata.net/default.aspx In fairness, Thai bank charges are reasonable and I don't think that the 1% max 500 Baht has changed in over 10 years. The exchange rates are also fair which is why you should never convert to Baht in your own country.

I think that you can take a point in a working day and compare rates. The Thai bank fees are published and are usually 1% max 500, + 20 Baht (Bangkok to the boonies) and with K Bank a mysterious, unlimited, charge of 0.1%!

Depending on where you are located.........A name that is often mentioned on here is Maneerat in soi 13/2, Pattaya.

She won't. They were legally married so she will have a valid claim. It is then up to the pension trustees. I completed a nomination form for my partner of 16 years because we are not married.

You are welcome. Sorry it is not good news for the widow, but I don't want you chasing around on a wild goose chase. Look to see if he was in receipt of an occupational pension - that is her best hope.

Don't bother. Date of marriage is irrelevant, only date of death matters. I deal with this stuff regularly. No grandfathering, nothing.

@Pagllim - I may need to offer you an apology. I have no problem doing that when/if I am wrong. Having boldly stated that WISE rates were always better, I thought that I should do a current calculation. I haven't got time to do a full comparison (on a 'working' day) but it seems that on a transfer of 2m Baht, bank to bank is 2,643 Baht better (before local Thai bank commission). On a GBP 2,000 transfer WISE was only marginally better. I will investigate further, and apologies from me.

Yes. Happened to me once. Fortunately, I had taken the advice from Thai Visa posts and had started to check every time.

For sure - NOTHING. Bereavement payments ere payable to Thai Widows until the Pension Act sneaked in a requirement for such claimants to be domiciled in the UK. Her only hope is that he had an occupational pension that carries a widows benefit. Unlikely if he hadn't already made her aware of it - or prepared the appropriate paperwork for her.

The WISE exchange rate benefit works for all amounts. About 2 years ago I did a chart listing transfers from GBP 500 to 2m Baht. In every case WISE was better. I am not questioning the time taken for your transfers, I am questioning the method. If mine take less than 10 seconds because I am with Kasikorn Bank then change to Kasikorn if the delay bothers you.

No, sorry - mine are to Kasikorn.

I can't find that on their website:- Do I earn interest on my Balances or Jars? Wise https://wise.com › help › articles › do-i-earn-interest-o... We currently don't pay interest on money held in your Balances or Jars as Cash. We offer Assets in certain regions that allows you to hold your money in ... https://wise.com/help/search?q=interest But I also found this:- The news: UK-based money transfer fintech Wise launched an interest-bearing savings account dubbed Interest, per Bloomberg. Interest will roll out in the UK before expanding across Europe. Funds held in the account can be spent or sent via the Wise app. Wise will offer 3.29% interest for balances in American dollars, 2.52% for balances in British pounds, and 0.88% for balances in euros. https://www.insiderintelligence.com/content/wise-expands-beyond-money-transfers-with-savings-account

I didn't know that, thanks. I have always usually transferred money in 'on the day', for transfer to Thailand.

You are wrong on several counts. WISE higher charges are ALWAYS negated by a much better exchange rate. I get free international transfers with HSBC but it is considerably better for me to use WISE. 29 out of my last 30 transfers have happened in under 10 seconds......only one was delayed a few hours, and never until the next day. Make sure you are transferring Sterling into your WISE account and then instruct the Baht transfer from there.

It's not rocket science. Your extension is done in Pattaya, your address will be registered there (otherwise they couldn't process the extension). What on earth made you think that you could do a 90 day report in Bangkok?

My guess is "no".