hotandsticky

Stop flogging this dead horse! You are starting to sound Puritanical. When giving dual correspondence I don't know/didn't know whether I would non-UK resident. I wouldn't give a flying fart anyway - as you said, it is not illegal. I would never criticise my non-UK resident friend who just applied, and succeeded, on opening an 8% yielding savings account with Nationwide. Part of the declaration is that you are UK resident for tax purposes. I also applied for this excellent savings account.

Yes, of course, that makes absolute sense. My comment was about the difference between needing one - and wanting one. You can do without if have a pseudo bank is all you need for receiving and remitting funds. The bottom line is that any expat should (IMO) open a WISE account as a back up to whatever they currently have in the UK. If WISE is all they finish up with the things should at least be workable. Also, prior to departing the UK shores, get a stand alone credit card from the likes ofTESCO, Sainsbury, Virgin etc

Why would you need a card if you just need to use WISE as a money transfer facility. I do have one but, like 'noobexpat' I set it up from the UK. It doesn't need to be a bank. It is a financial technology company and that is good enough to receive funds, exchange them and remit them to a Thai bank account.

OK, this is how it goes down.......................... "Hi bank, I just need to update my address details. Now that I am retired I like to travel a bit - especially to avoid the worse of the British winters, so I often head to Spain or further afield like Thailand. My UK address is XYZ, which is my house/my daughter's house/my sister's house which is where I want all my correspondence sent. However, if I am in Thailand during the winter I may need something sent out to me so could you please note the correspondence address ABC, which is where I stay when I visit the Far East "

Don't hold your breath.

It is not a 'false' address, it is termed a correspondence address in the bank's records. I have two correspondence addresses with most of my banks.

I suspect that you have been around here previously. (Restos, not restys).

Yep, as I thought........................................Trolling! You have to be a bit of a retard to go on a sausage thread and slag off sausages. What did you do, get up this morning and think "Oh I think I will go on ASEAN NOW and troll a few threads"..... Get a life. Go flame elsewhere.

If you don't like the other ingredients just eat the sausages. If you don't like sausages then get of here.

Just using fancy names like 'Epicure' doesn't necessarily make a product better than, say, Prime. Manstons and Prime are as good as anything available locally.

Except they taste like sh!te.

Agree......but he wasn't here then. Pulling the puppets strings from Dubai is wholly different to what we have now. Fortunately, most of the electorate don't like it either.

As sure as I possibly can be... .......but you "T. I. T. " , Amazing Thailand is perfectly valid... ????

Thankfully that will never happen.

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Such a rare event that it certainly doesn't prove anything.

No. These pals of yours:- "foreigners who are often in a KFC within a week"

I think that you are meeting the wrong foreigners.

Yes, I could see that a futile house visit would be irksome. Simplistically, there is no legal reason why the OP could not undertake his trip - it could easily be business/work related. However, commonsense, and courtesy, dictates that a discussion with the IO takes place - and maybe supply an accompanying note explaining the necessity of the trip.

I am sure he will/will have addressed that with the IO at the time of submitting the extension application.

VfS have also improved their service levels significantly over the last 5 years or so One failing (in my opinion) occurred this week when my missus went to submit biometrics. She had her IPad with her and was told that she couldn't go in with it. Unfortunately, they did not offer a storage facility so she had to leave floor 28 and find someone who was prepared to look after it for her. Nothing mentioned in the appointment letter and this was an (unusual) occasion where the staff were not helpful.

All their requests were perfectly reasonable. They have every right to seek evidence of the source of the income. As Brits we lose out with the 13 payments (if sent direct to Thailand) because the annual income is irrelevant, it is the regular MONTHLY amount that is calculated. I transfer 65k in on the first of every month via WISE. My pensions and investment income go into my main UK bank first.

It is not difficult for a first time use, the stages are straight forward. Obviously, they would not be as quick as we are because they will likely be unfamiliar with some of the required information. Parents details for example.... Your suggestion to have a couple of practice runs is a very good idea to get them familiar with what is needed Of much greater importance is understand what documents to upload to achieve approval for the application. The full guidance notes are wordy and complex; understanding what the 3 key criteria are is vital.

Yes you were. Immigration have no idea where I am on a day to day basis. They know where I am registered and when I am in the country.

I would have thought that you would be aware that Immigration often look to see money going in and out. It is not sufficient to stick 800k in a bank account and think that is it. The smarter IOs will look for evidence if how you support yourself. We went through a period of paranoia for a while when they were obsessed with Farangs working on retirement extensions.