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1 hour ago, Liverpool Lou said:

He's saying to download the form, if you can, when it is required by the DWP and post it back with original signatures in the provided envelope but I believe that it is only available for download if the pension has stopped because DWP didn't get the completed form and you contact them in a panic.

Not true, they will accept a properly printed download.

3 hours ago, transam said:

So.........?

Are you looking for.....................Or a pat on the back..?

People like you just don't understand that we ALL know what you can do if you are dodgy and a chancer, but me, I like to sleep at night, not look at the floor under the letterbox every morning..........

If you ever get nabbed, we will never hear about it here..........😋

You should be fully aware that I was answering a question with fact.

1 hour ago, Liverpool Lou said:

"Nobody can have their state pension ... stopped..."

 Bollacks.   You might want to check whether refusing to return a life certificate would result in the state pension being stopped!

Ive had my pension stopped and reinstated twice due to late Life Certificate, as you say, chivas is talking his usual bollacks

31 minutes ago, NoshowJones said:

But does it say what country you are going to?

Exactly

20 minutes ago, kiwikeith said:

That machine you put your passport in tells immigration and the wellfare office straight away the moment you leave the country. 

And?

1 hour ago, FruitPudding said:

 

How long do you have to be "back" before you can use the NHS for free like everyone else?

 A few years back I visited one of these health centers in the UK. I gave them my NH number and got 3 months of meds buckshee.

1 hour ago, FruitPudding said:

 

You think it's fair that expats who have 'paid in' don't get the full pension??

No its not and regardless of what the numpties believe, I'll carry on getting my full pension my way😉

10 minutes ago, superal said:

Are you saying that the HM gov will accept a down loaded signed copy of a life cert ? I thought that the signature had to be an original which is signed on the original life cert form . 

Work it out superal. You download a copy, print it, get it signed and return it to your partner in crime who then puts it into the brown envelope and posts it.

24 minutes ago, transam said:

Noooooo, whodathought, but you forgot, use your daughter to do all the paperwork and signing for you, plus pay your pension to your daughter, then she can send out here to you in LOS..

Cos DWP would never work that one out........................🤣

wtf are you talking about?

For those of you that are already living here, as far as the uk gov is concerned, youve missed the boat I'm afraid. For those who are thinking about retiring in Thailand, here's some advice on how to keep your pension up to date.

1) Keep your UK bank account open to use for the payment of your pension

2)You need an address where HM Gov can write to you (a family member, an ex wife who still loves you😄 for example) who will e-mail you the correspondence, particularly life certs, which you can download, print and get the local pharmacist, for example,to sign and stamp.

3)You have 16 weeks from the date of the letter accompanying the certificate, to return the certificate IN THE BROWN ENVELOPE, which your co conspirator must keep and post when he/she receives the signed cert from you.

4)Keep a record of the dates of correspondence in case you get a letter from HM gov asking you where you have been living for the last year. You have to tell them you were in Thailand when you were sent the L.C. for example.

I don't believe that you will be asked for proof of where you were living (I wasn't), just make sure you don't drop yourself in it. Remember that the Pension service is very busy and that they're not going to waste time chasing a few quid. In 12 years I've never been asked why some of .my life certificates have been signed in Thailand.

Top of my list is Barbados. I spent the best part of 2 winters there, before I came to Thailand and I loved every minute of it. Fun people, great night spots and restaurants, a fantastic climate and  beautiful beaches that you could, very often, have to yourself. On both occasions I rented inexpensive apartments for 2 and 3 months and if circumstances had been different I'd probably be living there now.

15 minutes ago, transam said:

You live in Scunthorpe, then.....?  😂

Nope, guess again! I'll give you a clue, it's not in the UK😉

My UK state earnings related pension is now £14,000 per annum and as I've just turned 80, I reckon I've got nothing to complain about.

28 minutes ago, NanLaew said:

 

Hold on a minute, I still have a few years to go.

Don't worry, it's only a dream!

4 hours ago, transam said:

Yeeeh, riiiight, do you think us long time members just arrived, everybody knows your clickbait, so don't waste your time writing long excuses, because we know you are an anti-Brit baiting tool.....

Seems like you took the bait doesn't it!

On 8/22/2023 at 6:58 PM, schweizer said:

another thing to note from his posts, he calls people mate, very British

also uses S instead of Z in certain words, British English education not American

also calls himself Goat, only famous Goat I remember was trying to cross a bridge

I reckon he's an Aussie, these days they seem to use mate more than the Brits

I've been reporting online since we were given the option, but I too have had my last 2 reports refused. I really thought that after all the problems, in the beginning, with the online system,we were finally out of the woods. Unfortunately, if it works don't try to fix it doesn't seem to work in Thailand, more like if it works, let's f...k it up.

It sounds like the only good thing to come out of this, is that a loan shark has been shafted

He could have been shot before he fell.