4MyEgo

Some of us are up to speed, or at least think we are, we provide what information we can to assist, but any information on a forum, any forum, should be confirmed, whether by reading the actual legislation or as others, self included, suggested, one ring Centrelink Tasmania for the real deal.

Again, it is time living in Australia, I mean that would be like me saying, I have lived in Australia for 30 years, 10 of those years in Thailand as a resident of Australia. I am not physically present in Australia, therefore not "living" in Australia, but remain a resident of Australia. Remember what I said about government departments, having separate rules. They do this to keep there hands on our B...s, they know to squeeze them when they want, yes they have us by the short and curly's so to speak.

I believe that is even better as it makes your case more solid, i.e. you have been on an extended holiday. Don't not confuse residency and "life living in Australia, they are two separate matters. You may live overseas as a resident of Australia, but I doubt that that will be added to your "living life in Australia" to qualify for the full age pension as mentioned above. If you maintained your residency, I see no reason why you would considered as a Non Resident, so you shouldn't have to sit for the 2 year rule. Again, these are my opinions, based on my interpretations, and I am told Centrelink Tasmania are great in providing solid answers to these types of questions, but no other Centrelink branches, so you might want to reach out to them. If you are in a comfortable situation, other than owning your own place that isn't worth more than the XYZ threshold, and are earning some coins, if you haven't heard, there is a deeming rule which will reduce your pension amount. If you've retired, 'deeming' is a calculation used by Centrelink to make an estimate of what income you'll earn from your assessable financial assets. This includes (but isn't limited to) interest on bank accounts, shares, managed funds, and super. It is used to work out your eligibility for the Government Age Pension. https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/deeming?context=22526

If the wording states that you must be an Australian Resident, "and lived in" Australia for 35 years, then you won't get the full age pension if you haven't "lived in" Australia for those 35 years. It would be apportioned in my opinion, e.g. if you "lived in" Australia for 25 of those years, you would receive just under 3/4's of the Age Pension. That's just my opinion, based on the wording, "lived in". One important thing to remember, is that different government departments have different rules, e.g. the government has no problem with me gifting my daughter $300k at any given time, but Centrelink only allows $10k per year, with a maximum of $30k over 5 years from my understanding.

Who knows, after all of our most recent posts above, we might get to another 45 in a row for him to reply...LOL

As long as you have kept your residency status as an Australian Resident, then you shouldn't fall into the Non Resident returning category IMO. The above said, one of Centrelink's staff processing your application could be a knob-head and try to say, yeh but you only travel to one spot, so therefore you are a Non Resident, NO, because I have maintained my residency as a tax resident of Australia, my abode is Australia, I enjoy holidaying in Thailand, can't argue with that, and that doesn't make me a Non Resident. Having a property, is your anchor and you can always appeal if a potential knob-head thinks otherwise, however I can't see them going down that path, you might get a question, like, if your application is approved, will you continue to holiday in Thailand for 8 months of the year, hmmm, actually, I have been thinking about doing Vietnam, the Philipines, Laos and others, but my current funds haven't allow me, hence te reason I have chosen Thailand as a holiday destination for 8 months of the year, and been thinking when I get my age pension, that should help travel to other places as above for 8 months of the year, or until those funds start to dry up. The world is my oyster and I intend on exploring it, Mr knob-head.

As you are aware, I haven't been on this part of the forum for a while, and as I just replied to 2 of his posts, if we all take a look at how he has to reply to every post (full pages) and put his ill informed and delusional opinions on every post, we should make it our duty to keep him up till the early hours of the morning replying to all of our further posts, until his meds run out.

https://www.etax.com.au/aged-pension/

I would think there would be a question or more in the application form, e.g. have you resided overseas in the last 12 months, if yes, for how long, etc, etc, etc, then I would imagine if you answered no, they would do a check with border control, then your busted. There is no discretionary power to allow portability of Age or DSP during the 2-year period (note, some exceptions to the 2-year rule apply - see below). Payment may be suspended for short overseas absences during the 2-year period and does not have to be reclaimed on return to Australia. A short absence from Australia (as long as the person is still classed as an Australian resident) will not impact on the end date of the 2-year period (that is, the absence still counts towards the person's 2-year period). Why do you think that they have the 2 year rule, it's there to stop people returning to claim the OAP and F off again. Anyone good with math who doesn't want to live in a caravan or a depressing room for those 2 years, knows the cost on rent doesn't really recoup those 2 years, especially if living in Sydney where a one bedroom unit will set you back more than the OAP.

When I 1st came here 10 years ago, I was going to buy a 2nd hand car, lucky I didn't, as I have heard other farangs that I know, say the odometer on their car was turned back 150,000km's as a minimum, (bought from a dealer). There was money outstanding on the car that they didn't know about, (private) one guys motor blew up 3 months after he had it, (bought from a dealer). I purchased a new car, have had it for 9 + years, my advice is, if you can buy 2nd hand from a farang, you have a better chance it's legit.

https://www.aainsure.net/

What a Big Joke, get it

You can't reform government jobs until you stop those applying for them paying to get into those jobs. I know a girl who just finished Uni, she applied for a teaching job, was told her salary would be 10,000 baht per month after the Principal took 5,000 baht for himself. A guy I know who got into the Police force, had to pay 100k baht. Corruption is rife.

That comment is so Thailand, does it get any stupider ?

You can sleep without the air conditioner on, i.e. turn it on for 30 minutes at 26 degree on slow speed, turn a fan on speed 2 at the most, then turn the air conditioner off, if the room is well insulated, the room should remain cool. If the above doesn't work, again, air conditioner at 26 on low speed and keep a small bottle of water next to your bed. I wake up once twice a night, it's normal as we get older, I take a swig of water, go for a P, then back to bed, and at around 4am will wake up again, take a swig of water and go back to bed, either having gone to the toilet again or not. If your unit is old, lift the cover, check if you have cleaned the filters, if they're clean, ask yourself when the last time you had your unit cleaned, usually every year or two or three depending on how often you use it, costs about 500 baht. The part you say it keeps blowing, well if it's an inverter, the air conditioner will go to the idle position when the room is at the required temperature, e.g. if it's on 26, it will go to idle when it reaches 26, it will blow air like a fan until the room temperature drops again, then will start blowing cooler air in again, and repeat throughout the night. Hope this helps, try it when you get back.

If your doing it online, you will just have to complete your address and passport number and a few other things, takes about 2 minutes if you have everything in front of you.

No pompen

You obviously didn't comprehend? Dense 😉

Just avoid those places as I do, e.g. if it's not all in the bill and I see a 10% surcharge and 7% on the menu, I get up and leave if I have already seated myself.

I never did like this dude. If he's guilty, well life is going to be like shoveling sheet up hills.

5.00am in the morning....hmm

You got to feel for these uneducated people at times, however we all know what LOS really stands for, if you haven't already been scammed, whether it was from a cop wanting tea money or an immigration officer wanting the same.

Don't listen to all the noise, just keep enjoying your life and play deaf to the noise. When the noise gets loud and has your attention, i.e. it's become annoying as you mentioned above in your post, just look for ways around it, and to be honest, it really isn't that bad with all the deductibles they give you. But I agree with your points.

I hear this place is a good start. https://dailypoppinscleaningservices.com/