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  1. On 4/13/2019 at 1:08 PM, sniggie said:

    Now, as I understand it, my state pension should be frozen. However all correspondence goes to my UK address and the pension is paid into a UK bank. This is exactly how it was set up in 2010. Nobody has ever asked me where I ordinarily live and I have never volunteered the information. Other posters are correct. it would not be difficult for the UK authorities to drill down and link my movements through border controls but I wonder if they have the desire to do so. As I understood it when I looked into the matter some years ago I would still be entitled to my full pension for the time that I was resident in the UK so, with my normal three visits a year, that would mean six adjustments in a year. Also, as the state pension is incorporated in the PAYE code that would mean several tax code changes. Surely that's one for the 'too difficult' file.

     

    Now I like to think I'm basically an honest person. If I am challenged on this matter I will not lie. I will just have (as our transatlantic cousins would say) to suck it up. I am also fully aware that an apparently unjust law is still the law. However I will wait to be 'caught' before I comply. It does seem unreasonable to me that, despite paying tax and national insurance all one's working life, the place you decide to retire to is arbitrarily selected for a frozen pension. I understand the twisted logic as given for this, that it is to cover cost of living inflation in the UK. So why is Thailand one of the countries affected and, say, the Philippines is not. I don't at present resent paying Income Tax, I never have, but I might start to if my state pension is adversely affected by this seemingly iniquitous ruling.   

    Hi Sniggie..... Could you go into more detail on how you originally applied.

     

    Thanks. Roadrunner.

  2. 6 minutes ago, Pilotman said:

    If you are out of the UK more than 90 days you must tell pensions...If that country has not got a reciprocal agreement with the UK they "may" adjust your pension payment..

    How are they going to know?

     

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  3. 8 hours ago, ancharee said:

    I can't find anywhere to refurbish the alloys

    Got mine refurbished at a small shop on the old coast road in Cholburi, 242/9-10 Moo 10 Tambon Bangprae, Sri Racha Cholburi, (just past the huge CP grain factory). Cost 600 B / wheel, but it varies depending on condition.

     

    Tel: 086 112 6882, 087 096 3849, 080 644 2330 (They cannot speak Thai).

     

    You have to leave the wheels with them, they don't accept leaving the whole car.

     

    As for fitting larger wheels, bear in mind you are altering the overall gearing.

    See https://tiresize.com

  4. Confusing.

     

    We are not overseas residents here as we stay on temporary Non Immigrant Visas. Though I bet the DWP distorts the rules to their advantage.

     

    So when one reaches pensionable age, what forms do they send you and what checks do they make?

     

    In this age of computers, what records can they find on us?

     

    Do they check your passport / travel records through airports?

     

    Is it sufficient to have a UK residential address and a UK bank account regardless of whether you are in country or not?

     

    The website makes clear you can qualify and remain resident based upon 'ties', which are listed in the information. 

     

    Clearly some of us have been penalised and some got away with it as they declared they had a uk residence.

     

     

  5. On 4/11/2019 at 9:58 AM, mlkik said:

    Nonsence , pronouncing ร as ล has nothing to do with be uneducated.

    If they are from Issarn (aka Nakhon Nowhere) I would expect them to say lawn with an ล. The (so called) educated / big city folk say rawn with an ร.

  6. If this were Thais renting the house, they would have trashed the place, pissed and shat in every room and left.

     

    Have you heard anything further from the landlord? Are they demanding money? If not and the landlord does not have a copy of your passport I guess you could just leave.

     

    You could get some legal advice first so you know where you stand before making your decision, but I suspect it's not worth the hassle and will only turn your hair grey.

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  7. On 4/10/2019 at 10:31 PM, yrag said:

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