UKresonant

A few days ago I emailed the London Embassy asking about the Non-O ME. I asked for A. (something else) B. The income level for non-O Single Entry and non-O ME to visit wife (as for an ME they asked for £1400/m for one in 2018 and £1500/m for one in 2019 Q2, as listed on the London website. Later I found (on here) that they did not enforce that then. I cannot find any such requirement on the current website. The e-system seems to suggest to check with London. C. Do they actual issue non-O ME now? (as they discontinued them for .for a while, just after they got the e-visa system June 2019. I was actually in the Embassy Jan 2020 and someone was getting told he could not get the ME).. I watch with interest, with what they come back with for my questions and your situation! The £10000 thing use to be the fall-back option for the retirement non-O if you did not have a state pension / pension other etc. I'm hoping that it is just that the template of supporting docs, like the e-visa TR/TRME, is general for that group of Visa's.

Is it not checking-in at the airport that may be more of a worry? better check with your carrier in advance. I knew someone who (long while ago) came on a EVA ticket, and their final return was EVA as it was "open", but in between they went back to Thailand for a few weeks on KLM ticket , but KLM were not going to let them back on the return to the UK, until they sighted the detail of the EVA back to Thailand Ticket. (Standard 6m UK visitor). after getting a panic phone call at the check-in, I said there is a copy in your organiser "Oh" sorted! Not e-tickets at that time. The 10 year visitor Visa the wife has, would not work well if you had to show the Flight detail....???? If you had a stack of frequent flyer points, an award ticket is maybe useful, as you could cancel and get most of the points back for a small fee, if your airline insisted on seeing a ticket..

The UK tax residency could perhaps be about 90 days (present at at the end of each day) in the UK ongoing or even less if just a transition year, with the sufficient ties criteria, e.g. accommodation available in the UK etc.. Most of the guidance is designed for folk not wanting to be tax resident where I was wanting to ensure I was always UK tax resident. It seemed to me ideal to have a years money in hand if possible, and two accounts, fund one and send to Thailand after the 1st Jan the following year, whilst the other account is accumulating the next years Thailand budget. not always possible though.

Probably not if it did not exceed the dividend allowance or the Capital Gains Allowance (but keep all the details in an archive). But if doing a UK Tax return anyway of course include the detail.. Should max out ISAs before you move to Thailand and in the year you move (If not already there).

For Voluntary NI contributions, in relation to UK state pension it is perhaps mainly useful for the year 2016-2017 or later.. I have had a contracted out pension mostly, and was contracted in from about 2015, 40 years solid NI record but need another 6 years NI to get the current max state pension, voluntary contributions quoted as circa £830 per year, which still could be a good deal BUT only if the .Gov does not move the goal posts again. I qualified for full state pension in 2010 (30yearsNI) goal-post move in 2015 again but almost instantly qualified for max state pension ( 35 years NI). System change in 2016 leaves me with 6 years Short! May do 3 years Voluntary (if pro-rata, will have to check), but Think anything else will go in the private pension...Hopefully may return to work this year, and get the other 3 years paid that way. The UK Gov is still pushing the line, "we are all living longer" which is nonsense now, if anything the trend has reversed now. One of the biggest drivers of the trend was movement from heavy industry to light in past decades, which is largely over. With unexplained (as yet) excess deaths, COV, cost of living crisis (heating/food quality) seems implausible that life expectancy is still going up in the UK and similar, The Son never got Child benefit in Thailand for 0-13years, even though I was always working fulltime and paying NI in the UK (Days in Lieu and holidays, always in Thailand). Payout was based around the political hobby, rather than being run as insurance. Now in the UK, with the Son doing High school, and found they, some time ago, withdrew the NI credits that used to go with the Child Benefit, for kids over over 12years. (never lucky). Sorry if a bit negative...Happy New Year! ????????

I had a Samsung Microwave with the grill and hot air-blast, would recommend one of them, defrosts cooks and crisps up the food, Wasn't built in but had the fold down door. I had been considering it for a few months, it was then on sale, deal for just over 10k baht display model, only missing it original box, discounted from about 15k baht. in home pro. (2019). Then a few months later I was back in the UK. (don't have one here, yet ????, as the old one is extremely reliable ????).