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It looks like countries that have a lot of citizens working in the UK make these deals to protect their rights. So the large number of Filipina nurses in the UK could very well be the reason. I can't see Thailand doing such a deal to protect UK citizens here unless they get something out of it too. "The UK has agreements with some other countries to protect the social security rights of workers moving between the 2 countries. These are sometimes known as ‘bilateral agreements’ or ‘reciprocal agreements’. If you live in one of the following countries and receive a UK State Pension, you will usually get an increase in your pension every year: Barbados Bermuda Bosnia-Herzegovina Gibraltar Guernsey the Isle of Man Israel Jamaica Jersey Kosovo Mauritius Montenegro North Macedonia the Philippines Serbia Turkey USA The UK has social security agreements with Canada and New Zealand, but you cannot get a yearly increase in your UK State Pension if you live in either of those countries". Countries where we pay an annual increase in the State Pension - GOV.UK And, in order to "unfreeze" your pension, you must return to the UK, not to one of the agreement countries, such as the Philippines. "Your State Pension will only increase each year if you live in: the European Economic Area (EEA) Gibraltar Switzerland countries that have a social security agreement with the UK (but you cannot get increases in Canada or New Zealand) You will not get yearly increases if you live outside these countries. Your pension will go up to the current rate if you return to live in the UK". If you later return to, say, Thailand, your pension will go back to the old frozen amount. State Pension if you retire abroad: How your pension is affected - GOV.UK

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^^^ Which reminded me of this:

I'm a NZ citizen, and haven't received this email either, and have never filled in any of these forms. I've had an account with KBank (or Thai Farmers Bank, as it was back then) since 1988. Going through this thread it appears that long term account holders haven't received it. It's definitely real though, as their website contains the following pdf file (5 pages in total, this is the one with the email address): FATCACRS-Self-CertificationCompletion-and-Submission-for-Individuals-en.pdf I've been asked to do similar with banks / financial institutions in other countries, but in each of these cases, the forms were submitted via their secure websites, not by email. The self certification form for individuals is here on their website: https://www.kasikornasset.com/DownloadDocument/FATCA_IN_TH.pdf?utm_source=web_own&utm_medium=direct_mass&utm_campaign=none&utm_term=kbank!www.kasikornbank.com/th/search&utm_content=none!www.kasikornbank.com/th/personal

The Russians are sending Ladas to attack the front line now, using the cunning trick of someone hiding in the boot to surprise the enemy. Needless to say, it doesn't work and both occupants are killed. Meanwhile, another Russian, seemingly standing to the side watching this unfold, decides to make a run for it and is taken out by a Ukrainian drone. All quite bizarre.

Guy calls for an ambulance in the middle of the night. “Quick, the baby is coming we need an ambulance right away. Quick!” “Calm down sir, have your wife’s waters broken?” “Yes yes! Hurry!” “How dilated is she?” “Well, we’re both over the moon, but we need a f-in’ ambulance!"

The other day a guy asked me if I wanted to pet his cocker spaniel. Feeling kind of weird about the whole thing now… I think I should’ve chosen the spaniel.

Guy walks into a bank with a shotgun and says to the cashier “Fill this bag with money or you’re Geography”. “Don’t you mean History?” “Don’t change the f-in' subject!"

A guy goes into his local bank and says to the manager, "I'd like to borrow £100,000 to open a cheese factory in Cheshire. It's gonna be great." " Hold on a minute", says the bank manager. "There's already a company called Cheshire Cheese - you're gonna have to come up with something better than that." The guy comes back next week, and says, "Right I've got it. I want to borrow £200,000 to open a cheese factory in France. It's gonna be called Brie Cheese." "I'm afraid that one's already there too," says the bank manager. "Brie Cheese is world famous, so I can't lend you the money for that." In a last ditch attempt, the man comes back in the following week. "Right", says the man, "I've got it. I want to borrow £500,000 to open a cheese factory in Israel." "Oh, now we're talking," says the bank manager. "What are you going to call it?"……….. The man smiles proudly and says, "Cheeses of Nazareth....”