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We too are having problems getting Life Certs (both UK and from a European country) in the post - we also got suspended. I phoned the European state provider and said from now, every year, I will email them signed and stamped Life Certs (using a blank copy I have) in January regardless of whether we got the letters. It was agreed this was a Good Idea. Gawd knows where the letters go.

I did and I have. The testing phase begins

I will take my overdraft elsewhere! ????

Because I want to use it to pay UK credit cards which (touch wood) have NOT been cancelled.

Should have done this in the first place. Make it legal, with controls.

Well even though the credit card payment IS to a UK bank account (sort code and number) the pensions people tell me that "their regulations" prevent them paying into them. I said I will write to my MP and she will get this regulation changed IMMEDIATELY (hollow laugh). So as pointed out to me before, WISE seems to be about the only solution for getting payments into sterling accounts

Sounds like a good idea. I've created a Wise account and will experiment further

Thanks I will look into that.

I have a couple of accounts in other countries they can pay into but I am trying to avoid bank charges for int'l money transfer. If I pay into my UK credit card and use that in Thailand it will incur minimal fees. Thanks for looking into this, I wasn't being intetionally surly it's just I've been on this and another thread for some time and keep getting asked the same questions. My apologies if I seemed abrupt.

I'm good thanks I will post results of my endeavours here.

Yes but I'm resident in a country that gets the increase due to a bilateral treaty.

Yes an address outside the UK which is why Barclays are closing the account.

Well they are pretty obvious questions which I have already answered in my posts above. And to be really brutally honest, I am not asking for help. I am informing interested people what my plan is and will inform this thread if it works. The clue was in the title of this thread - Barclays closing account because of non-residence in the UK. So questions like: do you have a address not in the UK are let's be honest a tad superflous. But thank you for your interest.

Er - yeah... that is why it is being cancelled..... must be late in the day in Thailand.... or early depending on your point of view.

Do you want my mothers maiden name too? ???? I have a UK credit card with a sort code and account number. I will see if I can pay into this.

My address is not in the UK - if it was this would be simple.

I HAVE this, and need to supply a reference which is my credit card number. Credit cards supply sort code/account number for payments. You need to supply the CC number as reference.

I don't. Next question.

I will. Watch this space.

As I said, just an idea. I will phone UK International state pensions tomorrow to see if they can pay into a UK credit card account in my name. I'll keep people posted (if you're interested). So far I have tried all the major banks to see if I can open an offshore current account - yeah sure, if you've loadsa money and will keep it with us. Thanks, but no thanks.

Which would be a fake in my case - and the criteria for validating the address include for example utility bills and credit cards in YOUR NAME for that address. Impossible to achieve. I've been checking all the "big four" international off-shore bank account offerings - they all want you to give them big bucks and leave it in your account forever. No thanks.

But they'll thank you when your cards arrive ????

Because on their FAQ they have the section "Non-UK residents – making changes to your banking" so I assume this is now a genral policy

Unfortunately the wonderful search engine on this site failed to find it

Well, after smugly declaring a couple of weeks ago "my UK account with Barclays is just WONDERFUL" the <expletive deleted> have decided to cull all non-resident accounts it seems.