Sending money to the UK with no account there at present

On 3/14/2023 at 6:24 AM, bannork said:

Ha ha, thank you for all your suggestions folks 

I think I'll send most of the money to my trusted friend via Swift in two or three lots. That way I can be sure the money is in the UK and I can use it to open an account when I return.

........and if by some nightmare your friend drops dead during the process you've literally just spaffed the lot up the wall because it now forms part of his/her "estate" not a chance you'd get it back either and if by some good fortune you did (after legal wrangling and huge cost) you'd have to wait for probate to complete

Crazy idea

Just wait until you're back in the UK and an account is opened albeit that may not be easy either if you're not showing on electoral roll or no loans outstanding etc etc so you dont appear via online checks

Goes back to what I said further up the thread always maintain the "basics" no matter how many decades we may have been away etc

Edited March 16, 20233 yr by Chivas