Liverpool Lou Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 On 7/8/2023 at 12:36 PM, Smokey and the Bandit said: On 7/8/2023 at 11:47 AM, BritManToo said: if you didn't tell them you were living outside the UK, you wouldn't need to deal with Life Certificates. Not sure why they can't do it all via email though. Expand Correct, but obviously you would need a UK address. ...and a UK bank to receive it, well, at least not a Thai bank raising red flags, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liverpool Lou Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 On 7/8/2023 at 12:36 PM, Smokey and the Bandit said: Rhetorical question but why do the DWP insist on using the 'post' method? Maybe their thinking is that not all pensioners use email, while they all can use the mail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soalbundy Posted July 10, 2023 Author Share Posted July 10, 2023 1 minute ago, Liverpool Lou said: Maybe their thinking is that not all pensioners use email, while they all can use the mail If you get it that is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liverpool Lou Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 4 hours ago, Almer said: Festering lovely analogy of thieving scum bags Without those "festering, thieving scumbags" collecting the revenue they're paid to do, there wouldn't be any pensions at all to pay out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liverpool Lou Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 3 hours ago, proton said: why do they need them anyway? I thought when you die the embassy is informed who could then put your death in the system stopping payments, as happens when a death is registered in UK. It is also so that they can be advised of any change in the pensioner's circumstances, which is not unlikely for those living overseas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Photoguy21 Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 On 7/8/2023 at 9:10 AM, blackshadow said: i used DHL take about a week to get to Uk I always use DHL to send documents out of country. It isnt cheap but you can track its progress and see when it is delivered. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soalbundy Posted July 10, 2023 Author Share Posted July 10, 2023 8 minutes ago, Photoguy21 said: I always use DHL to send documents out of country. It isnt cheap but you can track its progress and see when it is delivered. EMS is faster I think, a letter costs 1,000 Baht (also with tracking service) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalasin Jo Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 On 7/8/2023 at 4:38 AM, Robin said: Can't speak for your BMW pension, but similar experience with UK DWP is that once they believe you are alive, they will pay all back pension without and further argument. If you are still alive you will not be stopped any pension due to your not keeping DWP up to date. A phone call to DWP, tedious and expensive though the wait may be, does the trick and restores payment including back payment. The phone call involves some not very tricky security questions to satisfy them it's you and then all seems to be fine again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soalbundy Posted July 10, 2023 Author Share Posted July 10, 2023 3 minutes ago, Kalasin Jo said: A phone call to DWP, tedious and expensive though the wait may be, does the trick and restores payment including back payment. The phone call involves some not very tricky security questions to satisfy them it's you and then all seems to be fine again. Yes that was my experience, the lady even wanted to know the last 4 numbers of my Thai bank account but I was relieved when she told me that they had received the life certificate. Worrying for me was when BMW couldn't acknowledge that they had received it, it wasn't registered in their system even though the EMS tracker showed it had been delivered 2 weeks earlier and their pension is a lot more than that from DWP (I didn't work in the UK very long). I am to ring back on Tuesday and if they still haven't got it I am to repeat the process, scan and email it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunBENQ Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 (edited) My life certificate is on the way to Germany. Sent as registered mail (not EMS). 250 Baht (pre COVID it was some 8x Baht). From the tracking you can guess that it now sits idle at the notoriously slow Frankfurt customs check. Once took 6 days. Edited July 15, 2023 by KhunBENQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pink Mist Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 Reported Off-topic posts have been removed. The OP is about Life Certificates and Thai Post, not about economic refugees and Illegal immigrants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soalbundy Posted July 15, 2023 Author Share Posted July 15, 2023 43 minutes ago, KhunBENQ said: My life certificate is on the way to Germany. Sent as registered mail (not EMS). 250 Baht (pre COVID it was some 8x Baht). From the tracking you can guess that it now sits idle at the notoriously slow Frankfurt customs check. Once took 6 days. Mine sent with EMS on 06.07 is of 13. 07 still flying towards Germany, so maybe Monday I will learn that it is also sleeping in Frankfurt. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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