Eddie45 Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 What's the reasons are UK State Pension's are Frozen in Thailand but not the Philippines. Seems really unfair. The countries arent exactly a million miles away from each other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treetops Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 No reiprocal agreement between the "frozen" countries and the UK government. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie45 Posted June 10 Author Share Posted June 10 Do you need to spend X Amount of time in Thailand per year before they start freezing your Pension or does it happen when you stay for more than 183 days in any tax year and you become a Tax Resident of Thailand. I would like to know how it works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OJAS Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 (edited) Tax residency doesn't come into it. You can claim the current Triple Lock rate for every day you spend in the UK or in any other country where the full Triple Lock rate is paid (just as I have done, for instance, in the case of a recent 2.5-week trip to Europe). And, conversely, your State Pension is frozen for each and every day you spend in Thailand. Edited June 14 by OJAS 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youreavinalaff Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 On 6/10/2024 at 12:56 PM, Eddie45 said: What's the reasons are UK State Pension's are Frozen in Thailand but not the Philippines. Seems really unfair. The countries arent exactly a million miles away from each other. It's not geographical. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie45 Posted June 14 Author Share Posted June 14 5 hours ago, OJAS said: Tax residency doesn't come into it. You can claim the current Triple Lock rate for every day you spend in the UK or in any other country where the full Triple Lock rate is paid (just as I have done, for instance, in the case of a recent 2.5-week trip to Europe). And, conversely, your State Pension is frozen for each and every day you spend in Thailand. Thanks for the info. So if you moved to Europe and lived there full time. Would you be entitled to the full state pension going forward even though you pension has been frozen for the time you have spent in Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve187 Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 1 hour ago, Eddie45 said: Thanks for the info. So if you moved to Europe and lived there full time. Would you be entitled to the full state pension going forward even though you pension has been frozen for the time you have spent in Thailand. yes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie45 Posted June 16 Author Share Posted June 16 The full state pension is £221.20 a week. So if you moved to Europe for 6 months and then moved back to Thailand would they freeze your pension at £221.20 a week or would it go back to the previous frozen amount. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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