What Happens If You Die

[jcartermad]

Guys - If you marry a Thai lady legally here and sadly "pop your socks"...does the wife qualify for a UK Widows pension?

Regards John.

[saraburioz]

if she murders you, I don't think so but not sure.

If she doesn't have a british National insurance number - no.

[IanForbes]

Not having a wife I don't worry about such things. If I DID have a wife I'd make sure she was financially taken care of in other ways such as life insurance. Personally, I'd just as soon have my body tossed in a river and let the insects and little fish clean up my corpse. Unfortunately, I don't thing that is legal.

[Shotime]

You could ask a couple fellow countrymen who've gone through it, and see what happened.

[onnut]

You could ask a couple fellow countrymen who've gone through it, and see what happened.

I would give you a greeny for that, it was quite funny!

To the OP, are you at the age where popping your socks could happen any day? If not, I would recommend setting up a life insurance but don't tell her you have it.

[evanson]

You could ask a couple fellow countrymen who've gone through it, and see what happened.

I would give you a greeny for that, it was quite funny!

To the OP, are you at the age where popping your socks could happen any day? If not, I would recommend setting up a life insurance but don't tell her you have it.

Jesus. If you have even the tiniest doubt she'd have you whacked for it - leave it to someone/thing more worthy of it.

At which point I would ask you to PM me and I will supply my contact details ... just in case

[TheWorldandI]

I would recommend setting up a life insurance but don't tell her you have it.

[onnut]

I'm using my phone so don't have the use of emoticons!!!!

My wife knows I have it but I was joking about my statement there :-)

That's about all I could do for know regarding emoticons!!!

[tombkk]

I would recommend setting up a life insurance but don't tell her you have it.

I took a life insurance here in Thailand (was required for the mortgage on the condo), and the beneficiary had to be a blood-relative. They hinted it was to avoid hanky-panky from the beneficiary's side. Don't know whether the same still applies when you are legally married, as your spouse is not related to you by blood...

[PattayaParent]

Yes

[F1fanatic]

Yes

How old does the man have to be for the wife to qualify for a UK widow's pension?

[saraburioz]

I understand UK pension laws have changed and a pensioner, from 2020 cannot claim pension allowance for a foreign wife.

Quite right too - I wish Australia would do the same.

60 year old guy marries a 20 year old tart and dies in 3 years so she gets all his pension from the govt. for 70 years - ain't right.

[JohnLeech]

I understand UK pension laws have changed and a pensioner, from 2020 cannot claim pension allowance for a foreign wife.

Not correct.

They have changed already, earlier this year.

Assuming that you have paid all or part of your NI contributions she qualifies first for a Bereavement Allowance, which gets her £2,000 (and a NI number) and then for a Widow's Pension once she reaches pensionable age.

[way2muchcoffee]

They have changed already, earlier this year.

Assuming that you have paid all or part of your NI contributions she qualifies first for a Bereavement Allowance, which gets her £2,000 (and a NI number) and then for a Widow's Pension once she reaches pensionable age.

It's something like this in the US, only with the additional requirement that the spouse must have spent 4 years living in the US, if I recall correctly.

[Beetlejuice]

I understand UK pension laws have changed and a pensioner, from 2020 cannot claim pension allowance for a foreign wife.

Quite right too - I wish Australia would do the same.

60 year old guy marries a 20 year old tart and dies in 3 years so she gets all his pension from the govt. for 70 years - ain't right.

The 23 year old tart may get all the money at the tax payers expense, but at least the old fart dies with a smile on his face and an eternal hard on.

Edited October 9, 2010 by Beetlejuice

[geriatrickid]

I thought this was going to be one of those deep and thoughtful threads on life, where typical TVF members like this chap reflect on their lives.

As it's not the case, then I shall share with everyone, my strategy;

[saraburioz]

BTW when you die, your soul leaves the body and travels to another dimension where God resides. When a new body is ready the soul comes back into a new body(human only).

Did you know that about 4 billion people in the world believe in reincarnation?

I met this Loatian fortune teller once that tld me all about my previous life - I went to the town that I had lived b4 and it was an awesome experience.

haven't a clue why I spent a bit of this life in Oz.

[onnut]

I would recommend setting up a life insurance but don't tell her you have it.

I took a life insurance here in Thailand (was required for the mortgage on the condo), and the beneficiary had to be a blood-relative. They hinted it was to avoid hanky-panky from the beneficiary's side. Don't know whether the same still applies when you are legally married, as your spouse is not related to you by blood...

I also had to do the same when we bought a house over here, but this money goes to paying off the house only I think, in the event of me carkin it early.

[mca]

I understand UK pension laws have changed and a pensioner, from 2020 cannot claim pension allowance for a foreign wife.

That's OK. 90% of the Brits on TVF will have popped their clogs by then anyhow either by age or alcoholism.

[Thongkorn]

Always be worth more Alive to your Thai wife, than when you are dead,

[Livinginexile]

You could ask a couple fellow countrymen who've gone through it, and see what happened.

I would give you a greeny for that, it was quite funny!

To the OP, are you at the age where popping your socks could happen any day? If not, I would recommend setting up a life insurance but don't tell her you have it.

Jesus. If you have even the tiniest doubt she'd have you whacked for it - leave it to someone/thing more worthy of it.

At which point I would ask you to PM me and I will supply my contact details ... just in case

I am married to a Thai but my will is made out to my Australian children.

My Thai wife will get a small percentage.

Do you people factor in your Farang family (If you have one) in Farang Land when you make a will?

Edited October 10, 2010 by Livinginexile

[F1fanatic]

I understand UK pension laws have changed and a pensioner, from 2020 cannot claim pension allowance for a foreign wife.

Quite right too - I wish Australia would do the same.

60 year old guy marries a 20 year old tart and dies in 3 years so she gets all his pension from the govt. for 70 years - ain't right.

The 23 year old tart may get all the money at the tax payers expense, but at least the old fart dies with a smile on his face and an eternal hard on.

I somehow doubt that the tax payers paying the pension will appreciate this.

Pretty much all countries are going through a v hard time at the moment, and their citizens will not appreciate someone who's never even lived in the country receiving a pension....

Tough, but tax and pension laws are going to get even tougher.

Edited October 10, 2010 by F1fanatic

[Kwasaki]

Been all through this before, your wife gets a pension NI or not from UK depends on age she gets bereavement

allowance first if you want to know more PM me.

Edited October 10, 2010 by Kwasaki

[travelmann]

BTW when you die, your soul leaves the body and travels to another dimension where God resides. When a new body is ready the soul comes back into a new body(human only).

Did you know that about 4 billion people in the world believe in reincarnation?

I met this Loatian fortune teller once that tld me all about my previous life - I went to the town that I had lived b4 and it was an awesome experience.

haven't a clue why I spent a bit of this life in Oz.

And the rest in pixies no doubt, why o why dont they look at things sensibly instead of believeing this

[tombkk]

I would recommend setting up a life insurance but don't tell her you have it.

I took a life insurance here in Thailand (was required for the mortgage on the condo), and the beneficiary had to be a blood-relative. They hinted it was to avoid hanky-panky from the beneficiary's side. Don't know whether the same still applies when you are legally married, as your spouse is not related to you by blood...

I also had to do the same when we bought a house over here, but this money goes to paying off the house only I think, in the event of me carkin it early.

Well, the condo is almost fully paid off by now, this doesn't change the amount the beneficiary gets in the case of my demise.