Oh My God!!!!!!!
Dec 28th 2007, 2:30 pm
#151
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Re: Oh My God!!!!!!!
Well folks,
Thats it we are committed (or need committing) Chris has signed contract with new employer, they have submitted LMO, and Chris has resigned from UK job. (GULP).
We are now wading through paperwork, what to do with pensions/state pensions/endowments.
As Chris is going alone for six months also have to fit in a crash course in washing/ironing/cooking/cleaning, might not bother with that actually, just leave him to it. He did mention something about an au pair, I just gave him a withering look, I think he got the message.....
Charlie
Thats it we are committed (or need committing) Chris has signed contract with new employer, they have submitted LMO, and Chris has resigned from UK job. (GULP).
We are now wading through paperwork, what to do with pensions/state pensions/endowments.
As Chris is going alone for six months also have to fit in a crash course in washing/ironing/cooking/cleaning, might not bother with that actually, just leave him to it. He did mention something about an au pair, I just gave him a withering look, I think he got the message.....
Charlie
Dec 28th 2007, 6:28 pm
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Re: Oh My God!!!!!!!
Well done charlie 
New year party at yours then, wow this will be your last xmas and new year in the uk, so pleased for you, at least you can start planning
Your uk pension will freeze, but there is plenty who can pass you details of advisors etc, im sure he will be able to claim back tax if he goes before april 6th, do a search on here or im sure the wiki maybe of some use
Gill
New year party at yours then, wow this will be your last xmas and new year in the uk, so pleased for you, at least you can start planning
Your uk pension will freeze, but there is plenty who can pass you details of advisors etc, im sure he will be able to claim back tax if he goes before april 6th, do a search on here or im sure the wiki maybe of some use
Gill
Dec 28th 2007, 7:45 pm
#153
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Re: Oh My God!!!!!!!
What can I say! Just read through the news It really will fly by - all those loooonnnnnggggg days of waiting for news will now fly by now you have stuff to do!!!
It really will fly by - all those loooonnnnnggggg days of waiting for news will now fly by now you have stuff to do!!!
Dec 28th 2007, 10:14 pm
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Re: Oh My God!!!!!!!
Well done Charlie and Mr P80!! What a lovely New Year pressie
Forget about the crash course in domestic matters - he probably wont be listening to you anyway
if he is anything like my OH.
On the pensions matter - I thought that if we kept paying NI contributions they weren't frozen - is this wrong?
Forget about the crash course in domestic matters - he probably wont be listening to you anyway
if he is anything like my OH.On the pensions matter - I thought that if we kept paying NI contributions they weren't frozen - is this wrong?
Dec 28th 2007, 10:37 pm
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Well done Charlie and Mr P80!! What a lovely New Year pressie
Forget about the crash course in domestic matters - he probably wont be listening to you anyway if he is anything like my OH.
On the pensions matter - I thought that if we kept paying NI contributions they weren't frozen - is this wrong?
Forget about the crash course in domestic matters - he probably wont be listening to you anyway
if he is anything like my OH.On the pensions matter - I thought that if we kept paying NI contributions they weren't frozen - is this wrong?
Thanksgiving at mine next year it will be my 40th birthday!
I thought state pensions froze the minute you left?? We intend to get a pension forecast done and then probably top them up to ensure that we get a half pension. If you were moving within the EU they would not be frozen, but commonwealth countries get frozen?? I think there is a court case going on at the moment, which could result in that changing. So we thought we would hedge our bets.
Then we have to get our heads around the endowment, it has been running for 9 years, so if we cash in now we would pay UK tax. We could leave it and keep paying into it, but then when it matures we would pay Canadian tax on it??? Looks like the tax man will benefit most, how unfair, thats the corvette out the window.
Don't think he will get any tax back as it will almost be the end of the tax year when he goes, will still put the P85 in though, better in our pocket than the taxmans!
CharlieLike your wheels Mandy.....
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Dec 28th 2007, 10:45 pm
#156
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Re: Oh My God!!!!!!!
Thank you all,
Thanksgiving at mine next year it will be my 40th birthday!
I thought state pensions froze the minute you left?? We intend to get a pension forecast done and then probably top them up to ensure that we get a half pension. If you were moving within the EU they would not be frozen, but commonwealth countries get frozen?? I think there is a court case going on at the moment, which could result in that changing. So we thought we would hedge our bets.
Then we have to get our heads around the endowment, it has been running for 9 years, so if we cash in now we would pay UK tax. We could leave it and keep paying into it, but then when it matures we would pay Canadian tax on it??? Looks like the tax man will benefit most, how unfair, thats the corvette out the window.
Don't think he will get any tax back as it will almost be the end of the tax year when he goes, will still put the P85 in though, better in our pocket than the taxmans!
Charlie
Like your wheels Mandy.....
Thanksgiving at mine next year it will be my 40th birthday!
I thought state pensions froze the minute you left?? We intend to get a pension forecast done and then probably top them up to ensure that we get a half pension. If you were moving within the EU they would not be frozen, but commonwealth countries get frozen?? I think there is a court case going on at the moment, which could result in that changing. So we thought we would hedge our bets.
Then we have to get our heads around the endowment, it has been running for 9 years, so if we cash in now we would pay UK tax. We could leave it and keep paying into it, but then when it matures we would pay Canadian tax on it??? Looks like the tax man will benefit most, how unfair, thats the corvette out the window.
Don't think he will get any tax back as it will almost be the end of the tax year when he goes, will still put the P85 in though, better in our pocket than the taxmans!
CharlieLike your wheels Mandy.....
The guy in the NI office told me that if we still paid our NI from Canada we still got our pension, that it was paid to you no matter where you lived in the world...is this crap then or what?
Dec 29th 2007, 2:54 pm
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Re: Oh My God!!!!!!!
Are you going to continue paying NI contributions then or not...ohhhh..its too late at night for me to be figuring out pensions
The guy in the NI office told me that if we still paid our NI from Canada we still got our pension, that it was paid to you no matter where you lived in the world...is this crap then or what?
The guy in the NI office told me that if we still paid our NI from Canada we still got our pension, that it was paid to you no matter where you lived in the world...is this crap then or what?
Counting down Al
Dec 29th 2007, 4:23 pm
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Re: Oh My God!!!!!!!
Dec 29th 2007, 6:30 pm
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Re: Oh My God!!!!!!!
Are you going to continue paying NI contributions then or not...ohhhh..its too late at night for me to be figuring out pensions
The guy in the NI office told me that if we still paid our NI from Canada we still got our pension, that it was paid to you no matter where you lived in the world...is this crap then or what?
The guy in the NI office told me that if we still paid our NI from Canada we still got our pension, that it was paid to you no matter where you lived in the world...is this crap then or what?
You can top up state pension before you leave...Which is when??
Charlie
Dec 30th 2007, 12:12 am
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Yes indeed you can continue paying your contributions, which will increase your UK pension at retirement. You can also make a lump sum payment to bring your contributions up to date. Hopefully in the near future the court case will have succeeded in overturning the inequities between countries. You can get all the info on the UK Pensions website http://www.thepensionservice.gov.uk/ipc/country.asp
Jan 31st 2008, 9:25 am
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Just thought I would update this.....
Had update off new employer the other day to say that they are expecting LMO soon....Not worried about that yet!
Leaving party being arranged for the 15th March, which is something else to organise. House about to go on the market, just need to get a few more things done, like sell 3 of the 5 cars and remove 20 tyres and various car parts out of the back garden, need to empty shed of car parts as well.
Chris leaves on the 25th March, starts new job on the 31st March. That gives him almost a week to find his bearings, rent an apartment, buy a Corvette (not sure when that got agreed????). Sort out driving licence, insurance, and sin card. He will also be visiting his new employer, learning about his new job and probably wondering what the hell he has done!
Anything else we have forgotten??
I plan to visit at the beginning of June, we need to pick an area to live in so that I can sort schools ready for September. We are not really sure of any areas, we visited Orangville and Shelburne when we were out in October, but I wasn't too sure. Chris will be spending his weekends looking at different areas, I have looked at different places on the internet, quite like Erin and Aurora, but it is very hard to do that, you can't really tell if you would actually want to live there.
Chris will arrange rented house for when the children and I arrive at the beginning of August. By which time I will have sold the house and shipped all our worldly goods. Sorted, ha ha....There's positive mental attitude for you!
My father who lives in France is interested in our Morris Minor, which adds another interesting twist as he/we would need to get that to the Mid Pyrenees!
We have friends visiting this weekend that we have not seen for two years, we spoke on the phone last night and they are hoping to move to SK, we had no idea about their plans and they had no idea about ours!
Guess what we will be talking about over a few drinks this weekend!
Charlie
Had update off new employer the other day to say that they are expecting LMO soon....Not worried about that yet!
Leaving party being arranged for the 15th March, which is something else to organise. House about to go on the market, just need to get a few more things done, like sell 3 of the 5 cars and remove 20 tyres and various car parts out of the back garden, need to empty shed of car parts as well.
Chris leaves on the 25th March, starts new job on the 31st March. That gives him almost a week to find his bearings, rent an apartment, buy a Corvette (not sure when that got agreed????). Sort out driving licence, insurance, and sin card. He will also be visiting his new employer, learning about his new job and probably wondering what the hell he has done!
Anything else we have forgotten??
I plan to visit at the beginning of June, we need to pick an area to live in so that I can sort schools ready for September. We are not really sure of any areas, we visited Orangville and Shelburne when we were out in October, but I wasn't too sure. Chris will be spending his weekends looking at different areas, I have looked at different places on the internet, quite like Erin and Aurora, but it is very hard to do that, you can't really tell if you would actually want to live there.
Chris will arrange rented house for when the children and I arrive at the beginning of August. By which time I will have sold the house and shipped all our worldly goods. Sorted, ha ha....There's positive mental attitude for you!
My father who lives in France is interested in our Morris Minor, which adds another interesting twist as he/we would need to get that to the Mid Pyrenees!
We have friends visiting this weekend that we have not seen for two years, we spoke on the phone last night and they are hoping to move to SK, we had no idea about their plans and they had no idea about ours!
Guess what we will be talking about over a few drinks this weekend!
Charlie
Jan 31st 2008, 9:54 am
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Re: Oh My God!!!!!!!
Congratulations!! Tell your friends (who are looking at Saskatchewan) to contact me for info or help.
Good luck
Good luck
Jan 31st 2008, 11:58 am
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Re: Oh My God!!!!!!!
Just thought I would update this.....
Had update off new employer the other day to say that they are expecting LMO soon....Not worried about that yet!
Leaving party being arranged for the 15th March, which is something else to organise. House about to go on the market, just need to get a few more things done, like sell 3 of the 5 cars and remove 20 tyres and various car parts out of the back garden, need to empty shed of car parts as well.
Chris leaves on the 25th March, starts new job on the 31st March. That gives him almost a week to find his bearings, rent an apartment, buy a Corvette (not sure when that got agreed????). Sort out driving licence, insurance, and sin card. He will also be visiting his new employer, learning about his new job and probably wondering what the hell he has done!
Anything else we have forgotten??
I plan to visit at the beginning of June, we need to pick an area to live in so that I can sort schools ready for September. We are not really sure of any areas, we visited Orangville and Shelburne when we were out in October, but I wasn't too sure. Chris will be spending his weekends looking at different areas, I have looked at different places on the internet, quite like Erin and Aurora, but it is very hard to do that, you can't really tell if you would actually want to live there.
Chris will arrange rented house for when the children and I arrive at the beginning of August. By which time I will have sold the house and shipped all our worldly goods. Sorted, ha ha....There's positive mental attitude for you!
My father who lives in France is interested in our Morris Minor, which adds another interesting twist as he/we would need to get that to the Mid Pyrenees!
We have friends visiting this weekend that we have not seen for two years, we spoke on the phone last night and they are hoping to move to SK, we had no idea about their plans and they had no idea about ours!
Guess what we will be talking about over a few drinks this weekend!
Charlie
Had update off new employer the other day to say that they are expecting LMO soon....Not worried about that yet!
Leaving party being arranged for the 15th March, which is something else to organise. House about to go on the market, just need to get a few more things done, like sell 3 of the 5 cars and remove 20 tyres and various car parts out of the back garden, need to empty shed of car parts as well.
Chris leaves on the 25th March, starts new job on the 31st March. That gives him almost a week to find his bearings, rent an apartment, buy a Corvette (not sure when that got agreed????). Sort out driving licence, insurance, and sin card. He will also be visiting his new employer, learning about his new job and probably wondering what the hell he has done!
Anything else we have forgotten??
I plan to visit at the beginning of June, we need to pick an area to live in so that I can sort schools ready for September. We are not really sure of any areas, we visited Orangville and Shelburne when we were out in October, but I wasn't too sure. Chris will be spending his weekends looking at different areas, I have looked at different places on the internet, quite like Erin and Aurora, but it is very hard to do that, you can't really tell if you would actually want to live there.
Chris will arrange rented house for when the children and I arrive at the beginning of August. By which time I will have sold the house and shipped all our worldly goods. Sorted, ha ha....There's positive mental attitude for you!
My father who lives in France is interested in our Morris Minor, which adds another interesting twist as he/we would need to get that to the Mid Pyrenees!
We have friends visiting this weekend that we have not seen for two years, we spoke on the phone last night and they are hoping to move to SK, we had no idea about their plans and they had no idea about ours!
Guess what we will be talking about over a few drinks this weekend!
Charlie A house, 3 cars the sorting and packing as well as container, 3 dogs and a new house would do,
hope you have a great weekend, hope the house sells quickly for you
Jan 31st 2008, 12:01 pm
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Re: Oh My God!!!!!!!
congrats charlie
look forward to seeing you over here in august
regards
steve
look forward to seeing you over here in august
regards
steve
Jan 31st 2008, 4:26 pm
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I'm sure you will see Chris before then and I am over in June, will come and see you and Cj.
Charlie