Over 40's Moving Back and Catching Up
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Re: OVER 50's & 60's Chit-Chat & Daily Catch-Up Thread
Wind song, I'm glad you are thinking of us!
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Hi Cheers!!!
I am so glad to be back and indeed I have been thinking of everyone a lot! I ought to know by now that when I think of this forum it is a sign that it is where I should be.
I am no further forward in planning a move than I was a year ago. The economy and job market in the midwest is outrageous and I have been surviving with short-term contract jobs - with gaps in between. Until I get a decent direct hire job, I am stuck. It grieves me terribly because I just turned 60 and I am no further forward. I do have a company pension I can take out but I am trying to leave it as long as possible but I am not sure I can leave it any longer. In two years (I think) I am eligible for SS and wanted to move back at that time but not sure I can.
I would like to revisit how much it costs to pay in to the UK pension plan. I left when I was 23 so didn't pay in much and it might be a lot to pay in now, I don't know - and it might not be possible to do it if the laws have changed but I don't know that they have.
Are you planning a move back yet? I know you wanted to go back at some point.
I am so glad to be back and indeed I have been thinking of everyone a lot! I ought to know by now that when I think of this forum it is a sign that it is where I should be.
I am no further forward in planning a move than I was a year ago. The economy and job market in the midwest is outrageous and I have been surviving with short-term contract jobs - with gaps in between. Until I get a decent direct hire job, I am stuck. It grieves me terribly because I just turned 60 and I am no further forward. I do have a company pension I can take out but I am trying to leave it as long as possible but I am not sure I can leave it any longer. In two years (I think) I am eligible for SS and wanted to move back at that time but not sure I can.
I would like to revisit how much it costs to pay in to the UK pension plan. I left when I was 23 so didn't pay in much and it might be a lot to pay in now, I don't know - and it might not be possible to do it if the laws have changed but I don't know that they have.
Are you planning a move back yet? I know you wanted to go back at some point.
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Re: OVER 50's & 60's Chit-Chat & Daily Catch-Up Thread
Get this.
A Brit who had been living in the US for 40 years and had a home and employment there. He went back to the UK for a visit and when he tried to return to the US he was denied entry.
Bother!
The reason given was because they said he wasn't loyal to the US?
Moral of this is be careful what you say.
A Brit who had been living in the US for 40 years and had a home and employment there. He went back to the UK for a visit and when he tried to return to the US he was denied entry.
Bother!
The reason given was because they said he wasn't loyal to the US?
Moral of this is be careful what you say.
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Get this.
A Brit who had been living in the US for 40 years and had a home and employment there. He went back to the UK for a visit and when he tried to return to the US he was denied entry.
Bother!
The reason given was because they said he wasn't loyal to the US?
Moral of this is be careful what you say.
A Brit who had been living in the US for 40 years and had a home and employment there. He went back to the UK for a visit and when he tried to return to the US he was denied entry.
Bother!
The reason given was because they said he wasn't loyal to the US?
Moral of this is be careful what you say.
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Re: OVER 50's & 60's Chit-Chat & Daily Catch-Up Thread
I just got my new passport.
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We found the State Department very efficient.
I recommend registered mail for your application.
One minor slip up. My new passport was returned to them as undeliverable. They sent it to the wrong state? They contacted me by phone and resent it overnight delivery. I thought that was nice of them. They were very pleasant to talk to on the phone. Not what I expected from the government.
I recommend registered mail for your application.
One minor slip up. My new passport was returned to them as undeliverable. They sent it to the wrong state? They contacted me by phone and resent it overnight delivery. I thought that was nice of them. They were very pleasant to talk to on the phone. Not what I expected from the government.
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She likes most English things. The list is endless.
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We found the State Department very efficient.
I recommend registered mail for your application.
One minor slip up. My new passport was returned to them as undeliverable. They sent it to the wrong state? They contacted me by phone and resent it overnight delivery. I thought that was nice of them. They were very pleasant to talk to on the phone. Not what I expected from the government.
I recommend registered mail for your application.
One minor slip up. My new passport was returned to them as undeliverable. They sent it to the wrong state? They contacted me by phone and resent it overnight delivery. I thought that was nice of them. They were very pleasant to talk to on the phone. Not what I expected from the government.
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Maybe you could begin to spend more time in the UK so that you go between both countries and you get the best of both worlds
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And its very nice to hear from you again, how are you? I dont think they had green cards in the days of silent movies you know when Charley Chaplin was a young man,
Rodney.