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Forum: Australia
Mar 19th 2014, 11:26 am
Replies: 12
Views: 1,151
Posted By Zenshin

Re: Help with Banking Job Opportunities?

Hi, I work in this type of role in the Bank I work for i.e open accounts, personal loans/credit cards. I don't do telling or home loans though. It is not a major 4 bank though. We have loads of UK...
Forum: Australia
Apr 14th 2013, 12:20 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 995
Posted By Zenshin

Re: Australian Will or UK Will?

Thank you. Yes planning on staying here for now as we are originally from here. Now just got to find a decently priced solicitor ha! ha! :p
Forum: Australia
Apr 14th 2013, 1:09 am
Replies: 4
Views: 995
Posted By Zenshin

Question Australian Will or UK Will?

Hey guys, anyone know what differences there may be with setting up an Australian will as opposed to a UK one? We have not set one up yet mainly due to not being sure which one is best for us. We are...
Forum: Australia
Apr 19th 2012, 12:31 pm
Replies: 16
Views: 3,098
Posted By Zenshin

Re: NAB Gold Banking: no more free overseas ATM use

May I suggest a one of the Platinum credit cards with Bankwest. Obviously you need to be eligible but they waive the foreign transaction fee (normally 2.95% on the other cards) and you can load the...
Forum: Australia
Apr 19th 2012, 12:28 pm
Replies: 8
Views: 1,020
Posted By Zenshin

Re: Travel Insurance

oops I may have read their post wrong. It said they were travelling one way so I assumed they were emigrating.
Forum: Australia
Apr 19th 2012, 5:52 am
Replies: 8
Views: 1,020
Posted By Zenshin

Re: Travel Insurance

Read the fine print. The travel insurance my bank offers stipulate that you must be australian resident so if you are emigrating back to the uk and don't have return flights your policy will be...
Forum: Australia
Apr 13th 2012, 12:17 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 2,349
Posted By Zenshin

Re: stranded / rbs card reader

Not sure if this helps but the readers can be used for any bank. My barclays one stopped working and figured I might as well try the nationwide one and would you believe it worked. Sorry I am in...
Forum: Australia
Dec 22nd 2011, 1:59 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 1,768
Posted By Zenshin

Re: Bank charge for items bought from Next Australia

You are also charged the fee even if you are paying in Australian dollars if the company charging it are registered outside of Australia. So no actual currency conversion has taken place. The fine...
Forum: Australia
Nov 26th 2011, 10:35 pm
Replies: 2
Views: 686
Posted By Zenshin

Re: Austrailian Photos

Do you have a digital camera and half decent printer? I checked the size they required and printed mine up at home. Follow the guidelines that they give on the passport application.i.e. White...
Forum: Australia
Oct 10th 2011, 1:43 pm
Replies: 11
Views: 1,830
Posted By Zenshin

Re: Rent Increases in Perth

Last year we extended our lease by another year and in the contract it had a clause to say they could increase it in line with current market values. As it turned out they didn't but now after...
Forum: Australia
Sep 27th 2011, 2:16 pm
Replies: 12
Views: 2,357
Posted By Zenshin

Re: TAX RETURN

You can definitely offset foreign rental losses against your income, this is what negative gearing is. Australia makes you declare all worldwide income but at the same time any losses you have are...
Forum: Australia
Jul 5th 2011, 1:05 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 652
Posted By Zenshin

Re: Transferring cash from Bankwest to UK bank

Bankwest does not have the facility to do online international transfers. You can do a telegraphic transfer though it will cost $ 35 at this end. I can recommend using ozforex. Once you have...
Forum: Australia
Jul 4th 2011, 2:38 pm
Replies: 53
Views: 5,914
Posted By Zenshin

Re: Lenders Mortgage Insurance?

Lenders mortgage insurance is an insurance for the bank and will cover their shortfall should the sale of the property not cover the outstanding mortgage you have with them. However, the company...
Forum: Australia
May 28th 2011, 1:21 am
Replies: 75
Views: 8,840
Posted By Zenshin

Re: Selling/renting out house in UK

My mum had a call from Austrac a couple of years ago. I had savings in my Oz bank account and needed $ 20 k to be sent to me in the Uk. She arranged for the transfer on my behalf and they were...
Forum: Australia
Apr 20th 2011, 3:19 am
Replies: 8
Views: 9,463
Posted By Zenshin

Re: insure-your-move

Yes we used insure your move. Can't fault them. We had a lot of items to specify due to my husbands excessive music collection. You specify any item worth over £750. Make sure you work out the...
Forum: Australia
Apr 12th 2011, 12:27 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 675
Posted By Zenshin

Re: Shipping Question RE: Packing Glass Furniture

You might want to check with your chosen removal company. We had a glass topped table that could flat pack. They pulled ours apart and a wooden crate was made for the glass. Don't think it added much...
Forum: Australia
Mar 16th 2011, 3:27 am
Replies: 19
Views: 1,981
Posted By Zenshin

Re: Need to move money, who will i use?

I would not use the banks. I work in one and the staff rates can't even compare with the likes of ozforex never mind the public rates. They also have higher fees.

I always transfer £3k or more at...
Forum: Australia
Mar 13th 2011, 3:00 am
Replies: 61
Views: 11,695
Posted By Zenshin

Re: How do you pronounce Joondalup

How strange. Daughters school has just introduced a new method of learning as they have found the kids are not picking up pronunciation and spelling correctly even though they can read. It's some new...
Forum: Australia
Jan 31st 2011, 2:28 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 1,148
Posted By Zenshin

Smile Re: Any recommendations for currency transfer

Can also recommend oz forex/ uk forex. I work in a bank and even the staff foreign exchange rates can't compete with them. They are fast at transferring too. No fees for amounts over 3000 gbp either.
Forum: Australia
Oct 9th 2010, 2:11 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 1,162
Posted By Zenshin

Re: Insurance - Letton Percival etc - breakages packing/unpacking

Alternatively use Insure your move. We did and had to make a claim for some broken drawers, dvd player that would not work (and the cost of getting a quote for fixing it). There was no excess as we...
Forum: Australia
Aug 15th 2010, 2:52 pm
Replies: 26
Views: 4,192
Posted By Zenshin

Re: Renting out UK property while in Oz

Our mortgage is with Northern Rock and we had to apply for a consent to let. Initially they weren't going to approve it as we asked for an indefinite time period but they agreed on a one year term to...
Forum: Australia
Aug 15th 2010, 2:35 pm
Replies: 118
Views: 49,275
Posted By Zenshin

UK schooling vs Australia for young children

I was really looking forward to us returning to Australia as I wanted our daughter to be educated here. Now four months on I can honestly say I am rather disappointed. I did not appreciate how...
Forum: Australia
Aug 10th 2010, 12:21 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 680
Posted By Zenshin

Re: Shipping car and house contents

I haven't personally shipped a car over but a friend shipped his beloved Jaguar over a couple of years back. Not sure who he used but he definitely would not be recommending them as they didn't crate...
Forum: Australia
Jul 15th 2010, 9:50 am
Replies: 15
Views: 3,898
Posted By Zenshin

Re: Passport for a newborn baby

Depending on how old your baby is, it does not necessarily need to have its eyes open.

We came back to Oz to have our baby and as we need to get back pretty quickly, our little one had her first...
Forum: Australia
Jul 9th 2010, 12:18 pm
Replies: 49
Views: 3,805
Posted By Zenshin

Re: laptops??

:rofl: You are pulling his leg aren't you?

As if they would have the time to do that. We brought 2 laptops in and not one person even asked to look at them in addition to the external hard drives...
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