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Forum: Moving back or to the UK

Jul 6th 2011, 10:57 pm

Replies: 2

Received Child Benefit straight away

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Posted By Ayala123

Received Child Benefit straight away

Just to report - I recently returned to the UK after 7 years away (in a non-EU country. I filled out my child benefit forms and sent them off, expecting to be told I would have to wait 6 months to...

Forum: Moving back or to the UK

Apr 13th 2011, 6:54 am

Replies: 6

Letting agency references /logistics

Views: 962

Posted By Ayala123

Re: Letting agency references /logistics

Thanks, I will look into that - hadn't heard of homefinders!
:)

Forum: Moving back or to the UK

Apr 13th 2011, 5:39 am

Replies: 6

Letting agency references /logistics

Views: 962

Posted By Ayala123

Re: Letting agency references /logistics

Thank you everyone who replied. The storage is an option but I am yet to find an agent or landlord who is more flexible...still there is 6 weeks left still....stressful!

Forum: Moving back or to the UK

Apr 6th 2011, 7:04 pm

Replies: 6

Letting agency references /logistics

Views: 962

Posted By Ayala123

Letting agency references /logistics

Hi

I am moving back to the UK on June 1st and having problems with the logistics at the UK end. I will need to rent a house but everything seems to be through agencies these days, and they...

Forum: The Rovers Return

Jan 3rd 2011, 6:52 am

Replies: 292

Scared of Making Wrong Decision

Views: 27,475

Posted By Ayala123

Re: Scared of Making Wrong Decision

5.5 months! Have chosen a shipping company and now need to choose a date for them to come and pack - and decide what we will do for the month that we will be without basically everything except our...

Forum: The Rovers Return

Dec 30th 2010, 3:39 am

Replies: 292

Scared of Making Wrong Decision

Views: 27,475

Posted By Ayala123

Re: Scared of Making Wrong Decision

So very true! Life is for living and experiencing :-)

Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)

Dec 29th 2010, 5:51 pm

Replies: 18

3 year residency rule for uni

Views: 12,106

Posted By Ayala123

Re: 3 year residency rule for uni

I looked into this last year for my 14 yr old son who has been living outside the EU with me for the past 6 years. I wanted to find out if he would have to pay to go to a community college to do his...

Forum: Moving back or to the UK

Dec 29th 2010, 5:45 pm

Replies: 8

Expired UK passport; Can I travel to the UK?

Views: 5,093

Posted By Ayala123

Re: Expired UK passport; Can I travel to the UK?

I guess this reply is a little late but if you go in person to the British consulate in Jordan and show them your expired UK passport, won't they give you an emergency passport that same day - or...

Forum: The Rovers Return

Dec 29th 2010, 5:25 pm

Replies: 292

Scared of Making Wrong Decision

Views: 27,475

Posted By Ayala123

Re: Scared of Making Wrong Decision

Charley - no offence meant to your home town :-) - it is possible that spending 3 years in a council house in B.Leys while I did my nurse training may have skewed my impression slightly ;-) Being...

Forum: Moving back or to the UK

Dec 29th 2010, 3:34 am

Replies: 13

Moving back sooner than expected. Where do we start?

Views: 2,040

Posted By Ayala123

Re: Moving back sooner than expected. Where do we start?

1) Get a removal company out fast to quote with a full packing service.
2) chuck out the junk
3) Book tickets
4) Go out for a meal and celebrate!
5) Arrange your leaving party.

Have you got a...

Forum: The Rovers Return

Dec 29th 2010, 3:32 am

Replies: 292

Scared of Making Wrong Decision

Views: 27,475

Posted By Ayala123

Re: Scared of Making Wrong Decision

LOL - yesterday morning I was stressed about going back - this morning I was stressed because I just want to be already out of here and back home in sunny England!

:scaredhair:

Long deep...

Forum: The Rovers Return

Dec 28th 2010, 2:23 am

Replies: 292

Scared of Making Wrong Decision

Views: 27,475

Posted By Ayala123

Re: Scared of Making Wrong Decision

You could be right - thinking about it, it was fine when I was in my teens and twenties, and living all over London, then when I moved to SW Ireland I felt a bit out of it for 4 years (close knit...

Forum: The Trailer Park

Dec 27th 2010, 11:30 pm

Replies: 12

My moment of madness..

Views: 1,872

Posted By Ayala123

Re: My moment of madness..

That is so lovely - sounds like you have great friends and family to go back to - and what an amazing husband!
:)

Forum: The Trailer Park

Dec 27th 2010, 10:59 pm

Replies: 12

My moment of madness..

Views: 1,872

Posted By Ayala123

Re: My moment of madness..

That is so lovely - sounds like you have great friends and family to go back to - and what an amazing husband!
:)

Forum: The Rovers Return

Dec 27th 2010, 5:24 pm

Replies: 292

Scared of Making Wrong Decision

Views: 27,475

Posted By Ayala123

Re: Scared of Making Wrong Decision

Sorry to jump in on this discussion but I am wondering if anyone else feels between a rock and a hard place as far as fitting in socially back home?

All my life I didn't feel that I fitted in in...

Forum: Moving back or to the UK

Dec 11th 2010, 7:27 am

Replies: 74

moveing to u.k from usa with a dog

Views: 6,536

Posted By Ayala123

Re: moveing to u.k from usa with a dog

How do you avoid quarantine? Is the US included in the PETS scheme or something? I am moving back from Israel in June, my dog is micro-chipped and vaccinated against rabies but the PETS scheme...

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