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Forum: The Barbie
Mar 28th 2023, 10:54 pm
Replies: 12
Views: 1,599
Posted By SoCalDon

Re: Moving money to Australia

Thank you Tom. I just downloaded XE and it looks good. I appreciate your recommendation.
Forum: The Barbie
Mar 24th 2023, 2:11 am
Replies: 12
Views: 1,599
Posted By SoCalDon

Re: Moving money to Australia

Thanks Pulaski, thankfully mine's a civil service one and is not taxable according to the ATO :)
Forum: The Barbie
Mar 23rd 2023, 7:45 pm
Replies: 12
Views: 1,599
Posted By SoCalDon

Moving money to Australia

Since the GBP has been so weak for so long, I have a UK pension paid into my UK bank account and I am leaving it there until the Pound gets its act together. At some stage though I'm going to want to...
Forum: The Barbie
Mar 23rd 2023, 8:09 am
Replies: 7
Views: 1,285
Posted By SoCalDon

Re: UK Passport - worth having?

Thank you everyone for your comments. I will certainly renew the bugger. Worth having just in case :)
Forum: The Barbie
Mar 20th 2023, 2:17 am
Replies: 7
Views: 1,285
Posted By SoCalDon

Re: UK Passport - worth having?

Hi Sarah,

thank you so much for your reply. That makes good sense and will make a worthwhile investment. Been a long time since I had a blue passport as well!

I really appreciate your help.
...
Forum: The Barbie
Mar 20th 2023, 12:38 am
Replies: 7
Views: 1,285
Posted By SoCalDon

UK Passport - worth having?

Hi Guys,

I have British and Australian citizenship and just noticed that my UK passport expired in January. I have a valid Australian passport and I'm just wondering if it's worth renewing my UK...
Forum: The Barbie
Dec 7th 2021, 7:19 am
Replies: 21
Views: 2,301
Posted By SoCalDon

Re: Favourite Christmas present as a youngster

I got a Johnny Seven Gun. Awesome it was. Did a fair bit of damage with it on Christmas Day.
Forum: The Barbie
Jul 15th 2021, 10:56 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 602
Posted By SoCalDon

Re: Christmas in July

It's pretty big around here in Stanthorpe. The coldest town in Queensland and loads of tourists head down here from Brissy in the winter. We have the Christmas Tree Farm in town and they are doing a...
Forum: The Barbie
Jul 5th 2021, 9:52 pm
Replies: 245
Views: 21,778
Posted By SoCalDon

Re: Have you been jabbed?

I had my first AZ a couple of weeks ago and seem to have survived. Stung a bit on the way in, arm hurt like a bugger for a few days and felt a bit fluey the next day. Same reaction for my wife....
Forum: Australia
Dec 5th 2020, 9:28 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 1,101
Posted By SoCalDon

Re: Australian Business Number (ABN)

You're right, they are very helpful when you call them. We left an apostrophe out of our business name and they let us change it.
Forum: Australia
Dec 2nd 2020, 8:09 am
Replies: 4
Views: 1,101
Posted By SoCalDon

Re: Australian Business Number (ABN)

I don't fully understand it all but, a few weeks ago, my wife and I wanted to start up a new company. It kept on defaulting to our personal ABN's. We had apply to form a partnership and then we were...
Forum: The Barbie
Apr 30th 2020, 9:09 am
Replies: 69
Views: 14,751
Posted By SoCalDon

Re: Topping up your National Insurance Contributions

Just heard back from HMRC and I found that I am eligible for class two payments which is very exciting. The upshot of this is instead of paying 780GBP for each of the seven years unpaid NI...
Forum: The Barbie
Apr 28th 2020, 10:54 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 1,931
Posted By SoCalDon

Re: State pension exchange rates

I've been in receipt of a private pension from the UK for over 20 years and up until last year, I always had it dropped into my foreign bank account directly. They would just use the exchange rate of...
Forum: Australia
Mar 19th 2020, 11:10 pm
Replies: 17
Views: 1,709
Posted By SoCalDon

Re: Check different comapnies' forex rates before transferring

I had to buy some large items from China and had to pay in USD. I used SendFX and was very pleased with the transactions.

I always imagined that transfers of less than $10k would alert the ATO too...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Mar 17th 2020, 4:36 am
Replies: 3
Views: 499
Posted By SoCalDon

Re: 801 stat dec Question

Yes. They’ll need to take identification along with them too.
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Mar 16th 2020, 10:43 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 499
Posted By SoCalDon

Re: 801 stat dec Question

I just found my Form 888's and they have to be signed by your neighbour/friend and witnessed by a JP.
Forum: The Barbie
Mar 4th 2020, 8:50 pm
Replies: 69
Views: 14,751
Posted By SoCalDon

Re: Topping up your National Insurance Contributions

Just logged in the my NI account and I am allowed to pay for years 2006/07 onwards. It says if I pay before 5/4/2023 it will cost me 780 GBP. It says elsewhere that usually you can only make up the...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Mar 2nd 2020, 8:59 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 881
Posted By SoCalDon

Re: Citizenship application query

I found my citizenship application to be a piece of cake. They're not going to ask for anything that you haven't already provided during your 820/801 application. The only issue I had was that they...
Forum: The Barbie
Feb 27th 2020, 9:49 pm
Replies: 69
Views: 14,751
Posted By SoCalDon

Re: Topping up your National Insurance Contributions

I actually have the letter here from 2015

"So far you have 4 qualifying years, worth $15.46 a week"

I can't get an online account to check her records because it's impossible to identify her...
Forum: The Barbie
Feb 27th 2020, 9:31 pm
Replies: 69
Views: 14,751
Posted By SoCalDon

Re: Topping up your National Insurance Contributions

Bizarrely, although Sal only worked for six months, when we checked her contributions it shows four qualifying years therefore she would 'only' have to make up 26 years if she is allowed to. She's...
Forum: The Barbie
Feb 24th 2020, 9:48 pm
Replies: 69
Views: 14,751
Posted By SoCalDon

Topping up your National Insurance Contributions

I've been away from England for yonks now and I realised that I have to make up 7 years of National Insurance contributions to qualify for a full pension. If you're in the same boat, google and...
Forum: Australia
Feb 20th 2020, 9:48 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 1,114
Posted By SoCalDon

Re: No sympathy required

Can't comment on the disqual but I do know that neither my HGV1 from England or my bus driving licence from America were transferable to my QLD driving license. All I could transfer automatically was...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Feb 20th 2020, 9:39 pm
Replies: 10
Views: 780
Posted By SoCalDon

Re: Granted an 820 visa, now what?

Having gone through the 820, 801 and citizenship process over the last seven years, my best advice is not to worry about it. Just get on with your lives and, as long as you're in a committed...
Forum: Australia
Jan 24th 2020, 12:56 am
Replies: 21
Views: 3,231
Posted By SoCalDon

Re: I have almost 4 thousand pound to transfer

I used SendFX to buy a couple of items in China and I was very pleased with the transactions Dave Caldaralo on 0756195709 was my rep and he was awesome. I need to move some money from my bank in...
Forum: The Barbie
Dec 9th 2019, 9:30 pm
Replies: 0
Views: 642
Posted By SoCalDon

Smile Marriage Allowance

This is not going to help everybody on here but it might come in handy for some of you. It certainly helped me!

I had a friend come over from England last week and we were talking about taxes and...
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