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Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Mar 18th 2018, 1:20 am
Replies: 12
Views: 1,860
Posted By OdysseusLite

Re: MN1 Biometrics from USA

Thanks for the clarification and link. :thumbup:
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Mar 17th 2018, 10:49 pm
Replies: 12
Views: 1,860
Posted By OdysseusLite

Re: MN1 Biometrics from USA

Years ago I read somewhere that you could register births with the British consulate, but when I tried they told me they don’t do that anymore. As long as you have proof that you are British by...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Mar 17th 2018, 6:28 am
Replies: 12
Views: 1,860
Posted By OdysseusLite

Re: MN1 Biometrics from USA

Sorry, can’t help you with that. I have no experience with biometrics. Here is the UK government website for online passport applications for people applying from outside the UK. It says nothing...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Mar 17th 2018, 2:32 am
Replies: 12
Views: 1,860
Posted By OdysseusLite

Re: MN1 Biometrics from USA

Not sure what you mean by filing for British citizenship. If you were born in the UK, your children are automatically citizens by descent. No filing is necessary or possible as far as I know. My...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jan 11th 2016, 12:37 pm
Replies: 142
Views: 23,713
Posted By OdysseusLite

Re: How much £ is enough?

Makes sense, thanks Pulaski.
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jan 11th 2016, 12:07 pm
Replies: 142
Views: 23,713
Posted By OdysseusLite

Re: How much £ is enough?

Albert, if you are planning to buy those Class 2 NICs, be aware that you must have worked enough time to earn a National Insurance stamp in the year prior to your departure from the country. I was...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Nov 12th 2014, 12:04 pm
Replies: 27
Views: 3,362
Posted By OdysseusLite

Re: Where have you/will you settle once back in UK?

I was born & raised in an Oxford suburb; now in the U.S. Although I watch every episode of Inspector Morse to catch any fleeting glimpse of my beloved City of Dreaming Spires, I probably wouldn’t...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Oct 14th 2014, 1:43 am
Replies: 13,083
Views: 1,438,071
Posted By OdysseusLite

Re: Over 40's Moving Back and Catching Up

I bought my daughter a laptop with 8 on it and she says it’s not so bad but I can’t figure it out at all. And I’ve used every Windows version since 3.0. The guy at the computer store told me he...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Oct 13th 2014, 6:17 am
Replies: 13,083
Views: 1,438,071
Posted By OdysseusLite

Re: Over 40's Moving Back and Catching Up

Mallory, you red my mind.:p
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Oct 6th 2014, 11:56 am
Replies: 13,083
Views: 1,438,071
Posted By OdysseusLite

Re: Over 40's Moving Back and Catching Up

We called them Jubblies too. And we had Lucky Bags. Don’t know where I got the Jubilee and Jamboree from. Must be going senile. I remember the sherbert fountains. Weren’t they in a yellow tube...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Oct 5th 2014, 11:30 am
Replies: 13,083
Views: 1,438,071
Posted By OdysseusLite

Re: Over 40's Moving Back and Catching Up

I remember Jubblies too! That was a looong time ago. I think they were actually called Jubilee and we used to get them frozen sometimes. I only remember the orange. Any of you old enough to remember...
Forum: The Rovers Return
Oct 5th 2014, 10:31 am
Replies: 24
Views: 2,516
Posted By OdysseusLite

Re: 30 years tomorrow..

I love to read these stories. Every life is a unique and great adventure.

I came to the US in January 1980 to visit a girl I met in Paris. Then I took a Greyhound Bus across country to California....
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
May 26th 2014, 2:23 am
Replies: 146
Views: 22,039
Posted By OdysseusLite

Re: UK visa spouse requirements - HELP

Pre-tax income is okay, BUT you have to have been earning that for 6 months prior to entering UK and you must also have a firm job offer in UK paying at least that much. Alternatively, you can go...
Forum: The Rovers Return
May 25th 2014, 11:06 am
Replies: 83
Views: 61,871
Posted By OdysseusLite

Re: What to take back - What's cheaper in US than UK

True confessions - I have actually tried putting on my glasses while already wearing another pair. More than once! :o It's good to know they are cheap in the UK too. That's one less thing to take.
Forum: The Rovers Return
May 21st 2014, 1:26 pm
Replies: 495
Views: 54,104
Posted By OdysseusLite

Re: What makes Britain Great?

:D
Forum: The Rovers Return
May 21st 2014, 12:55 pm
Replies: 83
Views: 61,871
Posted By OdysseusLite

Re: What to take back - What's cheaper in US than UK

For me, the mementos would be about all I could take. After packing my kid’s art projects, favorite old toys and books, etc. I will have no room for anything else unless I rent the QE II. I will...
Forum: The Rovers Return
Apr 11th 2014, 9:22 am
Replies: 204
Views: 20,574
Posted By OdysseusLite

Re: UK economy

Of course, the fiat currency-based global finance system is a house of cards built on a rickety table perched on the nose of a drunken unicyclist who is weaving through a crowd of banana-eating...
Forum: The Rovers Return
Apr 9th 2014, 11:35 am
Replies: 204
Views: 20,574
Posted By OdysseusLite

Re: UK economy

I'm glad to hear you're doing okay. Out here things seem to be slowly recovering. The job numbers have to be taken with a pinch of something and wages are going nowhere. I'm working two jobs and...
Forum: The Rovers Return
Apr 8th 2014, 11:00 am
Replies: 204
Views: 20,574
Posted By OdysseusLite

Re: UK economy

I do agree, Editha, that it is time to move on from this discussion. There is another thread specifically for political discussions which, in my experience, never end with anyone convincing anyone...
Forum: The Rovers Return
Apr 6th 2014, 11:52 am
Replies: 204
Views: 20,574
Posted By OdysseusLite

Re: UK economy

My sentiments exactly.
Forum: The Rovers Return
Apr 6th 2014, 5:20 am
Replies: 204
Views: 20,574
Posted By OdysseusLite

Re: UK economy

I hear you brother. The reason I came to this thread was because I would love to move back home but finances prevent. I was laid off from a sweet government job 4 years ago and my wife lost her job 2...
Forum: The Rovers Return
Apr 6th 2014, 3:52 am
Replies: 495
Views: 54,104
Posted By OdysseusLite

Re: What makes Britain Great?

Exactly! And angry koalas. Their eucalyptus breath is nasty.
Forum: The Rovers Return
Apr 6th 2014, 1:40 am
Replies: 495
Views: 54,104
Posted By OdysseusLite

Re: What makes Britain Great?

heartbreakingly lovely, accessible countryside
genuine, self-effacing people (not excluding Facetious Pedants) who are kind to animals
stunning architecture – cathedrals to cottages
British TV...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Mar 16th 2014, 11:08 am
Replies: 91
Views: 13,138
Posted By OdysseusLite

Re: NI contributions and catch up

Here’s the address. Not sure if the caseworker number is specific to me.

Customer Operations
National Insurance Contributions Office
International Caseworker BP1301
Benton Park View...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Mar 10th 2014, 12:32 pm
Replies: 91
Views: 13,138
Posted By OdysseusLite

Re: NI contributions and catch up

Hi Richard,
To pay voluntary NICs, you have to have paid a certain number of years (3, I think) in the UK before leaving. Also you have to have a “complete NI record” immediately prior to...
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