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Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jan 3rd 2023, 11:33 am
Replies: 7
Views: 1,075
Posted By MrFlibble

Re: US bank account after moving back to UK

I have a Schwab bank account that I opened before I moved back to the UK. I can trickle money into it from retirement accounts and send the money over when exchange rates are beneficial. They are...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Nov 23rd 2022, 10:40 am
Replies: 8
Views: 748
Posted By MrFlibble

Re: Vignette but no e-mail

Email showing BRP pick up and visa dates came through today from Solicitor. Glasgow here we come! :drinkingwine:
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Nov 23rd 2022, 10:14 am
Replies: 8
Views: 748
Posted By MrFlibble

Re: Vignette but no e-mail

Biometrics was 29 June. I think our UPS tracker for the passport went active at 100 days and arrived a day later. (20 weeks from bio)
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Nov 23rd 2022, 12:25 am
Replies: 8
Views: 748
Posted By MrFlibble

Re: Vignette but no e-mail

No letter with the visa, just the return of the application pages. And on the VFS Global tracker the text still reads “Your application GWFxxxxxxxxxx has been submitted to UKVI for processing”. I...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Nov 20th 2022, 12:45 am
Replies: 8
Views: 748
Posted By MrFlibble

Re: Vignette but no e-mail

Thank you marigoldfairy. We had no letter with the passport, hence our confusion, but it’s good to know that they didn’t request it. Cheers.
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Nov 19th 2022, 1:17 pm
Replies: 8
Views: 748
Posted By MrFlibble

Vignette but no e-mail

My wife received her US passport yesterday with her vignette valid from 27 November. It came from the New York processing center. But she has not received an email confirming the successful spouse...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
May 23rd 2022, 2:14 pm
Replies: 14
Views: 1,935
Posted By MrFlibble

Re: Very overwhelmed - advice please

You might want to consider a Cunard transatlantic crossing from New York to Southampton. They allow pets on board( Link (https://www.cunard.com/en-us/inspiration/life-on-board/pets-on-board) ) as...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
May 1st 2022, 5:29 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 914
Posted By MrFlibble

Re: Advice needed: Canadian married to Brit, considering moving back to UK

Do you have equity in your house? You could sell the house, release the equity and make a spouse visa application using cash as the way to meet the financial requirement. You need £62500 to do this.
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Apr 29th 2022, 1:07 pm
Replies: 24
Views: 2,955
Posted By MrFlibble

Re: Initial place to stay on our return to England.

How does the Air bnb work when making the visa application? When filling in the application one doesn’t know when the vignette will be granted and when one will be able to jump on a plane especially...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Apr 27th 2022, 7:04 pm
Replies: 8
Views: 1,472
Posted By MrFlibble

Re: Capital gains tax

I found this useful.


https://www.aesinternational.com/blog/expat-guide-to-property-tax-in-the-uk

Under UK law, if you meet the conditions for private residence relief (PRR), you don’t have to...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Apr 27th 2022, 1:24 pm
Replies: 8
Views: 1,472
Posted By MrFlibble

Re: Capital gains tax

Durham lad - surely if the home you’re selling is your main home then it’s UK CGT exempt?
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Dec 6th 2017, 6:12 pm
Replies: 19
Views: 2,204
Posted By MrFlibble

Re: Suggestion

Yes - that's what I was thinking. Like when I arrived in the USA in 2001 I had the nice tax lady do my taxes and then moved over to H&R Block after a couple of years.
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Dec 6th 2017, 6:10 pm
Replies: 19
Views: 2,204
Posted By MrFlibble

Re: Filing UK and US taxes

Good to know, Vadio.
Forum: The Welcome Inn
Dec 5th 2017, 6:49 pm
Replies: 1
Views: 521
Posted By MrFlibble

Hello all

Just wanted to say hello to everyone. I'm 58 and live in Austin TX, but originally from the Wirral. Been in Texas since 2001 and am planning to head back to Blighty in a couple of years or so.
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Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Dec 5th 2017, 6:26 pm
Replies: 19
Views: 2,204
Posted By MrFlibble

Re: Filing UK and US taxes

I'm pretty much in the same boat as Jensmate. Dual US/UK citizen (wife US citizen) and retiring back to the UK in a couple of years after 20 years in Texas. I'll have US Social Security and a 401k...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Nov 12th 2017, 1:45 pm
Replies: 23
Views: 3,338
Posted By MrFlibble

Re: Organizing finances before potential return to UK

I shall be retiring in a couple of years and will move back to the UK. I have dual US/UK citizenship. I investigated what to do with my 401k etc and the fact that many US financial companies don't...
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