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Forum: Canada
Apr 17th 2026, 4:17 pm
Replies: 67
Views: 8,891
Posted By Kingsboy48

Re: ETA in effect for Canadians 25 February 2026

.... but British citizens are not permitted to enter, or attempt to enter, using an ETA. It's really not that complicated, British citizen? If yes then get a passport or certificate of entitlement to...
Forum: Canada
Mar 26th 2026, 2:22 am
Replies: 2
Views: 554
Posted By Kingsboy48

Re: US probate from Canada

Sorry for your loss.
You can set up a US$ account (as well as CAN$) at EQbank, which is online only. You will get routing number and account number etc from EQ to which funds can be transferred....
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Feb 28th 2026, 11:41 am
Replies: 4
Views: 1,539
Posted By Kingsboy48

Re: L-1 Visa - Speeding conviction

Hi, so could you update us on what happened and how it affects your plans. Thanks
Forum: Canada
Feb 26th 2026, 9:21 am
Replies: 3
Views: 468
Posted By Kingsboy48

Re: Mattress; fumigate or not

I think you may find that mattress sizes vary internationally. We shipped a matress(and bed frame) from Germany but there was about 5cm difference and buying sheets etc for a non-standard Canadian...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Feb 24th 2026, 12:23 pm
Replies: 25
Views: 1,687
Posted By Kingsboy48

Re: UK Frozen Pensions

Assuming you paid 12 years NI contributions then you would get 12/35 of the uk pension in effect at your pensionable age. Current full pension is about 230 pounds a week.
Forum: Canada
Feb 24th 2026, 11:50 am
Replies: 67
Views: 8,891
Posted By Kingsboy48

Re: ETA in effect for Canadians 25 February 2026

Presumably you decided to omit that you are a UK citizen so, in effect, you lied. So I would think you may have an issue but would expect you to get your knuckles rapped but you cannot be denied...
Forum: Canada
Feb 22nd 2026, 12:48 pm
Replies: 8
Views: 1,307
Posted By Kingsboy48

Re: O2 SIM / eSIM

Does anyone know if one is in the UK one can get an eSim with US number ?

I believe you can buy a number 'from' around 100 countries from www.voip.ms which you can then port to your esim.
Forum: Canada
Feb 17th 2026, 12:52 pm
Replies: 14
Views: 2,818
Posted By Kingsboy48

Re: Change to Dual Nationals travel to UK 26th Feb 2026

... and all Commonwealth countries should have UK state pension recipients pensions annually uprated, oh, sorry, wrong thread!!
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Feb 7th 2026, 2:24 pm
Replies: 22
Views: 2,215
Posted By Kingsboy48

Re: Renewing UK passport

From Canada I sent my old UK Passport back using regular Canada Post, not tracked, not signed for but OH not happy I cheaped out! Got there easy enough and processed pretty quickly.
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Feb 7th 2026, 2:17 pm
Replies: 22
Views: 2,215
Posted By Kingsboy48

Re: Renewing UK passport

My daughter is in a similar situation but I looked at the UK Passport website and there was a section about emergency travel to UK with a valid UK passport. Don't know if a trip in March is...
Forum: Canada
Jan 2nd 2026, 11:28 am
Replies: 5
Views: 1,160
Posted By Kingsboy48

Re: Moving from UK to Edmonton - Advice needed on schools, homes and healthcare

Hi, we live in Stony Plain, just a little west of Edmonton. We sometimes drive into Edmonton, usually along hwy 627 to 'The Henday' ( the ring road), as the other poster noted there are LOTS of new...
Forum: Canada
Dec 15th 2025, 1:45 pm
Replies: 2
Views: 953
Posted By Kingsboy48

Re: DWP pension

So long as you have (or can pay for) at least 10 years full National Insurance contributions you can claim the UK state pension at the appropriate age.
You will have to include it on your Canadian...
Forum: Canada
Dec 11th 2025, 3:34 pm
Replies: 2
Views: 768
Posted By Kingsboy48

Re: Premium Bonds and ISAs

Hi, I do not know about ISAs but you can continue to hold, buy and sell Premium Bonds just as you do in the UK. We have lived in Canada for decades but have invested (I use the term loosely!) spare...
Forum: Canada
Dec 1st 2025, 6:36 am
Replies: 67
Views: 8,891
Posted By Kingsboy48

Re: ETA in effect for Canadians 25 February 2026

Did you go through the passport channel at the airport (presumably Heathrow) for people with UK passports or through a channel for people without UK passports? The UK channel is much quicker but I...
Forum: Canada
Nov 5th 2025, 1:52 am
Replies: 16
Views: 2,015
Posted By Kingsboy48

Re: Setting up as freelancer and biling UK company for work from Canada

The problem seems to be that Wise is not a bank/not covered by CDIC.
Forum: Canada
Nov 3rd 2025, 1:51 pm
Replies: 16
Views: 2,015
Posted By Kingsboy48

Re: Setting up as freelancer and biling UK company for work from Canada

What happens with Wise is that if you choose to enable interest on a USD balance, your money is moved into one of the FDIC covered banks (in a Wise account). I believe you can take advantage of...
Forum: Canada
Nov 3rd 2025, 1:46 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 1,467
Posted By Kingsboy48

Re: Has anyone used Wise to transfer large amounts from Canada to the UK?

I found that Interac payments from RBC online banking have a daily limit of $2500 but if I use the RBC app I can send $10000 at once.
Forum: Canada
Oct 19th 2025, 6:03 am
Replies: 16
Views: 2,015
Posted By Kingsboy48

Re: Setting up as freelancer and biling UK company for work from Canada

"Shop around, I think Wise now have a business account service", just remember that Wise is not an actual bank so any funds are not covered under FDIC ( I think that's the correct acronym!) so I...
Forum: Canada
Oct 14th 2025, 11:33 am
Replies: 4
Views: 673
Posted By Kingsboy48

Re: US Social Security account from outside the US.

I was told by one of the agents on a 'live chat' to say I did not have a SSN (and that is what I did) I was not given a new SSN number. He told me to lie to get through to the next input screen I...
Forum: Canada
Oct 14th 2025, 9:48 am
Replies: 4
Views: 673
Posted By Kingsboy48

US Social Security account from outside the US.

For several years I worked in the US and obtained a US Social Security number. Now that I have returned to Canada I wanted to set up an account with the US SSA. To do that I needed to set up an...
Forum: Canada
Oct 7th 2025, 2:13 pm
Replies: 2
Views: 953
Posted By Kingsboy48

Re: If I die before my wife

This is whatI see from this link;

https://www.gov.uk/state-pension/inheritance-spouse-civil-partnerIncreasing your basic State Pension through your spouse or civil partnerIf you’re married or in...
Forum: Canada
Aug 30th 2025, 9:26 am
Replies: 23
Views: 17,097
Posted By Kingsboy48

Re: Tax on UK State Pension

As Pulaski mentioned above, maybe you should ask DWP to pay it gross (assuming you are not tax resident in the UK) and ask your occupational pension payers to do likewise. There is a tax treaty...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Jul 8th 2025, 5:16 am
Replies: 6
Views: 8,388
Posted By Kingsboy48

Re: Renewing UK passport form Canada - postcode error

BTW, you do not need to spend $200 on a phone call! To call the UK (or pretty much anywhere overseas) I use Mytello or Talk360 apps, these are very cheap and work for me, just setup an account, add...
Forum: Canada
Jun 1st 2025, 8:49 am
Replies: 23
Views: 17,097
Posted By Kingsboy48

Re: Tax on UK State Pension

The UK state pension increases under the 'Triple Lock' rule - at least for now as that may change. Basically the pension will increase (in non-frozen countries) by the HIGHER of A) how much general...
Forum: Canada
May 31st 2025, 3:34 am
Replies: 23
Views: 17,097
Posted By Kingsboy48

Re: Tax on UK State Pension

Hi, as christmasoompa says there is no 'way round it' (at least legally) except by moving to a country where the annual uprating is applied. There are other threads in this forum about 'frozen...
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