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Forum: USA
Mar 25th 2024, 8:12 pm
Replies: 758
Views: 226,094
Posted By jjmb

Re: Class 2 NI. What about us poor expats paying voluntary contributions?

OK, need some advice. We have finally been able to sign up for the Government Gateway thanks to the new app, to check on our NI records and apply to buy NI stamps.
My application was straight...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Mar 7th 2024, 2:13 pm
Replies: 16
Views: 1,883
Posted By jjmb

Re: feeling the stress getting ready to move back to the UK ( Scotland)

I am tagging on this post as we are moving back to Scotland this summer and it's the accommodation issue that worrying us. We plan on using a AirBnb for the first few weeks and then get a rental...
Forum: USA
Mar 7th 2024, 2:05 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 461
Posted By jjmb

Re: UK nurse moving to US, CGFNS credential

Have no advise but good luck. I had a friend who was a fully qualified midwife and lacation specialist who in the 18 years was here, never managed to get a proper nursing job due to different State...
Forum: USA
Jan 24th 2024, 3:45 pm
Replies: 10
Views: 1,009
Posted By jjmb

Re: Renting UK house, is it useful for university local fee qualification?

Isn't there a case of which visa you are on? If it is considered a temporary visa, which it sounds like, there is an argument that the USA is not considered the child's primary location. I don't...
Forum: USA
Jul 9th 2023, 6:41 pm
Replies: 31
Views: 3,564
Posted By jjmb

Re: Now or in 2 years?

Go for it! As the 14 yr would be starting high school, it's exactly the right time to move. My daughter missed her freshman year and still managed to graduate early, but she didn't get all the GPA...
Forum: USA
Jul 3rd 2023, 9:30 pm
Replies: 758
Views: 226,094
Posted By jjmb

Re: Class 2 NI. What about us poor expats paying voluntary contributions?

I wish there was a like button on these posts. Thanks, Pulaski, The form is going in the post tomorrow.
Forum: USA
Jul 3rd 2023, 8:55 pm
Replies: 758
Views: 226,094
Posted By jjmb

Re: Class 2 NI. What about us poor expats paying voluntary contributions?

Thanks for that reply. I am going to apply and see what I can get. I think I might be too late to pay any more, especially with all the delays. I will get £520 a month once I claim it, which is more...
Forum: USA
Jul 3rd 2023, 5:07 pm
Replies: 758
Views: 226,094
Posted By jjmb

Re: Class 2 NI. What about us poor expats paying voluntary contributions?

This question has probably been answered, but here goes. We are applying to see how much my husband must pay for any State pension shortfall. He had paid up to 30 yrs, but they changed it to 35...
Forum: USA
Jun 29th 2023, 8:20 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 792
Posted By jjmb

Re: Shipping containers US to UK - 'packed by owner' insurance and customs

Interested in the question as we are moving back next year. Maybe ask the question on returning to the UK forum as they will have experience doing this. I know that the TOR requirements were only...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Apr 15th 2023, 10:21 pm
Replies: 2
Views: 1,114
Posted By jjmb

starting to plan our move in 2024

We will bring back books, clothes, several bikes (only one is mine), several musical instruments (guitar, mandolin and various Ukuleles), and my artwork. We also have several large original framed...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Apr 9th 2023, 4:45 pm
Replies: 23
Views: 3,233
Posted By jjmb

Re: considering moving back but to where --- Cardiff or Edinburgh

We will move back to Scotland next year and, like you, are making a look-see trip in the summer but in the Angus area, even though my husband is Scottish, so he knows Scotland well. I wouldn't live...
Forum: USA
Apr 7th 2023, 8:17 pm
Replies: 22
Views: 2,008
Posted By jjmb

Re: Unemployment on Green Card

This might help: https://edd.ca.gov/en/Unemployment/UI-Calculator

My daughter, who was unemployed for nearly 18 months in Texas, got full benefits because she had worked for the State for more...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Feb 20th 2023, 7:58 pm
Replies: 14
Views: 1,594
Posted By jjmb

Re: Shipping Companies

to the OP, do you have an address in the UK yet? I am just thinking of the ToR01 paperwork that needs to be filled in before anything is shipped. Maybe Pulaski will have more information. I am a bit...
Forum: USA
Jan 22nd 2023, 10:08 pm
Replies: 45
Views: 5,650
Posted By jjmb

Re: Relinquishing Green Card

If I were the OP, I would take up US citizenship before leaving. I realise that means doing 2 tax returns in future, but from what I have read on this forum, it's not that difficult and doesn't...
Forum: USA
Jan 21st 2023, 9:57 pm
Replies: 45
Views: 5,650
Posted By jjmb

Re: Relinquishing Green Card

Why would you need to do a tax return for the US if you return to the UK? I know we will as we are US citizens but I thought as a non-citizen, your tax obligations end once you leave the country.
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Nov 26th 2022, 4:41 pm
Replies: 46
Views: 4,323
Posted By jjmb

re: Dialysis/Transplant

These links might help:

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/using-the-nhs-when-you-return-to-live-in-the-uk
...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Nov 6th 2022, 9:03 pm
Replies: 32
Views: 2,393
Posted By jjmb

Re: Making the NHS work and getting needed services

I wonder if they actually know your husband has the device. The reason I ask is that just before my Mum moved back to the UK, the French hospital where she was in, convinced my Dad, she needed a...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Oct 27th 2022, 7:42 pm
Replies: 34
Views: 3,113
Posted By jjmb

Re: Mid-terms - hold my nose and tick the box?

On the State level and Federal levels, I have no issues about who to vote apart from the fact my vote will never count in TX. It's the local level with all the bond issues and the total lack of...
Forum: USA
Oct 8th 2022, 8:18 pm
Replies: 11
Views: 1,017
Posted By jjmb

Re: Relocation with long term illness

Maybe I should have qualified it with 'probably' but my experience is that tech companies do have great health insurance.
Forum: USA
Oct 8th 2022, 7:38 pm
Replies: 11
Views: 1,017
Posted By jjmb

Re: Relocation with long term illness

I would take the opportunity if you are interested in living in the US. I have Barrett's disease which requires a bi-annual endoscopy and it's not that expensive plus you are sedated. If it's a tech...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Oct 6th 2022, 7:11 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 611
Posted By jjmb

Re: alternative to Alprazolam (xanax)

Thanks for the replies. It never occurred to me that certain medications weren't available on the NHS. I will talk with my doctor next week when I have my yearly checkup.
I know my son had...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Oct 5th 2022, 8:14 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 611
Posted By jjmb

alternative to Alprazolam (xanax)

We are planning on moving back to Scotland from the USA in early 2024 and I have discovered that Alprazolam is not available on the NHS. I have been on this for about 6 yrs now, only take 2 pills a...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Sep 16th 2022, 2:11 am
Replies: 27
Views: 2,726
Posted By jjmb

Re: Hello You Lot!!

Well, we are still in Texas but planning on our escape by 2024. One to get away from the God-awful place and it looks like the only way we will get our kids to leave is by leaving the country! 🤣😂...
Forum: USA
Sep 9th 2022, 9:52 pm
Replies: 41
Views: 7,239
Posted By jjmb

Re: Should I make voluntary contributions to national insurance?

Thanks, Yes, I am straight on it!
Forum: USA
Sep 9th 2022, 8:57 pm
Replies: 41
Views: 7,239
Posted By jjmb

Re: Should I make voluntary contributions to national insurance?

Which form do you use to make voluntary payments? I just received my pension forecast, currently 108.79. There seem to be several forms but NI38 seems to be the correct one. We are planning on...
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