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Forum: USA
May 31st 2026, 7:08 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 1,150
Posted By Reasonable

Re: Is this an impossible travel situation?

Given it's a fresh thread and a funeral is involved, I'd be on the phone with the British consulate first thing tomorrow instead of relying on website wording. Dual citizens usually aren't the first...
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
May 31st 2026, 7:08 pm
Replies: 8
Views: 1,732
Posted By Reasonable

Re: E2 Spouse - Green Card?

Having work authorization definitely makes you more attractive to employers because they can hire you immediately, but it doesn't automatically create a green card path. Most employment based green...
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
May 31st 2026, 7:07 pm
Replies: 14
Views: 3,139
Posted By Reasonable

Re: L1A & L2 Visa Experience / Timeline

Not sure if anyone is still following the thread, but my comment is still here. The criminal history part is what terrifies most people with L visas, especially spouses 😭 My wife also had old...
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
May 31st 2026, 7:05 pm
Replies: 1
Views: 615
Posted By Reasonable

Re: Renouncing US Citizenship Fee Reduced

That's a pretty significant reduction. The paperwork, tax compliance and long term consequences are still the complicated part, but dropping the fee from over two thousand dollars removes one of the...
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
May 31st 2026, 7:04 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 1,083
Posted By Reasonable

Re: Renouncing US citizenship

This is definitely one of those decisions where the tax side matters as much as the immigration side. With a net worth around that level, I'd want a cross border tax specialist involved before...
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
May 31st 2026, 7:04 pm
Replies: 7,175
Views: 1,590,535
Posted By Reasonable

Re: Nonimmigrant Visa Waiver of Ineligibility Application

Very old thread now, but waiver timelines have always been one of the hardest things to predict. The fact you'd already received a waiver and visa before would have given me some optimism, but...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
May 11th 2026, 4:48 am
Replies: 1
Views: 858
Posted By Reasonable

Re: Anyone over in Oz with 804 pending

Yeah the 804 queue is basically a time capsule at this point sadly. The bridging visa part is usually fine if you stay in Australia, but leaving without the right travel permission can screw things...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
May 11th 2026, 4:47 am
Replies: 2
Views: 799
Posted By Reasonable

Re: Best agent for contributory parent visa

15 years waiting time is honestly brutal, damn. I’d avoid random “migration agents” from Facebook groups and go with someone MARA registered who actually does parent visas weekly, not student...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
May 11th 2026, 4:47 am
Replies: 1
Views: 902
Posted By Reasonable

Re: Electrician Special Class Practical assessment

The practical is still pretty similar from what I’ve heard, just more focused on Aussie standards and safe isolation stuff. They love testing if you panic under pressure lol. Practice fault finding...
Forum: Spain
Dec 28th 2025, 3:41 am
Replies: 9
Views: 916
Posted By Reasonable

Re: Spain decides to make English official language

That sounds like a massive change for the country. I saw some headlines about it earlier but didn't think they'd actually go through with it. It’ll be interesting to see how it works in practice.
Forum: USA
Dec 28th 2025, 3:38 am
Replies: 7
Views: 2,362
Posted By Reasonable

Re: UK eSim While In USA

The verification SMS issue is usually down to the carrier's roaming agreements rather than the phone itself. If you're looking for a stable way to receive those UK codes while sitting in the US, you...
Forum: Australia
Jul 9th 2024, 6:04 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 1,127
Posted By Reasonable

Re: Historical fx exchange rates

Yes these are interbank rates
Forum: Australia
Jul 8th 2024, 3:45 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 1,127
Posted By Reasonable

Historical fx exchange rates

Does anyone know of a source of practical historical GBP/AUD exchange rates?

I used to use Westpac because they showed commercial rates a few percentages below interbank rates. This was more...
Forum: Australia
Jun 11th 2021, 5:28 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 1,219
Posted By Reasonable

Money transfers to AUD

Hello All
Has anyone got recommendations for a transfer company for transferring from GBP? I was using Transferwise (WISE now) but today find that they have deactivated my account for no apparent...
Forum: Australia
Jul 22nd 2020, 6:05 pm
Replies: 44
Views: 13,665
Posted By Reasonable

Re: UK pension transfer

Just to note that you can make a transfer of a SIPP yourself (at zero cost) to your smsf as I did some years ago.
Forum: Australia
Jun 16th 2020, 7:41 pm
Replies: 44
Views: 13,665
Posted By Reasonable

Re: UK pension transfer

If you make the maximum non concessional transfer of $100k there is no ATO tax. And obviously if your UK taxable pension is below the Oz tax threshold there is no tax to pay.
Forum: Australia
Jun 16th 2020, 12:21 pm
Replies: 44
Views: 13,665
Posted By Reasonable

Re: UK pension transfer

Once transferred to a super fund the investment returns are not defined. So you could lose out or gain by transferring.
The tax advantage means that when you draw the pension in Oz it is not taxed...
Forum: Australia
Jun 15th 2020, 6:32 pm
Replies: 44
Views: 13,665
Posted By Reasonable

Re: UK pension transfer

Don't forget that it would no longer be defined benefit.
Forum: The Barbie
Apr 27th 2020, 12:04 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 2,030
Posted By Reasonable

State pension exchange rates

I am interested in transferring my UK state pension directly to my Australian bank account.
Does anyone have details of historical exchange rates used. Any examples with a date would help me decide...
Forum: The Barbie
Jan 14th 2020, 5:17 pm
Replies: 0
Views: 755
Posted By Reasonable

PROBUS

Is anyone a member of Probus in Melbourne?
Forum: The Barbie
Nov 20th 2019, 12:14 pm
Replies: 62
Views: 25,887
Posted By Reasonable

Re: VPN for BBC iplayer

Which service do you use please?

Thanks
Forum: Australia
Nov 19th 2019, 5:51 pm
Replies: 1
Views: 1,905
Posted By Reasonable

iplayer failing on download

I have been able to download iplayer programs with a vpn but recently find that I get
"DASH manifest failed" and unable to download. Has anyone overcome this??
Forum: The Barbie
Nov 19th 2019, 5:48 pm
Replies: 62
Views: 25,887
Posted By Reasonable

Re: VPN for BBC iplayer

I have been able to download iplayer programs with a vpn but recently find that I get
"DASH manifest failed" and unable to download. Has anyone overcome this??

Cheers
Forum: Australia
Apr 23rd 2019, 8:14 pm
Replies: 8
Views: 1,091
Posted By Reasonable

Best forex exchange rates

Which companies give the best exchange rates for GBP to AUD?
Forum: Australia
Apr 21st 2019, 10:31 am
Replies: 6
Views: 965
Posted By Reasonable

Re: ATO - 2016 TAX RETURN AMENDMENT

I guess you gave them you tax file number. Otherwise how would the ATO have known?
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