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Forum: USA

Apr 25th 2018, 6:50 pm

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

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Posted By Samiad

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

I sincerely hope it works out for you. When I made a CHAPS transfer to do the same I had to chase HMRC for over a year before they located the payment and assigned it correctly (they refused to...

Forum: USA

Mar 14th 2015, 3:54 am

Replies: 15

Move to Irvine, CA - renting - what to do in what order ?

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Posted By Samiad

Re: Move to Irvine, CA - renting - what to do in what order ?

Yup. Irvine Company currently have $4k of my cash for a security deposit as I had no credit history. Hoping that it's not gone for good but you do hear stories...

Forum: USA

Mar 6th 2014, 10:42 pm

Replies: 15

New to the US, totally clueless, buying a car in CA

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Posted By Samiad

Re: New to the US, totally clueless, buying a car in CA

The used car market is very different from Europe. Used cars hold their value better in the US. You can't just do a quick exchange rate conversion and get a similar quality car as you would have...

Forum: USA

Dec 29th 2013, 6:18 pm

Replies: 49

Buying new power cables

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Posted By Samiad

Re: Buying new power cables

Thanks for the replies - looks like Monoprice is exactly what I need (cheap and with bulk discounts)

Swapping the plug is a good suggestion (completely slipped my mind) but I think it'll be a pain...

Forum: USA

Dec 29th 2013, 12:06 pm

Replies: 49

Buying new power cables

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Posted By Samiad

Buying new power cables

Hi,

Rather than take all my UK power cables (the mainstream ones like http://www.cables2u.co.uk/images/products/pc_power_cable.jpg and http://www.crazycables.co.uk/catalog/images/l_50.139.jpg) and...

Forum: USA

Nov 30th 2013, 12:12 pm

Replies: 7

Applying to pay class 2 national insurance contributions?

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Posted By Samiad

Re: Applying to pay class 2 national insurance contributions?

Thanks for the reply - so you completed and submitted the form from the US?

Forum: USA

Nov 30th 2013, 11:04 am

Replies: 7

Applying to pay class 2 national insurance contributions?

Views: 1,167

Posted By Samiad

Applying to pay class 2 national insurance contributions?

Hi,

I'm still in the UK but transferring to California on an L1A visa in early January. Right now I'm trying to take care of all the tasks that will be more difficult to do once I am in the US...

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