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Restarting this thread as I'm going back to the UK next week and would appreciate any advice. Tabiho was being recommended for insurance, but I can't fit my name in the application- two middle names and a longish surname. Has anybody else had the same problem? Are there any other travel insurance re...

Mine just arrived today. I was wondering though: did anybody add "UK" to the return envelope? I'm not entirely convinced the Japan postal service will know "Grande-Bretagne".

In my case, my son went to the local public junior high school. It was not a great school, but our priority was for him to go where most of his friends from elementary school were going and where we felt he would be happiest, rather than what was educationally best for him. When I was his age, I wen...

I've used @@@Filer from the HMRC website for the last 4 years and they've been fine. Cost is £20. The only problem I've had is that you can't attach multiple pdfs -you have to join them together in one attachment. I don't know if that's the same with the other sites.

Just had a letter from HMRC informing me of the new rates of Class 2 contributions for 2024 - £3.45 weekly.

I'd be interested to know people's opinons on this fund on Rakuten. The management fee is relatively high at 0.7755 but it seems to be really taking off due to the AI frenzy. I was thinking of doing a lump sum investment in it,(1,000,000 or so) or do people think we're in another tech bubble? Anybod...

Thanks - very interesting. I don’t suppose you have the phone number do you? Sounds like I have an evening on hold ahead of me. The number was the +44 191 203 7010 one. I was actually talking to a real live person within 5 minutes that time! I was so shocked I went completely blank and started gabb...

I paid some 10+ years worth of voluntary class 2 contributions a few months back. Of course no update in my government gateway account despite the 8 week deadline for the account to be updated having long since passed. Oops! Sorry. i should have previewed before posting. After four months of my acc...

I paid some 10+ years worth of voluntary class 2 contributions a few months back. Of course no update in my government gateway account despite the 8 week deadline for the account to be updated having long since passed. After four months of my account not being updated after paying back the 10 years...

Prestia SMBC offer 2FA as an option which I use as the password only allows you to use letters and numbers and no symbols.It's the same device that generates a one time user code.They also have biometric login on mobile devices Shinsei have a matrix card that they give you coordinates for and you ha...