Thread: Marriage Register

You can open a UK offshore bank while based here. I did.

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Yes agreed
I have an account offshore but it is not part of the BACS system so money has to be sent by Swift which costs 25 GBP every time you pay some money in.

Originally Posted by Ivor Biggun

Originally Posted by Luckydog

Yes.I imagine you must do that so that they can confirm to the Pension Service in the uk the fact that you are legaly married to a Thai.

Google UK State Pension Service and take it from there.

Won't your Bank include your wife into your account by the way......

I sent my private pension, my Thai marriage certificate with a translation and they accepted it. No confirmation from Embassy needed and my private pension pays more than the state one.

she is sorted then

Originally Posted by William

^yes, banks in the US don't like opening accounts if you don't have a social number, for some reason. I think it may have something to do with the draconian money laundering laws that were passed following 9/11

Been that way since I moved to the USA in 1976