Sharpeys

On 01/03/2019 at 17:59, Judy said:

We have just arrived in Australia. My husband gets his state pension and called the international pension centre last week to let them know we were moving. He was advised that the payment can continue to be paid to his UK bank or they can pay it to an overseas account. The only problem with that is you will have no control over the exchange rate. Hope this helps. 

On 01/03/2019 at 17:59, Judy said:

We have just arrived in Australia. My husband gets his state pension and called the international pension centre last week to let them know we were moving. He was advised that the payment can continue to be paid to his UK bank or they can pay it to an overseas account. The only problem with that is you will have no control over the exchange rate. Hope this helps. 

Thanks very much Judy. Appreciated. 

Dear friends, We are reaching the point near time to move and think we have covered most bases. When it comes to pensions, I have a private pension from my work as a police officer and enquiries seem to show this will just be a case of supplying our Aussie bank details and it will go straight in there. We are getting very confused as to how to address the State pension payments. Having read this thread, is it just a case of keeping the account open which the pension gets paid into and transferring it down via moneycorp, or can you set it up to go straight into your Oz account.

Confused of Kendal.

25 minutes ago, Marisawright said:

Yes, I don’t see a problem.

Thanks very much..x

25 minutes ago, Marisawright said:

Yes, I don’t see a problem.

Thanks for your reply Marisawright, yes, as I said, we’ve moved cash to our daughter for birthdays, permission fees, a reservation fee for a plot with no charges, or problems at all. My query is, is it ok to move such a sizeable amount far in excess of these fees safely..?? 

Hi everyone. Can anyone answer us a question please? We are going to Perth on a Bridging visa and wait for the Aged Parent to be granted. We have sold our bungalow, and could be on the move all being well around early May..?? Can anyone advise how best to take our proceeds from our sale down to Oz. We don’t as yet have an account in Perth, we’re looking to open an account as soon as we get there with ID etc....we have been sending money down via Moneycorp who are excellent. Can we have our sale proceeds placed into their account and moved down to our Australian account safely? Or move it from our current bank is stages which might be free from charges depending on the amounts sent. 

Any feedback appreciated.

Thanks very much.

Verystormy: You make two references in your comment about two things increasing in the near future? The cost of the 143, and the waiting / queueing (is that a word??) times. We are just getting started on our journey to Oz via the 143, is this just speculation? Or is there something happening we are not aware of. Many thanks for your time.