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Financial Requirement - Cash Savings - Premium Bonds & SIPP Pension Pot

Discussion in 'UK Visa and Immigration Help' started by John Surrey, Apr 9, 2015.

  1. Heathen
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    Heathen Well-Known Member Trusted Member

    Have no fear, I don't do individual shares I just invest in Tech funds.
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  2. John Surrey
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    John Surrey Well-Known Member Trusted Member

    CCC - :D
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  3. oss
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    oss Somewhere Staff Member

    Nothing again for me, that's my fault for selling off a lot, I just bought a couple of grands worth the other day so should be eligible for the August draw.

    Oh and congratulations that's a decent win.

    And it's 33 days till the next draw.

    We just got internet back here after PLDT left it broken for a whole week, I just arrived yesterday to broken internet.

    Heading down your general direction tomorrow, Siquijor Island, will make a change of scenery for me, special occasion on Sunday.
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  4. John Surrey
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    Yes... been a while since I've had a good win.

    We still have the back up for crap like that - it's only 20 or 25mbps but it saves me losing my rag with Globe etc :D

    Siquijor looks great.
  5. John Surrey
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    Guy wasn't kidding when he said it might take 4 months to get what I'm owed... came yesterday - Paid them on 2 March 2026 and got my catchup payment on 20 July and correct pension on 27 July !

    The good thing is HMRC paid the increase from the 2nd March 2026 (the date they would have received the payment) not 1st or 6th April 2026 which was all I wanted the Irish bitch to confirm when I phoned them... :D
  6. John Surrey
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    A good month for me (financially lol) CD

    Interesting conversation with AI ... struggles a bit with roman numerals :D

    After it got 400 wrong ... and told me it had reset it's system:

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    Amusing Ineptitude :D
  7. oss
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    LLMs are sh*te at that kind of thing and even more the freebie crap we get from google or microsoft, there are AIs that are changing the face of mathematics but we plebs don't get access to those, all the good stuff costs lots of money.

    Anyway nothing for me last month nor this month even with 7 grand eligible, I think I had a magic lucky tranche that I ended up selling off :(

    Got about 9 grand eligible next month but I'm not feeling lucky right now, in the last 5 weeks my Seton broke although I appear to be doing alright and I broke the most important tooth in my head which anchored my upper plate.

    Been to see the chap who originally did the crown for the upper rear molar and remarkably he thinks the tooth is in good enough condition to use a metal post in one or more of the roots, he said normally they would write off the tooth at this point but that I had no pathology in the roots and the tooth is still sealed, and he thinks he can do it and get the dental technician to save my plate with a new crown that will fit perfectly as well.

    When he did the molar crown back in 2018 he said he would expect me to get five years out of it but in the end I got 8 years so I suppose my luck hasn't been that bad.

    The Seton is another matter I've got a checkup appointment at the hospital but they don't know the Seton has come out yet, so I could be inside again for another op six years after the first one.
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  8. John Surrey
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    Hmmm bad luck on all fronts...
  9. John Surrey
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    Ton 4 me this month - bitten by the bloody cat today so half that's gone already :D
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  10. oss
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    Still nothing for me, I definitely sold my lucky tranche :(

    Next month I'll have more than double my highest ever prior holding eligible, so fingers crossed but I'm not hopeful.

    Regards the cat, I take it you mean anti rabies for you? Are your cats not vaccinated for most of the bad things already already?

    We have two cats both fully vaccinated now.
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  11. John Surrey
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    There's normally a new holding bounce in the first few months... :D

    No - we now have about bloody 8 here including the new kittens

    Even more annoying I needed to get 3 follow ups (which makes me feel shyte the day after) @ P650 a shot... 2 more to go :sick:
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  12. oss
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    Is that no they're not vaccinated because we have 8 or 'No' It's not a rabies vaccination, P650 per shot seems sheap for rabies?
  13. John Surrey
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    We've never bought a cat - my wife or I just start feeding or looking after them... when I was last at the vet I asked her how much it was to vaccinate them and I'm sure she told me it was like P2k ... so I didn't bother - reading online it says some places will do it for free or as little as P200!

    If it was like that here I'd get it done and we haven't got any cheep either :D

    My trigger finger is back - started using one of those finger straighteners and diclofenac gel which seems to be working well so far - difficult to type with it on though !
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    I missed my typo :D normally I re-read posts three or four times and correct the most obvious errors but I missed that one :D

    Our cat scratched the president of the subdivision some years ago when he got out, she demanded to be taken to hospital to get anti rabies vaccine cost me about 9000 peso, I suspect I was being taken for a ride, but I did think human anti rabies was a bit more expensive like 2000 peso, for the cats I think we are paying about 800.
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    P9k sounds like the price a family member would be asking me for to "help me out" :D

    Cost me P3.6 including anitbiotics for the cat bite - as it was a deep one - plus P650 for each of the follow ups - only had three as our cat was still alive and not biting anyone else! Deemed proof it does not have rabies...
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