Immigrating to the UK

Paul Kemp said:
Flexible. Whatever that means.
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That's their standard variable tariff.
The trackers have been considerably cheaper for quite a while now.

Did you use a referral? If not, want one? It's worth £50
 
Sinbad said:
That's their standard variable tariff.
The trackers have been considerably cheaper for quite a while now.

Did you use a referral? If not, want one? It's worth £50
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Thanks, agents passed on a referral as part of their onboarding process and now we have one to pass on.
Not sure I can go tracker without smart meters. Our gas is still an old school mechanical meter but will look into their process of getting smart meters installed. Early days.
 
Paul Kemp said:
Thanks, agents passed on a referral as part of their onboarding process and now we have one to pass on.
Not sure I can go tracker without smart meters. Our gas is still an old school mechanical meter but will look into their process of getting smart meters installed. Early days.
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Octopus sent wife an email about upgrading the gas meter back in December. Don't know if wife had to accept, or if it was just a notice, but they came to change it in January.

When they arrived, the determined the electricity meter was also old and needed to be updated to a new smart meter. The technician said it's because the gas meter connects to the smart meter, and the smart meter is the thing that connects to the network.

Either way, very professional, very friendly, efficient, and we git little wireless display showing usage which is handy

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AdrianH said:
Octopus sent wife an email about upgrading the gas meter back in December. Don't know if wife had to accept, or if it was just a notice, but they came to change it in January.

When they arrived, the determined the electricity meter was also old and needed to be updated to a new smart meter. The technician said it's because the gas meter connects to the smart meter, and the smart meter is the thing that connects to the network.

Either way, very professional, very friendly, efficient, and we git little wireless display showing usage which is handy

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Ask them for a Home Mini if you really want to see your use. It’s a little pink puck you pair to your smart meters. They supply them for free.

Last 30 minutes and live current watts usage of electricity

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Day use, in hourly segments

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Dave said:
Ask them for a Home Mini if you really want to see your use. It’s a little pink puck you pair to your smart meters. They supply them for free.

Last 30 minutes and live current watts usage of electricity

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Day use, in hourly segments

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Yeah, I have registered my interest in one just after meters were upgraded. Heard nothing since.
 
Also, if you haven’t installed it yet, get the Octo-Aid app, it talks to the Octopus API and gives some decent data as well.

Like this

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AdrianH said:
Yeah, I have registered my interest in one just after meters were upgraded. Heard nothing since.
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It took about 6 weeks for me iirc, send them an email every now and then to ask how the waiting list is progressing and it might speed things up.
 
Anyone here have experience applying for UK ancestry through great grandparents? I have great grandparents (on both sides) born in the UK, but none of grandparents or parents were.
 
Currantly said:
Anyone here have experience applying for UK ancestry through great grandparents? I have great grandparents (on both sides) born in the UK, but none of grandparents or parents were.
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Can’t go back that far. Has to be grandparents.
 
Currantly said:
Anyone here have experience applying for UK ancestry through great grandparents? I have great grandparents (on both sides) born in the UK, but none of grandparents or parents were.
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As above poster said, has to be grandparents. You will have to find another way.

www.gov.uk

UK Ancestry visa

Apply for a UK Ancestry visa if you're a Commonwealth citizen and can prove that one of your grandparents was born in the UK - eligibility, fees, documents, how to apply, how long it takes and how to settle
www.gov.uk www.gov.uk
 
The Voice said:
Can’t go back that far. Has to be grandparents.
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Not necessarily...

This British nationality solution relies on a UK-born great grandfather. Solutions rarely pass even two generations, so this is one of only a handful of such potential registrations that occur by Triple Descent, where nationality can be passed down three generations. It arises in this rare set of circumstances:

  • Candidate born between 1 January 1949 and 31 December 1982;
  • Candidate born after the independence of a parent's country of birth;
  • A parent born in a former British Protectorate, Protected State, UK Mandated State or Trust Territory, including those countries where the British Crown exercised Extra Territorial Jurisdiction (or ETJ);
  • The parent's father born outside of the UK;
  • The parent's paternal grandfather born in the UK; AND
  • The candidate having the Right of Abode.
The Right of Abode typically comes from a UK-born grandparent. It can also be gained by woman if they were married to a British husband before 1983.

Where the claim comes down the paternal line (i.e. through the father's birth in one of these territories), then the candidate should already be British. If the claim comes down the maternal line (i.e. the mother's side of the family), or it involves an illegitimate birth, then the candidate must register as a British citizen first.
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Just can't make sense of a couple of the requirements...?
 
Currantly said:
Not necessarily...



Just can't make sense of a couple of the requirements...?
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Yes, necessarily as your question was regarding UK ancestry, not UK nationality, which is an entirely different and more confusing process.

Not sure where your post is from, but this is from the UK government website:

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I have a tax question for people who may have been in a similar position. I own an SA company through which I do consulting to various clients. I'll be leaving for the UK in about a month and I'd like to keep the company and exercise the DTA so I don't get taxed twice.

Is there any way I can pay myself in the UK that isn't going to fall foul of SARS or SARB? This is a stop-gap solution until I can pick up a decent UK contract.
 
JayM said:
I have a tax question for people who may have been in a similar position. I own an SA company through which I do consulting to various clients. I'll be leaving for the UK in about a month and I'd like to keep the company and exercise the DTA so I don't get taxed twice.

Is there any way I can pay myself in the UK that isn't going to fall foul of SARS or SARB? This is a stop-gap solution until I can pick up a decent UK contract.
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SARS does taxation at source - you will need to pay tax in SA on any money you're paying yourself out of SA. I can't speak to the SARB implications.
Note, even if you're earning in UK and are deemed tax resident in SA, SARS will tax you on global income over R1m on top of what you're already paying in the source country.
 
Sinbad said:
SARS does taxation at source - you will need to pay tax in SA on any money you're paying yourself out of SA. I can't speak to the SARB implications.
Note, even if you're earning in UK and are deemed tax resident in SA, SARS will tax you on global income over R1m on top of what you're already paying in the source country.
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Not sure about the first part and have scheduled a call with my account/tax specialist on Thursday to discuss (they are South African and deal extensively with cross border tax stuff).

I've asked them before about the "expat tax" and the UK/SA DTA nullifies it completely. It's only applicable for countries without a DTA and those where the DTA does not grant full taxing rights to the other state.
 
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