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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...

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