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- Wed Apr 17, 2024 12:23 pm
- Forum: Pension
- Topic: Voluntary UK pension contribution
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1456
Re: Voluntary UK pension contribution
The thing I’m really struggling with is making the payments. I got a letter telling how much I owe for each year that I have missed and I that I can make payments for those years from the site they list. Turns out I can’t do that because I don’t live in England. Apparently expats have to add up the ...
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 1:45 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Best Credit Card for a Student
- Replies: 6
- Views: 320
Re: Best Credit Card for a Student
JAL Club EST for sure. You get to use the Sakura lounge and 5 years expiration limit on your miles!
- Tue Mar 05, 2024 3:57 am
- Forum: Pension
- Topic: U.K. Class 2 National Insurance to be abolished
- Replies: 28
- Views: 23444
Re: U.K. Class 2 National Insurance to be abolished
I called HMRC yesterday to check up on my application. Only had to wait 45 minutes
I took the chance to ask about the abolition of class 2. I was informed that it is not being abolishes for voluntary payments! Yatta~!
I took the chance to ask about the abolition of class 2. I was informed that it is not being abolishes for voluntary payments! Yatta~!
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 9:00 am
- Forum: New NISA (2024~)
- Topic: NISA info in Japanese
- Replies: 5
- Views: 288
NISA info in Japanese
Hi all. I (foreigner) have a NISA and my Japanese partner keeps telling me they’d like to start a NISA but she wants to fully understand it first. Great thinking in my humble opinion. However, she doesn’t seem to be making any headway. When I ask she just says I’ll check next weekend. Next weekend r...
- Wed Feb 21, 2024 10:50 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Pending- Law to revoke the permanent residency status of foreign nationals who fail to pay taxes
- Replies: 43
- Views: 1859
Re: Pending- Law to revoke the permanent residency status of foreign nationals who fail to pay taxes
I wonder if this is a way to get rid of the older foreigners who have retired and can’t afford to pay their health insurance and taxes any more. Forget about everything they have contributed to Japan over the last 40-50 years. They are a drain on society, get rid of them. Very worrying!
- Mon Feb 19, 2024 12:45 pm
- Forum: New NISA (2024~)
- Topic: Credit card tsumitate increase
- Replies: 35
- Views: 2267
Re: Credit card tsumitate increase
that sounds very good indeed.. however the issue is my nisa is currently with monex.. Looks like we’ll be able to do Monex tsumitate with dCard from the summer. But there aren’t any fine details yet. I’m waiting to find out about the percentage of points. If it’s not great I’ll move my nisa to SBI ...
- Mon Feb 19, 2024 12:37 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Japanese Credit Cards. What’s in your wallet?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 2075
Re: Japanese Credit Cards. What’s in your wallet?
Nice idea for a discussion.
JAL visa
Saison gold Amex
Saison international MasterCard (only applied for the sign up bonus)
Ana gold jcb
Rakuten visa
Going to apply for the platinum preferred card soon. Massive points for tsumitate nisa. Massive point for Expedia and can be transferred to miles.
JAL visa
Saison gold Amex
Saison international MasterCard (only applied for the sign up bonus)
Ana gold jcb
Rakuten visa
Going to apply for the platinum preferred card soon. Massive points for tsumitate nisa. Massive point for Expedia and can be transferred to miles.
- Sun Feb 04, 2024 1:18 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: SBI Shinsei vs Wise for international transfer
- Replies: 5
- Views: 493
Re: SBI Shinsei vs Wise for international transfer
I went with Wise in the end. Neither lloyds nor sbi could tell me if any other banks needed to be used to send the money! Thanks for the help!
- Sun Jan 28, 2024 12:00 pm
- Forum: New NISA (2024~)
- Topic: Credit card tsumitate increase
- Replies: 35
- Views: 2267
Re: Credit card tsumitate increase
I got the aplus Monex card recently, I’ve heard it’s not worth applying for this card because so many people seem to fail the credit check. Plenty of YouTubers and ポイ活 people claim they’ve applied so many times and always been turned down. Maybe they have too many cards. Good luck with the name iss...
- Sat Jan 27, 2024 9:53 pm
- Forum: New NISA (2024~)
- Topic: Credit card tsumitate increase
- Replies: 35
- Views: 2267
Credit card tsumitate increase
Reports yesterday and today of the government giving the go ahead for tsumitate to be increased to 10man. Latest report says from March.
The extra points will be very welcome. But I wonder if SBI’s platinum preferred card will still give 5% points…
The extra points will be very welcome. But I wonder if SBI’s platinum preferred card will still give 5% points…