Residency - Page 2

Angebadge wrote on Sat Jun 26, 2021 10:59am:

Morning Paddy

I may be wrong, but I’m sure that members who have already started/received their NLV reported “bank statements” rather than Spanish bank statements. Might be worth re checking the requirement 🤪🥂

Kimmy11 wrote on Fri Jun 25, 2021 8:37pm:

Hi Paddy,

If you paid your NI contributions to the UK, rather than Ireland, I think you need to ask the Overseas Healthcare team whether they're transferable - you can email them at:

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[email protected]

I'm not sure I understand what the issue might be with payment of your military pension - my husband's RAF pension is paid into our UK bank account and I use my Wise account (formerly Transferwise) to transfer it to our Spanish bank account.  Wise has an EU IBAN, so there are no fees applied by our Spanish bank and the exchange rate is typically as good as that achieved by the Pensions Service when they transfer your State pensions.

Kind regards,

Kim

paddywhack wrote on Sat Jun 26, 2021 7:43pm:

Hi Kim

I need to set up a Wise account to transfer funds to my Spanish bank once I open an account with them (Spanish bank that is).

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Would you have a number or email address that I can contact them to set up Wise account.    I used to have an account with Transferwise.

Thanks

Patrick

Kimmy11 wrote on Sat Jun 26, 2021 11:46pm:

Hi Patrick,

Unless you closed your Transferwise account, it should still exist.  I've had my account with them for 8 years and when they changed their name to Wise in February this year, I didn't have to do anything, I just carried on using my account as usual.

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https://wise.com/es/blog/mundo-conoce-a-wise 

Kind regards, 

Kim 

tebo53 wrote on Fri Jun 25, 2021 8:28pm:

Hi,

A few of us here in Spain get some of our pensions only paid into a UK bank. We use a transfer company called "Wise" to transfer funds from our UK bank accounts to our Spanish bank accounts. You will find its a very popular company who transfer your money within seconds. 

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https://wise.com/es/

Steve 

Steveyjoanna wrote on Wed Jun 30, 2021 3:19pm:

Wise is a good option,I initiated a bank account with N26 as I am an Irish citizen living in the Republic with a British pension paid through the Halifax as I previously lived in Northern Ireland,and still have a property there ,with a British military pension where the tax is paid to Britain bef...

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...ore I get my pension,are you keeping up?

Just rented an apartment in Spain for a long stay,initially transferred €600 through bank bancia,who charged me €10 for the privilige, so,tried something different,transferred ,direct from Halifax to N26 ( main account is in Germany) a sum of money,no charges incurred from either bank,then transferred from N26 in € to bank bancia ,incurred no charges, so it looks like UK via( £)Halifax to N26 no charges ,and {€} via N26 to bancia no charges  ,I can then set up standing direct debit etc with no loss and very little hassle.

I know N26 use Wise for transfer so outside of EU transfers are good rates ,within the € zone transfers are free.

Happy days?