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by PhotoLady
Thu May 29, 2025 10:47 am
Forum: General Discussion Area
Topic: Cypriot Pension paid to UK - is there anything else I can do?
Replies: 45
Views: 23589

Re: Cypriot Pension paid to UK - is there anything else I can do?

A quick update to this thread.... Exactly as Maggie B advised - today (the last Thursday of the month), my first proper monthly Cyprus pension payment - has dropped into my newly created UK bank account. It seems that my accumulated Social Insurance contributions payments whilst working in Cyprus fo...
by PhotoLady
Sun Apr 27, 2025 2:36 am
Forum: General Discussion Area
Topic: Cypriot Pension paid to UK - is there anything else I can do?
Replies: 45
Views: 23589

Re: Cypriot Pension paid to UK - is there anything else I can do?

Hi Maggie, I'm sure there must be more than just us and yes; let's hope it will help others who find themselves in a similar position. Once I got in contact with Andreas it was like having a personal hotline and, oddly enough I was chatting online with a friend who moved to Cyprus at the same time a...
by PhotoLady
Tue Apr 22, 2025 8:50 pm
Forum: General Discussion Area
Topic: Cypriot Pension paid to UK - is there anything else I can do?
Replies: 45
Views: 23589

Re: Cypriot Pension paid to UK - is there anything else I can do?

Maggie B, I got a short email from Cyprus this morning to confirm I will definitely be receiving a monthly pension payment. That was a nice start to the day 8-) We took ourselves off on the bus to Arrecife and had a wander around the old town area, where we sat and had a drink and a pizza at one of ...
by PhotoLady
Fri Apr 18, 2025 12:32 am
Forum: General Discussion Area
Topic: Cypriot Pension paid to UK - is there anything else I can do?
Replies: 45
Views: 23589

Re: Cypriot Pension paid to UK - is there anything else I can do?

Excellent, Maggie :) Thank you very much for that. It means I can fly off on holiday at the weekend, feeling more settled about the future! I shall sit back and keep an eye on my bank account. Are Cyprus pensions paid on a specific date each month for everyone do you know? I'm still trying to get my...
by PhotoLady
Thu Apr 17, 2025 1:48 am
Forum: General Discussion Area
Topic: Cypriot Pension paid to UK - is there anything else I can do?
Replies: 45
Views: 23589

Re: Cypriot Pension paid to UK - is there anything else I can do?

You need 15 years of paying social in Cyprus, you will not receive a Cypriot pension, I'm sure this was already mentioned in your previous posts. (EU law) the credits you paid here are sent to the UK to top up your UK pension. I'm in the same boat, paid 13 years social here & receiving nothing....
by PhotoLady
Tue Apr 15, 2025 5:02 pm
Forum: General Discussion Area
Topic: What a nice article in CM today.....
Replies: 5
Views: 1728

Re: What a nice article in CM today.....

I left my bag on the seatback of a chair (twice) at different places in Limassol - one being on the main road outside the KFC where we'd stopped off for a drink on the way back from our wanderings. This was in the first few months of arriving as permanent residents in 2004. I hate carrying a bag so ...
by PhotoLady
Tue Apr 15, 2025 4:49 pm
Forum: General Discussion Area
Topic: Snow mid April at Troodos peaks (pics)
Replies: 3
Views: 963

Re: Snow mid April at Troodos peaks (pics)

I used to love being able to see the snow on the top of the mountains as I headed out of my village in Ypsonas in the direction of the highway slipway. The road faced directly up to the mountains and then as I swung around onto the slipway - I got a glorious view of the blue of the sea with the sun ...
by PhotoLady
Tue Apr 15, 2025 1:29 am
Forum: General Discussion Area
Topic: Cypriot Pension paid to UK - is there anything else I can do?
Replies: 45
Views: 23589

Re: Cypriot Pension paid to UK - is there anything else I can do?

So, my paperwork arrived today and I'm still really non the wiser. Typical Cyprus legalities where emails provide straightforward information but the nitty gritty of it all, goes completely around the houses without saying anything concrete at all. I've received the arrears as referred to, with paym...
by PhotoLady
Sat Apr 12, 2025 1:21 am
Forum: General Discussion Area
Topic: Cypriot Pension paid to UK - is there anything else I can do?
Replies: 45
Views: 23589

Re: Cypriot Pension paid to UK - is there anything else I can do?

Ah, thanks Maggie. I sent an email to K. Andreas but not sure when the offices will close for Easter. My official UK retirement was September last year so I'm looking at 6 to 7 months. It sounds like I will have to wait for the paperwork. I will post back when I have the official answer. If it's the...
by PhotoLady
Thu Apr 10, 2025 12:39 pm
Forum: General Discussion Area
Topic: Cypriot Pension paid to UK - is there anything else I can do?
Replies: 45
Views: 23589

Re: Cypriot Pension paid to UK - is there anything else I can do?

Hi Shell I was told by Andreas on 6th November my claim was being examined . . . . .and I received my backdated pension from March on 28the November. So, approximately 3 weeks. Hope this helps. Maggie B PS. I think I got a letter a few days later. UPDATE TODAY I just received 2 separate transfers i...
by PhotoLady
Fri Mar 28, 2025 10:23 am
Forum: General Discussion Area
Topic: Cypriot Pension paid to UK - is there anything else I can do?
Replies: 45
Views: 23589

Re: Cypriot Pension paid to UK - is there anything else I can do?

That's great, Maggie
Hopefully then, if mine is similar - it could all be sorted and I will know what's happening before we head off to Lanzarote.

I will update when I hear back.

Thanks again.

Shell
by PhotoLady
Thu Mar 27, 2025 12:33 pm
Forum: General Discussion Area
Topic: Cypriot Pension paid to UK - is there anything else I can do?
Replies: 45
Views: 23589

Re: Cypriot Pension paid to UK - is there anything else I can do?

Keep at it girl. It's worth it. Pp I am enjoying my Cypriot Pension (having paid into Social Insurance for 7 years). . . . . . .and my UK full pension will be paid from the middle of next month. Maggie Hiya Maggie, Finally, the new bank account is up and running, IBAN has been received by SSIDS and...
by PhotoLady
Tue Mar 18, 2025 11:04 am
Forum: General Discussion Area
Topic: Cypriot Pension paid to UK - is there anything else I can do?
Replies: 45
Views: 23589

Re: Cypriot Pension paid to UK - is there anything else I can do?

Yesterday I got another email to inform me when they tried to set up the IBAN payment, it is not allowed for SEPA acceptance with my bank, although it says it is in the info online... I'm assuming they wouldn't attempt to set up any kind of payment transfer account - if there are no monies to come i...
by PhotoLady
Mon Mar 17, 2025 10:33 am
Forum: General Discussion Area
Topic: Cypriot Pension paid to UK - is there anything else I can do?
Replies: 45
Views: 23589

Re: Cypriot Pension paid to UK - is there anything else I can do?

Excellent 👌
Thank you for that xx
It's brightened my grey Monday morning.
by PhotoLady
Fri Mar 14, 2025 9:03 pm
Forum: Travel Information
Topic: £6 'euro-visa' scheme delayed again
Replies: 1
Views: 23217

Re: £6 'euro-visa' scheme delayed again

Brilliant news!

Not that €6 is likely to break the bank but at least it encourages people to keep on travelling.

After all, why would I change the habit of a lifetime :D
by PhotoLady
Fri Mar 14, 2025 8:59 pm
Forum: General Discussion Area
Topic: Cypriot Pension paid to UK - is there anything else I can do?
Replies: 45
Views: 23589

Re: Cypriot Pension paid to UK - is there anything else I can do?

Hi Shell I only sent electronic scanned copies. No hard copies required. 🙂 Good luck. X Maggie Hi - I got a reply pretty quickly and K. Andreas came back just to ask for an official printout of my IBAN details, which I sent back by email this morning. Again, another fast reply and now my claim is p...
by PhotoLady
Thu Mar 13, 2025 6:42 pm
Forum: General Discussion Area
Topic: Turning into Lidl's
Replies: 6
Views: 2323

Re: Turning into Lidl's

Welcome to the world of my village that feels like it's at the end of the world and folks think they're still steering a horse and cart. Half of the residents don't appear to understand that pulling on the left or right side of the steering wheel, actually changes the direction from driving in a str...
by PhotoLady
Thu Mar 13, 2025 6:34 pm
Forum: General Discussion Area
Topic: First crematorium in Cyprus to open in Paphos by 2026
Replies: 13
Views: 3585

Re: First crematorium in Cyprus to open in Paphos by 2026

Hopefully, this will be a big weight off people's minds now - I'm pleased to read this!
by PhotoLady
Thu Mar 13, 2025 6:32 pm
Forum: Items For Sale
Topic: Smart phone
Replies: 1
Views: 44834

Re: Smart phone

I have the Note 10 Pro and it's been fabulous for as long as I've had it (sometime following Covid when we still had to fill in forms before flying back to UK after overseas trips). But I've noticed recently, it's getting a bit slower - I hate changing phones, particularly when I've found one I real...
by PhotoLady
Thu Mar 13, 2025 6:28 pm
Forum: General Discussion Area
Topic: Anyone remember this Cyprus court case ?
Replies: 1
Views: 1000

Re: Anyone remember this Cyprus court case ?

I remember it very well as it was often on fb groups I'm a member of back here in UK. I haven't been on the PL Forum for a while as I came to update a thread earlier today so decided to have a browse of unread posts.... The result again was raised on several fb groups and still, many people (mostly ...