As a British national, should you contribute towards a UK state pension while living in Thailand?
If you’d like £9,100 per year when you retire then the answer is most certainly yes!
If you’re living the good life: young, in good health and having loads of fun traveling and working in Thailand, thinking about a UK pension probably isn’t top of your priority list.
At 30, 40, or even 50, no one wants to imagine what life might be like when you reach your mid-sixties. I came to Thailand when I was 28 and 60+ seemed like a lifetime away.
Now I’m 42 and have a family. Time flies; it waits for no man, as they say. And you never know what’s around the corner.
Forward planning is key to securing enough to live off when you stop working altogether, and the longer you have to do it, the better. In fact, thinking about this stuff now may allow you to retire earlier and enjoy more time on the…
