Will I lose my retirement visa if I leave Thailand for 6 months without doing 90-day reporting?

Off topic re the original question / post but relevant to the UK pension increase question. The UK, and Thailand, have treaties in place with various countries that permit people of pensionable age and receive increases. Unfortunately there is no arrangement between the UK and Thailand. If a UK citizen, who is eligible for a state pension, lives outside the UK for more than 180 days each year, this triggers an overseas eligibility check. If the person lives in a country, such as The Philippines, where a treaty is in place to allow them to receive any statutory increase in the pension, then the person will continue to enjoy the same state pension as someone who remained in the UK. Living in Thailand for no more than 180 days each year, and either returning to the UK for the remainder or sharing the remaining time between countries that have a treaty in place (which doesn't necessarily need to include the UK) that has a 'pension equivalence' treaty (quoted words are mine) would allow you to receive any annual increase in state pension.

They want you to spend your pension in the uk that's why.

Check it out but believe if you come back say every few years and spend time back in Blighty you can have it adjusted back so as it’s only £1200 I guess every 3 years as the flight will absorb any benefit.

Or as above you don’t tell them you have moved out

Fly from Dublin

We are moving to Thailand from Australia. Husband won't get increases. They all do it.

Your UK pension will Not be frozen. You will just not get any pension increases if you are living in Thailand.

Why will your UK srate pension be frozen?!

Maybe a dumb thread but I just got shivers reading this thread, when you say "frozen" you mean held at current value with no increases don't you, not held and not payed?

Praps I was dumb but I DID inform HMRC I was lea ing the country but I do still hold a postal address in UK that they are aware of.

You can still claim it but your year increase is frozen ….. as long as you’ve paid enough national insurance.  Apparently😀

There's loads of pensioners I believe living overseas and because of the frozen pension discrimination they don't tell the DWP they are moving and use relatives addresses in the UK as their permanent place of abode, therefore getting the pension increase every year. You have to live in the UK for at least 181 days to be classed as resident, but no one only you know if you fulfill that requirement. The frozen pension debacle is unjust to put it mildly. I have been complaining for years to my MPs about this but successive Governments just bury their heads in the sand when you try get this discrimination cancelled. I've had two different MPs after the last election. Emailed both of them on this, but both not interested, only interested in their own selfish agendas and both of them were/are Liebour MPs. You'd of thought they'd be more in touch with the immorality of this discrimination, but as with most MPs the only time they're interested in voters is before an election, after that as far as they are concerned to can swivel.

Am I missing something here, apologies if this is a dumb point.

The annual increase is likely to be around 2.5% a year or about £275. The flight back to the UK will likely be about 4 times that amount and then you need to live in UK for 6 months at a much higher cost of living.

I realise the amounts multiply each year, but even so, is it not worth staying in Thailand for several years before a 6 month stint in the UK?

David. How does the UK government know you live in Thailand..?

Many folk initially base in the phillipines- apparently there is an agreement in place - UK pensions not frozen. Then they move to Thailand

So you've told UK govt you've moved overseas? You've no UK address at all?

As said when you leave Thailand before 90 days the counting starts at 1 when you enter Thailand. And if you do not want to exceed the 180 days in Thailand just count the days.

90 day reporting has nothing to do with your visa. It's a "security" measure for the Thai government, and it's only done if you spend 90 consecutive days in Thailand. If you're not in Thailand you do not do 90 day reporting.

The only thing that matters for your extension is that you purchase a re-entry permit before you leave Thailand, and that you return before your extension ends so you can apply for the next extension.

No. 90 day resets when you leave.