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Joined: 15 Jan 2021 / Male ♂ 		Last Post: 25 Jan 2021
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ragmasingh   
15 Jan 2021
UK, Ireland / Advice about UK life insurance options [27]

Hi, can anybody recommend a decent life insurance policy/company specifically in case of death and repatriation back to the UK? In the event of my sudden death I would like to stay out of the clutches of the Catholic Church but I really have no idea what would happen if I passed..what the processes are etc. Maybe somebody has some knowledge or could link to some relevant information. Thank you
ragmasingh   
15 Jan 2021
UK, Ireland / Brexit complications for UK nationals [10]

Has anybody from the UK experienced any complications in Poland so far resulting from Brexit? Just curious. Thank you
ragmasingh   
15 Jan 2021
UK, Ireland / Brexit complications for UK nationals [10]

rtfs, are you talking about applying for a resident's card? If yes did you succeed? and how long is it valid for?
ragmasingh   
16 Jan 2021
UK, Ireland / Advice about UK life insurance options [27]

"it's possible to be cremated (without ceremony) in Poland and have your ashes sent over instead."

This is interesting info Jon but how would you go about organising this or preparing for it? Thanks
ragmasingh   
16 Jan 2021
UK, Ireland / Brexit complications for UK nationals [10]

Prior to Brexit I was registered at my rented address with the local Urzad Miasto and I have my PITs to prove that I've been working here legally and paying tax so I'm hoping that will be sufficient to make an application for the card
ragmasingh   
16 Jan 2021
UK, Ireland / Advice about UK life insurance options [27]

I like the idea of being cremated here and "disposed of" here as I agree with the above-poster that it doesn't matter to me what happens to me when I'm dead..and doesn't seem worth going to the expense of repatriation. Is there anyway this could be pre-arranged here? Pay some policy for this eventuality?
ragmasingh   
17 Jan 2021
UK, Ireland / Advice about UK life insurance options [27]

So you got in touch with a medical university and said that you'd like to donate your body for research? Am I understanding correctly? So no costs whatsoever are incurred from your estate/family? Did either of you use a uni in Warsaw(?) and if yes could you tell me which and how exactly you approached them. Many thanks
ragmasingh   
18 Jan 2021
UK, Ireland / Advice about UK life insurance options [27]

This has turned in to a really good conversation with some very informative posts (thank you all contributors). In summary, initially I thought that a foreign body would need to be repatriated but now I've learnt that there's a few different options:

a) arrange with a medical uni to take possession of your body, which presumably is the cheapest option here i.e free

b) carry an organ donor card, however what exactly does this entail? Will the body be disposed of free? or cremated and offered back to family?

c) the option of being cremated here -with or without the ashes being returned to family overseas- seems a decent option. Does anyone know of a

funeral directors used to dealing with foreigners where I could perhaps pay for my own cremation in advance?

Keep the knowledgable posts flowing please
ragmasingh   
18 Jan 2021
UK, Ireland / Brexit complications for UK nationals [10]

dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9135009/UK-launches-post-Brexit-healthcare-insurance-card-travellers.html
theguardian.com/politics/2021/jan/02/brexit-new-rules-europe-holidays-health-mobile-phones
ragmasingh   
25 Jan 2021
Law / Karta Pobytu application and Sworn Translator in Warsaw [5]

I'm about to begin applying for a Residency Card and I'm confused by some of the requirements:

*You must submit documents in Polish.
*You must attach a sworn translation into Polish to documents in a foreign language.

Am I understanding correctly here that my passport needs to be translated(?) and if yes, does that simply mean
the two pages concerning my birthplace/date, passport number etc or does it mean even the pages with stamps on?

Has anybody gone through this process to date?

And can anybody recommend a reasonably priced sworn translator in Warsaw?

Many thanks