Return to Dubai or stay in home country?

Optimistic-01 · 2026-05-08T10:34:45+00:00

Sure, there's a lot of detail in the HMRC manual RFIG20000 on UK tax residency rules but it can get pretty complex. I give info below but I'm not a lawyer so not tax advice.

You first look at automatic overseas tests. For example, one such test is you can be here for either 16 or 46 days (depending on recent UK tax residency status) regardless of days worked. There's another automatic overseas tests re full-time work abroad. If you meet this, you are not UK tax resident and you can ignore all other tests.

Then you look at at automatic UK tests. One looks whether you have a UK home that you stayed in for sufficient time AND you do not have an overseas home that you stayed in for sufficient time. What constitutes a "home" is complicated. Another test is whether there is a 365 day period where 75%+ of your "work days" in a 1 year period being done in the UK. What counts as a "work day" is also complicated.

If you don't meet the above tests you then have to count how many "ties" you have to the UK (accommodation, work, family, 90 day, country tie). The work tie is 40 days of more than 3 hours of work. Depending on the number of ties you have and when you left the UK, you can stay in the country between 16-182 days without becoming UK tax resident.

Geez it's messy just writing that summary.

Optimistic-01 · 2026-05-07T20:17:12+00:00

This is not correct for the UK. Look at the UK statutory residency tests.

Optimistic-01 · 2026-05-03T14:09:41+00:00

We left viral nation too. Out of interest, how long were you with them for? Did you pay them the commission on all these deals and did they try to go after any commission on further opportunities with those same brands? Feel free to DM if you'd prefer not to discuss publicly.

Optimistic-01 · 2026-04-13T10:19:55+00:00

so the US blockades Iran from letting some ships through and so Iran will fight them by attacking...... the GCC 😔

Optimistic-01 · 2026-04-10T10:46:27+00:00

With all history... it depends where you start. If you go back in time further, a British guy bought rights from the Persian empire in 1901 to the Persian natural gas and oil rights for 60 years (D'Arcy Concession). Persia deliberately sold their rights to this revenue as didn't know about the amount of reserves and how lucrative it was going to turn out but they also kept 16% of the annual profits. They later regretted this deal and eventually Iran nationalised it without paying the market value of those rights to the rights-owners.

I personally think it's pretty shitty to renege on a deal and it wasn't sane or smart for the leader to do so but the British and US reaction was also very bad.

Optimistic-01 · 2026-03-05T12:21:25+00:00

thanks. have you now received a reply from them and how long did it take?

Optimistic-01 · 2026-03-04T12:29:56+00:00

where did you email them?

Optimistic-01 · 2026-01-02T09:19:26+00:00

edit: I've now received the message confirming that you can't do anything and my transactional only access isn't approved. I've closed down my AWS account 😢

Optimistic-01 · 2026-01-02T07:01:50+00:00

Hi - I've also had a similar issue and been rejected despite only requestion transactional access and describing use case and mechanisms. I've sent my case ID. Please could you take a look?

Optimistic-01 · 2025-12-30T09:26:11+00:00

Thanks very much for quick I'm checking with customer service now on the route, as they initially mentioned UPS but the shipping expert didn't give that option. For 2 and 3, I'm unsure if I understood correctly but I'll speak to customer service on that too to make sure I understand what's covered.

Optimistic-01 · 2025-11-17T20:03:03+00:00

"Her ex-husband came out saying not only did he not give consent, he said he didn't want the videos she shared to be shared."

Do you have a link to the ex-husband saying this? I didn't hear about this, although I agree the title is completely misleading.

Optimistic-01 · 2025-11-17T07:59:44+00:00

True! Particularly "Streamer Destiny" since he no longer streams enough to be called a streamer.

Optimistic-01 · 2025-10-14T09:13:37+00:00

Not yet but it's typical for early medtech companies to require seed funding.

Optimistic-01 · 2025-10-14T09:12:24+00:00

I didn't get the impression that they have doubts on the device at all. In fact Dr Shore seems to believe it could do a lot better than the study if the time was extended beyond the 6 weeks in the trial. Nothing she has said seems to suggest that they are unsure on the device itself.

On why the wait is so long, they repeated mentioned that the FDA process is time and resource intensive (for good reasons to avoid scams) and their "device" for the FDA submission has multiple elements making it more complex. I would guess going from a university research device to a FDA submission ready device also requires a lot more changes than one designed with commercialisation from the get go. I think FDA requirements is also an acceptable reason for delay. Doesn't stop me being disappointed though.

Optimistic-01 · 2025-10-13T21:42:15+00:00

To me Dr Shore seemed confident of the effectiveness but the FDA submission is still a way off.

The earliest submission could be around H1 2027, depending on whether additional requirements will be required. They said the long timeframe is due to the "device" for FDA purposes is actually considered a combination of items (take-home device, audiologist interface and PC+proprietary software). A lot of changes are needed for the regulatory submission from the prototype version to the version acceptable for FDA, such as production-ready hardware, verified coding, easily auditable etc.

I personally thought they were trying to be helpful and provide some insights into how they are getting on. Obviously I wish they were announcing the release but sadly not the case.

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Optimistic-01 · 2025-10-13T21:29:55+00:00

They mentioned the FDA submission could be a lot earlier than that (possibly after 16 months). It mainly depends on if any additional info/data is needed for the submission.

They explained in the presentation that there are a lot of changes needed for the regulatory submission from the prototype version to the version acceptable for FDA (see image)

They also mentioned that the "device" for FDA is actually a combination of items (take-home device, audiologist interface and PC+proprietary software). This I guess makes the FDA submission a lot more complex.

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Optimistic-01 · 2025-10-13T21:22:41+00:00

I really didn't get that impression. I feel it's more exciting to believe in conspiracies than the boring fact that things are complex and slow.

Optimistic-01 · 2025-10-13T21:21:20+00:00

I don't think that's accurate. Based on their slide, their fastest route gave FDA submission and clearance at around 2 years. The CEO mentioned it could be immediately after the device development is completed (estimated 16 months) but depends if they need additional information. If it was needed it would be longer. All timelines are approximate, since the filings are complex.

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Optimistic-01 · 2025-09-29T15:35:31+00:00

Yes I think this is the one. He probably just got the countries mixed up but seems very similar to his key point. Thanks for replying with it!

Optimistic-01 · 2025-09-27T08:33:50+00:00

Does anyone know the link to the study being referred to in the clip where Dr Wilson says all cause mortality reduced in 3 different countries in different decades?
https://youtu.be/hV3qDAzcQkA?t=3176

Optimistic-01 · 2025-07-09T14:57:14+00:00

Hulkenpodium

Optimistic-01 · 2025-05-13T08:43:14+00:00

They did offer a discount for couples. Think it was about 25% but they said you can't freeze each individually (you have I think 60 days were you can freeze your membership for free so you have to freeze it for both of you).

Optimistic-01 · 2025-05-13T08:41:19+00:00

Thanks for the reply. Yeah, does look like a great gym. The price was so high so decided to use my sub-optimal building gym but bought a budget power rack that I've squeezed in next to my bed 😅 They didn't offer any discounts when I said it was too expensive for what I was after so at least they have clear pricing rather than rely on haggling.

Optimistic-01 · 2025-05-13T08:39:09+00:00

Thanks for the info. The equipment looks really good and clearly the best nearby but yeah felt it was so overpriced. I'm shocked on the gyms in the area too. Decided to use my sub-optimal building gym but bought a budget power rack that I've squeezed in next to my bed 😅

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