Proof I am alive .

Mojisola

Karhut said:

Thank for your comments and help, I will ignore the letter.
I don’t need the stress. 

But the solicitor dealing with your uncle's estate won't be able to ignore the situation.

Until they can verify that

1. you are dead or

2. alive and wanting your inheritance or

 3. alive and refusing the inheritance, they will continue to chase you.

If you don't want the stress, you will have to do something.

Pollycat

Mojisola said:

Karhut said:

Thank for your comments and help, I will ignore the letter.
I don’t need the stress. 

But the solicitor dealing with your uncle's estate won't be able to ignore the situation.

Until they can verify that

1. you are dead or

2. alive and wanting your inheritance or

 3. alive and refusing the inheritance, they will continue to chase you.

If you don't want the stress, you will have to do something.

+1 to this.
The route to least stress is to contact 'her' and say you don't want the inheritance and ask what you need to do.
If you don't, she will keep contacting you.

Flugelhorn

I have GP colleagues who occasionally have had to do these but I never did one myself, TBH I suspect it would be a quick bit of work for a solicitor and they wouldn't charge much - not much sharkery in signing to say they have seen someone and they are still alive 

macman

The OP cryptically said 'not in UK'. Who isn't in the UK? The OP, the deceased uncle, or the solicitor?
My take on this is that the OP is in the UK, the dead uncle resided outside the UK, and the Embassy is the one representing the that country?
So, without knowing what that country is, no one can say what process is required, but presumably a simple proof of ID and address: hardly onerous.
I suspect the OP will not be back, but if he does visit us again, I'll be happy to accept the inhertiance on his behalf-and even visit the embassy.

Karhut

Thank you all for your comments .
Someone  here thought maybe I have something to hide, not so , I have a British passport and I am legally here and have done nothing illegal and I am great full to be in this country and working. I have booked an appointment with a local solicitor as I realise that even though I don’t wish to receive any money from my uncles will the solicitor will chase me until I give her what she wants so she can administer the will.
The only reason I did not want to see a solicitor is because I have been ripped off in the past .

Flugelhorn

For this sort of thing it will be a fixed fee agreed beforehand - at least you will get it back when you get the inheritance 

actually quite a long list of people can do these sorts of things - including the pub landlord https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/814507/5_Life_Certificate_Witness_Options.pdf

Karhut

Yes £25  which is fine, no I won’t get it back . I don’t want any inheritance from a place I was treated badly as a child! Hence I am here in Uk.
It will stop the solicitor contacting me again, I refused inheritance from my mother too .
I have no knowledge how much inheritance is nor do I want to know.
Nothing against the uncle.

RAS

Perhaps instead of refusing the inheritance outright, you might divert it into a cause that you support that it relevant?

I hated receiving cheques from my father; I don't think he ever knew that they were paid over to Woman's Aid and Childline.

TripleH

Not all solicitors are absolute bar stewards, I think that module is still only optional in their training.

Seriously, there are unfortunately suspect people working in all professions. The best approach is to agree in advance exactly what a 'professional' is doing for you and get it confirmed in writing (if a significant job), this comes in the form of a letter of engagement.

Langerhan

£25 sounds like a good price for confirmation from a solicitor and is only slightly more than might be charged by a GP etc.

I'm sorry growing up in your original country was such a miserable time for you. While I'm glad that you're well off enough to be able to afford to turn down the money, do you know for sure that your uncle had other relatives? If not, the money will go to his home country's government. Would you consider donating it to a worthy cause instead?