Transferring funds from Germany to UK

eskbanker

Band7 said:
If your money has been sitting in your German account for the last 7-8 years, I would think it would suffice to just mention that fact. Money launderers would let money sit in banks for several years before they attempt to launder it.

Is that last sentence missing a 'not'?

wmb194

Emily_Joy said:

Band7 said:

Bottom line is that if you have evidence that you acquired the money legally, you have nothing to fear. But you should always plan for some delays due to extra checks.

"give an evidence" means that I need to find salary slips from Germany from that period? To be honest, I am not sure they survived several house moves

I presume your German account's statements will show your employer's name against the deposits. That could work, too.

Emily_Joy

wmb194 said:

I presume your German account's statements will show your employer's name against the deposits. That could work, too.

I doubt statements go as far as 2009-2014.

wmb194

Emily_Joy said:

wmb194 said:

I presume your German account's statements will show your employer's name against the deposits. That could work, too.

I doubt statements go as far as 2009-2014.

Have a look, you might be surprised. Lloyds takes me back two decades and more:

badger09

@Emily_Joy
In addition to possible AML questions from whichever bank/xfer company you use, you need to be prepared for similar questions from your solicitor re the source of your deposit. 

They are likely to require more/better evidence of source

Emily_Joy

Thanks - I will be in Germany soon, visiting, in particular, a colleague currently working for my previous employer, so will try to get supporting evidence.  But this is likely to be in German!