Not sure if it would also happen on a digital statement, but the paper one they posted to me, the entry date was left blank. I know when it was, and all the years are listed correctly, but at the top of the form, entry date is blank.
Is that the same if you request a digital/PDF version from myWelfare? If so then maybe worth contacting them in case they need to update your records to correct/specify your date of entry just to avoid any confusion?
I'm not sure if I can request that. Not currently resident. I just phoned up and requested a copy, and they posted it to me.
Why not? What's stopping you from registering for and logging into your myWelfare account and requesting a statement?
I just checked mine and it correctly specifies my date of entry. Oddly it's the date of my 16th birthday even though I was working before that and had already accumulated 16 class M and 20 class A1 contributions and the latter are included in my total for pension purposes. Not sure how I managed to get 20 A1 while under 16!
Nothing is stopping me doing that. I've just done it again. This is what it ends up saying. I'm not sure why, because everything I enter is correct, and they'll just post it. Presumably if I'd entered incorrect information, they wouldn't post it, but they do.
My entry date is different to the date on which I received my first (class M) PRSI contribution.
Log on to mywelfare.
Don't have that option under menu. It appears I only have limited access. Says I need to verify in order to get full access. In order to do that via the my welfare app, I would need an Irish passport, don't have, and an Irish address, don't have. So the only way to do it, is via an appointment in person. But even then, it clearly states I'd need to bring several things, one of which, is proof of an address in Ireland. So......can't do it.
