Key Post Deadline 5th April 2025

[DannyBoyD]

UPDATE : You have ONE week.

Don't delay.

If you have an NI number, fill in the CF83 and send by recorded delivery.

If you can't find your NI number, take a day off work and drive to Newry / Enniskillen / Derry, and go in person to the office there. Bring all your ID stuff.

UPDATE: worst case scenario - complete CF83, add note that you are tracing your NI number. This will push you to the end of the queue, but if you are not close to retirement age, that doesn't matter much.

Don't waste any time asking 'do I qualify' questions - let HMRC make that decision.

All that matters now is getting that form completed and sent.

UPDATE: At this point I'm recommending a belt & braces approach - complete this call back also.

Request a call back to pay voluntary National Insurance contributions - GOV.UK

secure.dwp.gov.uk

Do a search and read other posts. There isn't a single question that hasn't been answered.

Completing the CF83 does not commit you to making the back payment, you can decide later if you want to proceed.

 

[Brendan Burgess]

@DannyBoyD

Thanks for your great work on this.

If anyone has not applied, they have only themselves to blame.

Brendan

 

[Brendan Burgess]

fill in the CF83 and send by recorded delivery.

I am still confused. Others have said that you can just fill in CF83 online and submit it online. I helped someone make a submission and I did not see this option.

 

[DannyBoyD]

fill in CF83 online and submit it online

If you've registered with Gateway ID you can do this, a lot of folks were finding the registration part tricky.

 

[Threadser]

You can complete the entire process online once you have your NI number and have verified your ID with the GOV.UK ID Check app. It is much faster than the postal route. In my case my application was approved in 4 weeks. However if you have any difficulty with this process, then print and post before deadline for sure.

 

[tiegan]

@DannyBoyD trying to persuade a friend to do this (with the help of this thread I have done mine) - friend is 35 and has 6 years of contributions paid before she came to Ireland - all other conditions ok, she was working up to leaving for Ireland and working since being here - My question is is it still worth it for a 35year old? Or is that too young. I did it because I was 60. Thanks a mill x

 

[Annieindublin]

So she’s class 2 contributions? I’d say at a guess then she won’t find a better deal for under €200 Pa… the max number of years to qualify is I think 35 so she won’t be far off that by the time she retires here,

Of course e can’t predict the future and a future Uk government might change the rules. But it’s not a lot of money, going forward, and if she has the money to catch up it’s probably a good place to invest it.

Her current entitlement to a Uk pension will be very low

 

[mugsymugsy]

I've done it as a 40 year old. Assuming the UK doesn't scrap the scheme further down the line I believe it's worth it. I'm class 2 and paid over 2k and will be paying yearly going gorward

 

[DannyBoyD]

still worth it for a 35year old?

Yes. Get into the system now.

Whilst its very unlikely to be withdrawn for anyone on the books so to speak, we have no way of knowing if it might be closed for future entrants.

 

[DannyBoyD]

Folks - this post is a call to action only.

There are plenty of other threads to add your questions or comments.