hope Im not clutching at straws here I tried to sort this out in June last yer and gave up. The help lines are not helping Where do I start. I have our national insurance numbers I have a letter ready to be posted to the pension center hopefully someone here might give me a faster way to get this sorted. I need to know what class of insurance My husband and myself have paid and how we can go about topping up the contributions. we have about 10 years of paying contributions each. Im drained from googling this and getting nowhere anyone able to advise. thanks
Summary If you lived in the UK for at least three years and worked there for at least some of this time. You can make backdated contributions of National Insurance for up to 18 years which will cost you either £163 for each year purchased or £824 for each year purchased. The UK state pension...
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My suggestion - click the link above and start carefully reading and making notes.
If for some reason that's a challenge get assistance from a friend, family member, soneo you trust.
an overview of the process Keep it simple. Print off CF83, fill it in & post by recorded delivery - 20 mins work. You can faff about with the online registration after you've done that.