"I am 50 should, I make Class 3 contributions to UK pension?"

Thanks for that info @Giggs11. There is definitely conflicting information being given out by the Admins. The last post is certainly more hopeful that the juvenile credits will remain on the record of anyone to whom they have been allocated before 2010. Do let us know if you get any reply to your specific question on the forum.
 
If they are your only NI years then I doubt you would qualify for the buy back at all. However if you have 3 paid years in addition to the 3 credited years you should qualify for class 2 (if you meet the other criteria of working in the UK before you left and in another EU country shortly after you arrived). Here's hoping!
 
I have juvenile credits plus some small NI contributions I made while working as a student. I then worked in Ireland since and sent proof, requesting Class 2. Was told I am class as not enough proper contributions made. Still a great deal though
 
Anyone know if Juvenile credits alone considered accepted for pension consieration? I also worked in the Channel Islands and Ireland for a number of years.
 
I was surprised to see I had 6 years of contributions when I logged into the gateway. I was born in the late 70s in Northern Ireland, worked there for 3 years, and then moved south. They have me classified me as Class 3, so I’ve submitted a form to see if they can include the free years and adjust my class. Has anyone else been through a similar process?
 
@Threadser
I asked a question on juvenile credits over at HMRC UK Forums. They have finally answered at the bottom of this post

https://community.hmrc.gov.uk/customerforums/ni/95f26221-f52b-ee11-a81c-000d3a8751e3

From this answer, it would seem that all you need to retain the juvenile credits is to have registered for a National Insurance Number before 6 April 2010.
You defo do not need to be resident in UK for your 16th birthday, which is a relief to me and many more. I am sure.

@Scouser These juvenile credits are your 3 free years, you will get to keep them!
 
Pretty much as stated elsewhere but from the explanatory memorandum to the regulations, so the horses mouth;

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www.legislation.gov.uk

4.2 Since April 1975, National Insurance contributions have been credited to people for the tax year in which they reach age 16 and the following two tax years to help them satisfy the National Insurance contribution conditions on a claim for basic state pension entitlement and for bereavement benefits (“starting credits”). The policy intention was to ensure that young people staying on in education beyond the minimum school leaving age did not lose future benefit entitlement as a result. There is no requirement for the individual to be in the UK at the relevant age. This was mainly to ensure that young people being educated outside the UK were not penalised.
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7.1 The Government has decided that awards of starting credits should be stopped from 6 April 2010 but existing awards will remain in place. Starting credits are awarded for the tax years in which a person attains the age of 16, 17 and 18, up to the level needed to make it a qualifying year that counts towards entitlement on a claim for basic State Pension and Bereavement Benefits.
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So could these qualify people on their own if they got a NI number before April 6 2010 and were working immediately before leaving the UK I wonder?
 
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Hi,
Very late to the party but I have just started looking into my possible eligibility for UK pension via voluntary NI contributions and this site is an absolute gold mine of info, so a massive thank you to all of you. I'm a Brit, living in France, by the way, hope it's OK to post here?
I've downloaded the relevant form and will be printing it off and filling it in and sending it tomorrow, and have also registered with DWP requesting a call back, so hopefully if I AM eligible I will still make the deadline.
In the meantime I have a couple of questions I can't seem to find the answers to anywhere.
As I said, I'm a Brit, lived in the UK until 1994, did a year abroad in France where I was employed and paid into the French system. Moved back to the UK to finish my degree 1995-1996. Claimed income support for a month until I could get my old dummer job back (at a high Street bank - I worked for them three summers in a row). I also worked part-time for a supermarket in 1993-1994 during term time.
First question: Does all this this sound as if I will qualify?

After moving to France permanently in Sept.1996 I have worked and paid in almost continunously, bar a year or two when my children were very small. I'm on target to bea able to retire here with a full pension at 64.
I'm thinking of maybe moving back to the UK in 3-5 years time, still very undecided. The research I have done suggests that there is a reciprocal agreement between France and the UK which would mean that my contributions to the French system would qualify me for a British state pension, but I don't understand how much I would be eligible for, without paying any voluntary NI contributions.
Question two: Anyone have an idea about this?

Question three: like everyone else, this whole voluntary contributions things seems too good to be true.
 
Thursdayschild said:
and sending it tomorrow
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Send by recorded delivery (or whatever the French equivalent is).

You can only go back to 2006 to pay NICs

Theres not much point worrying about future plans at this stage, or fretting about if you qualify.

Send the form in, see what you get back.

In the meantime entertain yourself by reading the 1000+ posts on this board.
 
Thanks Dany.

When I send my form in, should I enclose another paper with a rundown of where I worked before and after leaving the UK?
 
Hi, perhaps Danny you know the answer to this. I have looked absolutely everywhere. How will they decide if you have a mixture of work and not working in the one year for class 2 or 3? How many PRSI contributions will you have to have made in one year to qualify as being enough for class 2?
 
@Dopey1 - Hi. In my specific case I submitted a cover letter with my CF83 outlining that I worked full-time immediately on return from the UK. I enclosed a copy of my prsi statement as evidence. I further stated that I retired from my public service job (in Ireland)the year prior to my application, and took a month off before resuming employment in the private sector.

For that final year they offered me class 3 for the weeks I disclosed I wasn't working but class 2 across the board otherwise.

So, class 3 can be limited to weekly it seems, provided the evidence submitted will support it.
 
Thanks again, Danny.
Crossing my fingers for class 3 (daren't dream I'll qualify for class 2).
15k on the Euromillions tomorrow would be nice so that I can pay for it!
 
HI Zobeda thanks for that. I think my biggest problem is that when I left the uk I didn't work in Ireland for another 18 months and even at that the work was sporadic. I was working full time in 2006 but had children from 2010 so just received credits ie child benefit, to be honest my record is all over the place. Finding the money to pay for the class 3 will be a huge obstacle now. I guess I will have to to just wait and see what they come back with but just trying to prepare myself if most of the years between 2006 to 2024 are class 3.
 
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