You can get your NI number by completing and posting form CA5403, address is on the form. They will ask for your U.K. address though. Can you even remember the name of the road you lived on? If you do, use google earth to find the actual house number by zooming in on street level.
Key Post UK State Pension - Make voluntary contributions to qualify for UK pension on top of Irish pension
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Try thinking about your local pub, what route did you take to work, bus number / train / tube?
Do you have older family members who still use address books? There might be one hanging around next to the landline.
My hunch is everything was discarded as I generally don't hold things that have zero relevance in my life for more than 10 years. My family are similar and don't hang onto stuff but its no harm to ask my parents. There's no chance that i'd remember a bus number. As for using google maps I have no memory of any of the roads so I wouldn't even know where to start. But I will still take a look to see if it jogs my memory. Thanks for the suggestions.
november16
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I found an address on a lloyds bank statement which I thankfully kept from 1989 which my salary was paid into. Did you have mortgage with bank, any chance you remember or can guess bank. Did you pay council tax what council borough did you live in. Did you ever claim social welfare or register with department of work and pensions job centres, if you did a DSAR would that throw up something.
Chrisofthewhite
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I paid about 4 weeks ago too, I didn't have any options on the years though as only 2 years availalbe and I paid both. I might call for piece of mind though.
When I log in to see my record now it says
"There is a short delay in processing some payments. Your forecast will be updated as soon as possible."
When I log in to see my record now it says
"There is a short delay in processing some payments. Your forecast will be updated as soon as possible."
I noticed this change today too. I wonder is it triggered by my annual payment for last tax year which was paid in early May (which is otherwise and currently unrecognised by the HMRC system).
I had the same change and I also had processed a payment .
I had the same change and I also had processed a payment .
looptheloop30
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I can see it and no payment made yet.
I'll be doing so this week. I'm going to go the Revolut route but is there any need to ring before making the payment or just afterwards to confirm its been received and to allocate to the correct years?
I'll be doing so this week. I'm going to go the Revolut route but is there any need to ring before making the payment or just afterwards to confirm its been received and to allocate to the correct years?
Not really; keep a printed record & have it in your file.
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Apologies if it has already been explained but what is the incentive for the UK government to do this?
I pay 200 per year for the next x years and when I get to 67 they will give me 12,000 per year in exchange for this.
Doesn’t seem to make much sense from the uk government’s perspective, who aren’t (that) stupid
I pay 200 per year for the next x years and when I get to 67 they will give me 12,000 per year in exchange for this.
Doesn’t seem to make much sense from the uk government’s perspective, who aren’t (that) stupid
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I got a letter in the post today looking for my exact dates of my employment. This is due to the fact I have a gap of 17 months where I wasn't working (this was 5 years after I left the UK) nor on social welfare as I was travelling at the time. I am guessing for this period I may have to pay Class 3?
Has anyone been through something similar before? If so what was the outcome?
Has anyone been through something similar before? If so what was the outcome?
As fair as I understand, it's pretty much to accomodate and not exclude all the UK expats currently abroad that the UK Govt still have an obligation to pay pensions to, and the 300k odd Irish citizens (as well as anyone else that worked in the UK and paid NI contributions for more than 3 years) that can avail of it just happen to have a bonus dividend from this necessary policy.
I paid for 17 years in February and it’s still not on my record. They did allocate a payment for 2023/24 which was not included in my payment. I got through to them on the HMRC chat and was told they have my payment and there’s currently a delay of 33 weeks. So it looks like I’ll have to wait until October. Is anyone else in this position. I know I’ll just have to be patient and forget about it until then. Anyone else waiting this long?
In my case, I have put 2 queries in with them - one for me personally and the other (more complex) query for my wife. My query was a simple Class 3/2 Change which they processed in 2-3 weeks. The other is with them ~6 weeks with no sign of any progress. In both cases I wrote to them with the details, relevant forms and cover letter..... this I believe speeds up the process. In my case I got re-classified to the slower cost class and have just submitted a payment, which I am waiting to see it processed on their on line portal. Hope that helps?
I'm in the same position.
Paid at the start of March. 2023/2024 is showing as paid, even though prior to transferring the money, I phoned them and explained the years I was sending payment for. It's been 17 weeks since I transferred the money so a bit of a wait to go.