link belowHi I have registered with the Gateway but am unsure of next step. Is it to fill out form CF83 and send it off?
Where can I find this form? I can't seem to see it online
thanks
sorry above not belowlink below
You can be able to find it on Gov.UK and do a search on CF83.Hi I have registered with the Gateway but am unsure of next step. Is it to fill out form CF83 and send it off?
Where can I find this form? I can't seem to see it online
thanks
I recommend completing the CF 83 form and trying to get moved to class 2 as these are significantly cheaper - it takes time but is about 20% of the cost involved. But do this quickly as there is a deadline of April 2025 on some years and as I said they are slow!I would do this if you can afford it for peace of mind.
It’s likely that contributions will get more expensive and they may restrict further the ability to make ongoing or backward contributions in future.
Almost zero chance that “banked” contributions will ever be taken away from you.
So just to update. I was able to pay online , the details of how to pay are on the website. I paid six out of the 11 years that I owed them . I called them and got through after about 40 minutes of waiting. Very helpful lady. She said it could be about 6 months before the payments will be allocated to my account. I asked her would I have to call again to allocate the years of payments. She said that she will put a note on my file to allocate my payments in order of years with the oldest going first. All in all it’s a good process that they haveI got the good news last week that I can buy back at class 2 after initially applying in July 23. I still have a UK bank account so was going to pay from that. Does anyone know if they accept a card payment over the phone? If I do a bank transfer is there any way of specifying the years that im paying? There is one year (2007) that I can buy back at class 3 and I don’t want to pay that one. So I need to make sure that they are allocating the payments to the correct years. Many thanks
Yes the years up to 2018-2019 have to be bought before April 2025. After that you can only go back 6 years from whatever year you are ini see from the information on this site that I can buy back 18 years contributions up to 5 april 2025 but after this date i can only buy back 6 years. Does this mean that I could say buy back 13 years before 5 april 2025 but next year after april 2025 i could still buy back another 6 or say buy back 2 years every year for next 6 years in order to make up shortfall rather than having to buy back the full 18 years contributions in one lump before 5 april 2025?
thanks for that, but on my letter it shows only after year 2019 you can buy back before april 2026, april 2027 and so on, on this column it has heading "final time limit" however on the column before it has heading title "Payment date without penalty" and it has date april 2025 the whole way down including years from 2019 to 2024, so does this mean that you can buy these years back after april 2025 but only by paying an additional penalty?Yes the years up to 2018-2019 have to be bought before April 2025. After that you can only go back 6 years from whatever year you are in
Yes you are right. Mine also says that. It may be some stock phrase just to cover themselves in case the price rises or something. But I’m not surethanks for that, but on my letter it shows only after year 2019 you can buy back before april 2026, april 2027 and so on, on this column it has heading "final time limit" however on the column before it has heading title "Payment date without penalty" and it has date april 2025 the whole way down including years from 2019 to 2024, so does this mean that you can buy these years back after april 2025 but only by paying an additional penalty?
But surely whether you are class 2 or 3 is fairly clear cut. What grounds could you successfully argue you should pay at class2I recommend completing the CF 83 form and trying to get moved to class 2 as these are significantly cheaper - it takes time but is about 20% of the cost involved. But do this quickly as there is a deadline of April 2025 on some years and as I said they are slow!
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