I sent my payment for past years in mid April. I didn't call them or anything. The online portal finally updated this week to reflect the payments. So by my rough calculations, it took 27 weeks from payment to online update.
I applied for a reissue of my national insurance number over 4 weeks ago and still haven't heard anything. I worked in the UK in 2001. For anyone in the same boat that had to apply for their NI number, approximately how long did it take to come? I can't proceed with my pension application until I get it.
I got mine 11 working days after I called them. They send it by 2nd class post and that can be quite slow. They got my address slightly wrong but the Eircode got it to me. I rang after about 10 calendar days and they said they would post a second letter. I haven’t seen that one yet.