Key Post UK State Pension - Make voluntary contributions to qualify for UK pension on top of Irish pension

I sent the payment after a received a request from them. Many months ago. However it hadn’t shown up. I called them and asked why not and they said it needed to be allocated which they are now doing.
However they hung up/got cut off before I could ask about future payments. But I have the details now in my Revolut so I will set up a reminder each year. Since I’m caught up I presume it’ll be more straightforward to allocate from now on and I won’t need to spend an hour on the phone to them
 
Hi, sorry for hijacking the thread apologies if there is a more relevant one I should be looking at only I have a question that to date no one has been able to answer, so here goes.

I have been paying class 2 NI contributions since moving full time to Ireland in 2007 and now have the 35 years contributions needed for a full UK state pension.

I am full time working in Ireland since 2007 paying PRSI so to date approx 18 years of contributions.

Question, if I continue to pay class 2 NI in UK, when I get to Irish state pension age (66) can I transfer any un-needed UK NI contributions into my Irish PRSI contributions, I know you can definitely transfer contributions from other states into the Irish system but was looking to get clarity on whether to continue buying the UK contributions as there is no point buying them if I don't get to use them?

Thanks
 
Thanks, I was sure you can transfer in contributions from other jurisdictions as before the generous deal the HMRC offered anyone who had paid NI contributions in UK, I was reading that people were using their UK contributions to make up lost years in PRSI contributions.

Its a case of who would/should know, UK or Irish state pension departments.

Thanks
 
Ah ok, fair enough won't be making any further NIC contributions then.

Thanks for the advice, slowly reading my way through the thread now.

Thanks
 

It looks like my records for the three years (2021/22, 2022/23 and 2023/24) have finally been updated. It now says 'You have contributions from Self-employment: 52 weeks' for each year, so I'm assuming this is how it should look for years where an overseas voluntary national insurance contribution has been made? I kind of expected it to say contributions from employment abroad or something along those lines as I'm not self-employed. Maybe I need to contact them to see if they have made a mistake when allocating my payments?



 
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Hi, I wonder can anyone tell me if they've had any experience with this?

My money was received in England on 12 August '24

I received a receipt for same on 11th October '24 listing all the years I'd paid for

but it hasn't updated online. Is anyone else at this stage and how long did updating online take?

Thanks for any information
 
@blanketyblank I paid on 4 April 2024, have receipt dated 26 September, but not yet updated online.

A little frustrating as I'm shortly making a further payment for later years and would prefer to see earlier years updated first.
 
My updated additional years are also showing as Self-employment: 52 weeks' so I guess that is normal.
Regarding time frame for updating, I sent payment via Revolut in June '24 and and my record was updated in Jan '25.
I did not receive any receipt for payment.
 
Skyline said:
My updated additional years are also showing as Self-employment: 52 weeks' so I guess that is normal.
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Thanks for confirming @Skyline that this seems to be the norm. I kind of expected it to say voluntary overseas contributions from employment abroad or something along those lines as I'm not self-employed.
 
I rang a few days ago and they told me there is a 57 week delay in allocating but that she would send me a receipt for my payment which she said was on my account just not allocated to the relevant years.
 
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