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UK state pension

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 112 ✭✭Deenie78


    I completed the form via the HMRC portal this morning - it took a little time and thankfully I had all my dates and details in various places. When I went it to check how long it would take to expect to hear a response (via the link below) it said July 2025! I'm hoping the fact that I submitted before the April 2025 deadline will mean I'm still eligible - I saved a screen print of my submission date to be on the safe side.

    https://www.gov.uk/guidance/check-when-you-can-expect-a-reply-from-hmrc



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 677 ✭✭✭RCSATELLITES


    Yes you will be still eligible. They have extended a few times now, so probably will again. But keep proof just in case, like you have.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 961 ✭✭✭homewardbound11


    I recieved my letter this week with a rejection . I had 2 full years and then returned to Ireland . I checked mygovid and it seems correct . Its there any recourse here, is it worth sending on my payments record from Ireland or can I add the uk contributions to my Irish contributions ?

    MOD: Attachment removed at poster's request.

    Post edited by Jim2007 on


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,208 ✭✭✭The Continental Op


    MOD quoted text removed as it contained personal data and the poster asked for it to be removed.

    Was the 2 years before 6th April 1975?

    Post edited by Jim2007 on

    Wake me up when it's all over.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 677 ✭✭✭RCSATELLITES


    MOD quoted text removed as it contained personal data and the poster asked for it to be removed.

    My wife got the same letter back in March. So we sent the Irish contributions to them. Only took a few minutes to print them out from my welfare.ie

    No harm in sending them what they ask for.

    We haven't heard back from them yet, so can't tell you if she got approved or what the outcome was.

    You can add UK years to your Irish contributions anyway. When you apply for the Irish pension in years to come, you say you worked in the UK. They will request the information from the UK pension authority.

    Post edited by Jim2007 on


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,553 ✭✭✭SCOOP 64


    I Got a letter today from UK revenue stating that I didn't date the form could I download and send again, don't know why they came up with this now must be 9 months since I sent it , in that 9 months they requested wage slips and other documents only now they are saying I didn't date it but believe I did.

    Thought I would ring them 3 times after 10 minutes on hold was cut off, think I might give this up all together.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,677 ✭✭✭PhoenixParker


    I had that about 2 months ago. Did it again online and got a letter the other day.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,553 ✭✭✭SCOOP 64


    I am just going to send back the page they requested signed and dated not the whole 7 pages again with a letter stating my frustration with the whole process.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,553 ✭✭✭SCOOP 64


    Did you get the go ahead to pay contributions?



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 961 ✭✭✭homewardbound11




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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,677 ✭✭✭PhoenixParker


    Yip. I have 8 years paid.

    Now I've to work out how to do the payments.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 146 ✭✭PaybackPayroll


    @Homewardbound11 - just to let you know your NI number is on that. Might be worth redacting it.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 146 ✭✭PaybackPayroll


    I'd be nervous of a change in policy. Who knows what a change in Government could bring.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,208 ✭✭✭The Continental Op


    Then my understanding is that the two years on their own aren't enough. Hopefully getting a copy of your Irish contributions record and sending it to them will sort that. Just don't expect a quick reply. Took 6 months to get a letter to say I could pay extra contributions and 2 months since I paid and not a word from them.

    Wake me up when it's all over.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 677 ✭✭✭RCSATELLITES


    Yeah that's true aswell. If I didn't have another 27 years to pay until I retire, I would be more cautious.



  • Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 10,794 Mod ✭✭✭✭Jim2007


    Every single method of saving for retirement involves risk that is a given. Changes in government policy pensions in the UK, Ireland and the rest of Europe is a certainty because pension crisis will have to be addressed. However since it impacts every voter and more so as the population ages, the chances are that it won't too negative. Certainly not so much as to warrant not having skin in the game.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,677 ✭✭✭PhoenixParker


    When making payments - Does anyone know how are they applied to the shortfall years?

    I have one year that only needs a payment of £3.15, several years that need a payment around £165 and then a few years that need a payment of £824.20.

    Obviously I'd like to pay the cheap years and leave out the 5 years that cost a lot more but not sure if that's possible?

    My years in the UK were right at the start of my career so I can leave some years out and still get to 35 years without a problem.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,677 ✭✭✭PhoenixParker


    Just to warn you, it's moved online so you fill out the form there now. That's what I did and it's much easier than signing and dating and sending back.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,208 ✭✭✭The Continental Op


    Yeah, you can do that. You topup any years that are within scope. What I did was after sorting out how much I needed to pay was phone HMRC and tell they what years I was paying. Now no idea yet if they did this but I was told they put a note on my account for the amount I was paying and for which years I was paying for.

    Wake me up when it's all over.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 88 ✭✭Widows Son


    Has anyone here seen a change to their forecast,or contribution history since making a payment?



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,208 ✭✭✭The Continental Op


    Same as last time I checked (paid 17th April) - no change

    Wake me up when it's all over.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 283 ✭✭markest


    Not showing for me either, paid 26 April. However in app it says "2023 to 2024Your record for this year is not available yet"



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 88 ✭✭Widows Son


    I paid in late February or early march and saw no change yet. Paid 2006 to 2010 .



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 677 ✭✭✭RCSATELLITES


    Did you not get a letter for this year. I received one back in May.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,208 ✭✭✭The Continental Op


    I got a letter, it was just for paying this years NI but after already paying for the full NI pension I ignored it.

    Wake me up when it's all over.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 283 ✭✭markest


    Yeah, had the letter advising class 2 repayments of missing years approved & how to pay it.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 677 ✭✭✭RCSATELLITES


    Did that letter have this year included on it? I had a letter back in March about class 2 and the back dated years. But I also received another letter in May for 2023/2024. Don't forget tax year in UK is April. So last year only finished 6th of April 2024



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,445 ✭✭✭beachhead


    Updating of records online can take 3-6 months or even next the pay rise in each April



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,494 ✭✭✭SuperBowserWorld


    Got a letter stating I qualify for class 2 contributions for some past years. However I need to pay class 3 for others even though I was employed in Ireland during these years.

    My screw up is that I didn't include these employments when I did the online application. I only entered my current employment details. Haste makes waste !

    So I rang them and I can redo the application (CF83) or send a letter.

    Not sure which is the safer option. The first option goes through the whole application process again, and maybe to the end of the queue, but it's online and immediately submitted, the second option updates my current application, but goes through the post.

    Hmmm

    Think I'll go through the second option as I don't want to start the whole class designation decision again.



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  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    if it makes you feel any better, I done the same thing. Read the question wrong I guess.

    Letter away last week. Will advise once I hear back.



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