UK state pension

Well that wasn't too tricky!!!

Does anyone know if seeing this means I'm eligible?

If your looking to pay class 3 payments maybe., did you apply for class 2 also?

I got my confirmation that I can pay class 2 payments by letter last October yet if I sign in on line UK HMRC and check what payment I can make it is still listed as all my payments are class 3 , don't know if they are just slow to update details online.

Have you ever received a letter stating class 2 payments, I was told I would get a class 2 payment reminder every year, just received a letter in January but all class 3 payments,. which you can see in another post further back amount €0. Wonder if I'll get a class 2 reminder before April.

Yep , that's actual the same as me regarding letters.

What's the contact number everyone's using,

I just made a payment but put wrong year payment is for ,I put 2006 to 2007 then realised my last payment I made was for 2006 to 2007, should have put 2007 to 2008, don't know if it makes a difference.

I phoned them 3or4 times last year, couldn't remember what number I used, same between 40 minutes and hour on hold,but one time I was answered in 10 minutes, wasn't ready for them I was eating a sandwich at time😁, will try them tomorrow as it's not a bank holiday in UK.

Hi all. Stupid question but how did people transfer money over to the.m

My bank said just send them equivalent euro should be fine... Does not seem right

On here, I see that people used revolut... Would that be the besr

Thks

I did my first transfer with Bank of Ireland. Did it in branch and was able to specify the sterling amount that I wanted HMRC to receive.

Will do my next transfer with Revolut as it's easier and cheaper

I did an online application on Friday just gone to pay voluntary contributions. I also followed up today by registered post with some documents to prove I've been working in Ireland since leaving the UK and to request consideration for Class 2.

However when I went through the 'Check when to expect a reply from Hmrc service' it's saying to expect a reply in June, way after the 05th April deadline. Is this juts a generic indication that cna be ignored do you think?

I made my payment for historical Class 2 contributions in mid December from my Revolut GBP account to HMRC NIC Receipts, sort code 08-32-20 acct 12001004.

I called them on +44 191 203 7010 today to check - 20 mins on hold then sorted in 2 mins. Agent told me the money was received to their account same day, and she noted which years I wanted the payment applied to. Very friendly - I love the Geordie accent and could have chatted to her all day! That's me with 30 years contributions now, just have to pay the £180 or so each April until I get to the full 35 years.

I'd suggests anybody needs to phone and chase them up to make sure contributions have been applied correctly. Only annoyance was their automated system asking for a UK postcode (wouldn't accept Eircode) , even though I had selected overseas. I ended up giving my last UK postcode just to progress the call.

As others have said, the contribution record on the app/website doesn't accurately reflect the letter I got - website shows all Class 3 but letter correctly had a lot of these as Class 2

From your description it would seem that you should have 18 + 3 = 21 years of UK NI credits so another 14 years of contributions going forward should entitle you to a full UK OA contributary pension at 67. Since you worked in the UK for 18 years up to last year you don't need to buy back any years, but you have another 25 years to make the remaining 14 years of contributions required. Since you have sent of the documentation to HMRC the easiest way should be to pay each years contribution (should be class 2 since you worked up to your time of leaving UK and started work in Ireland the following week) going forward after you get the notification in April/May each year. Best of luck. It's a good feeling having such a nice safety net. I was thinking, depending on your plans for residing in Ireland into the future you might want to investigate how many contributions you currently have and how many you need to qualify for an Irish contribution pension also, but with a potential 24 years of working life to go before Irish pension age you still have plenty of scope

just note that while 10 years (520 paid contributions) is needed to qualify for the pension, if that is all you have you’ll only receive 25% of the maximum rate. I’m sure you’ll have more by the time you reach 66. I’m just pointing out that in 9 years time, the pension will be on strictly pro-rata basis with 2080 (40 years) needed for the full rate

Can anyone tell me how a ROI resident, who worked in the North a long time ago, find out exactly how much NI contributions they made?

Tried the HMRC website but those bots are terrible to try to get info out of.

My understanding is that you can transfer all of your contributions between countries.

You can't, for example, take 5 "surplus" years from Country A and move them to Country B while maintaining your benefits in Country A.

Am open to correction.