UK state pension

anyone know if you need a min of 10 years working in UK before you can apply? Husband has 7 years only.

No you definitely don't need 10 years he only needs 3. But you are running out of time.

Advice gratefully received.

I'm only filling out the CF83 form now. I did register with them before the deadline last year and got a calla few weeks ago asking me to complete this form.

Just re q 4 which asks for name of employer abroad, I am putting in my current Irish employment details. Is that correct ? I have had a few different employers since I returned to Ireland but they're not asking for the history so I'm just putting in the current one.

Put the first employer here with dates to ensure continuity in employment is known to them.

Was about to post exactly this. Print off your prsi record and send it off. That's what I did.

My understanding is that if you combine the pensions from other jurisdictions to get a full Irish pension then you can't receive a UK pension separately. Perhaps I'm mistaken.. I think this whole thread assumes you'll be trying to get a separate UK pension by paying the back years and then you get your Irish contributory pension separately. You can of course also pay back years on your Irish pension.

Ok that's interesting...I stand corrected . Could you explain if you're getting a full UK pension how does Ireland top up your Irish pension to 2/3 by using UK contributions? If it works then it sounds mad.. but it's also great news.

Question for The Continental Op?

Could it have been that you had loads of years from the UK (more than required) and you only needed a few for the Irish which didn't affect your UK overall?

That was about the size of it. iirc paid an extra 14 years UK to get the max (approx 1.4k? at lower rate). Here I was short by 2 years actual working but had a lot of credits for disability.

How many years spent in each country? Not many people in your lucky position.When I enquired with Irish side I was told "you're due a UK pension.Isn't that enough for you.I was told any years spent in UK would be deducted from my Irish pension".Conversation was by phone.I tried to get them to put it in writing but letters just ignored.

There's a lot of confusion and misinformation about getting both the Irish and UK state pension. It is possible to get a full pension from both countries though this will become less likely in the future. I expect to receive a full pension from both. I will have 40 full years contributions to the Irish system at Irish retirement age and 35 full years contributions to the UK system at their retirement age. This is possible because I worked for about 4 years in the UK in my late teens early twenties. I had 4 years contributions, and was allowed two more. I then bought back all the years back to 2006 when that was allowed up to last April. That puts me at 25 years and I can pay ten more until I reach 67.

I see a lot of comments on social media saying it's not possible,to get a pension from both countries,and when they are corrected the often fall back on the line that it's not worth it because you'll be taxed. So what? Still better off. I suspect these are people who weren't informed enough to get their UK pension sorted,or worked for cash in England or were working under false names or other national insurance numbers . A lot of this went on.

So yes, you can get a contributory pension from both countries, though it will be less likely in the future.

I can confirm the above also. I spoke to a financial advisor and he said I could claim both but I will be liable for tax and usc also as that is applicable to UK/US pensions.