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A case study is now included on the UK wiki page . From the case study on the wiki, "Next, we consider her pension if she makes further NICs. In her case, her pension increases until she reaches the full pension after 10 years, then remains static." Please could you clarify where you got ...

PS You can absolutely continue being “sort of in the past and in the future at the same time”… Did you know it’s actually possible to keep making voluntary NICs even after you’ve started drawing your state pension? It might not apply to everyone, but it’s an interesting quirk of the system that cou...

PS You can absolutely continue being “sort of in the past and in the future at the same time”… Did you know it’s actually possible to keep making voluntary NICs even after you’ve started drawing your state pension? It might not apply to everyone, but it’s an interesting quirk of the system that coul...

The pension will be 'frozen' at the later of (1) the date you reach state pension age, and (2) the date you moved to a 'frozen' country. This means that annual uprating will not apply for Japan-residents over UK state pension age irrespective of whether they claim or defer the pension. ... until yo...

Can anyone tell me what I can look foreward to seeing on the State pension forecast page of the UK Government Gateway site, once all my backdated payments are entered and I will actually qualify for a pension? Will it tell me how much I will receive a week, a month, a year? Also, will there be any ...

even if you show them a screenshot, there is nothing there that identifies you… Just to post the below MoneySavingExpert advice on this point: We'd urge you to take a picture of the form you filled in, and a screen grab of the request sent screen, then email it to yourself, so you've a contemporane...

So is this of no help to people who have a letter, but have been unable to break through the musak of the Pension Service helpline or get their calls dropped repeatedly? The wording of the callback form suggests it is not limited to those making 'first contact' with the department: Complete this fo...

It is also unclear how long people WOULD have to pay up if they followed the above procedure… Communication and clarity do not seem to be their strong suits. However, it *seems* to be that *if* people are accepted to backpay voluntary NICs, HMRC ordinarily send a letter with an 8-week deadline from...

Callback service now added to the wiki in the intro to the UK state pension and the summary of pension-related actions:

https://retirewiki.jp/wiki/United_Kingd ... te_Pension
https://retirewiki.jp/wiki/United_Kingd ... ed_actions

Thanks for your clear and interesting account of interactions with HMRC on this. (Ditto for other recent posters.) Very useful to have up-to-date accounts. And good luck getting it all sorted. Side note - the reason why I'm faffing about with this so close to the deadline is because I read that 3 q...