Hi your half way there ? If you go back to the nav office and ask the for the form (18T1011) this is the form they fill out with you and ask when you would like to start payments i.e. Start / middle / end of the month Cost 7300 ft per month (taj card payment )in my case they gave me the pay at the post office (yellow tkt ) and also said that not to be later than ten days after the due date as the payment may not be accepted .. and it's the form (I asked for a copy as the taj office was only 200 mts away ). I then filled out the taj card form with them and they then sent by reg post the letter first with the taj number on it and about 4 days later the actual taj card ? I Hope this helps

Hi stegy just a bit more information for you '? The nav office is the /hu - tax office ( uk - hmrc ) That's the office that you gave you your plastic card ! Which is to be honest I don't have yet I did get a paper official letter at the time with my (nav reg no ) on it . and they said they would post it to me ! Only been 7 working days !! The taj office is the department of Heath and social security , and as ( enter) has said they had to go to kaposvar I expect that's a main city ? I did have no luck at our local nav office so I went to our nearest main city and they have been excellent in there help. Also I did (taj office ) originally apply for the so41, and it did take longer than 3 months '+ a call to hmrc , now for the nitty gritty bit I'm 67 so retired so the so41 came back with the hmrc saying yes my contributions were ok with a start date of xx/xx/2014 - and an end date of xx/xx/2016 (when I retired) now I thought I would have a problem as hmrc had not put the other 40 years worth of contributions on the form ?! Now it actually turns out after I received my card ( the important bit ) the reason I'm have to pay contributions ( 7300 ft ) is that there is an end date on my so41 now in order to get free (i.e. Not have to pay contributions) I now have to get form (s1) Which means on Monday I have to ring DWP overseas Heath care dept in the uk for the s1 form and I think it's also linked to the ehic card which has to be changed from my uk based one to a non uk based one will let you know what happens ?

Hi stegy if there a lot closer you could try your local nav office again as they do seam really helpful, as they gave you the tax card ! I think that they normally help you fill out the taj- T18xxxxform ( tax card -res- card -add card ) all asked for in order to fill out the taj-T18xxx form , they never Looked at the so41 at all and I do believe that they then send off the form to the taj office obviously would take longer to receive the taj card that way ? As you say you haven't payed into the ni in the last 6 years sounds like you would be in a similar situation? You can but I'm not 100% positive If you want to make ni contributions your allowed to go back for the last 5 years ?? I.e. It tops up you pension from the uk in my case I had 5 years missing from teens -2? So couldn't top it up ,5 years makes about £18-20 , a week more on the basic pension of 35 years just a thought for you ? Also do you have the uk ehic card ? They love it here it's like having bupa in the uk (ie. someone else is paying ) You can do it on line just need a uk postal address then your a tourist the same as me 😂😂😂untill it's all sorted out ?