Originally Posted by classicmds

yes i have this statement. My question is can you specify which years you are paying? If so, how?

Originally Posted by classicmds

I just registered for overseas rate for voluntary contributions. If I send in money to pay for missed years to date, does it have to be applied sequentially, earliest year first, or can you pick years?

The first missed year was one where I was still in UK and worked half year after college - so I have $800 or so shortfall. Then after that all missed years are while overseas so at overseas voluntary contribution rate. In other words, if I sent in a check for the 10 overseas years, it would mostly all get eaten up by that first year in the UK. Is there a way to specify which years you are paying for?

Originally Posted by Steerpike

I just checked and my 2020-2021 payment still isn't showing. I sent the payment May 3rd - ~2 weeks after you. Yours showed up around August 6 - over a month ago now. Do you think it's worth giving them a call? Do you think it was your call that 'fixed' it, or was that a coincidence? You said 'phoning definitely speeds things up'; did you really mean that or were you joking? I notice their 'help line' hours are now published as being open until 3:30pm, which means 7:30am my time (Pacific). Given the long wait times, that may suggest I need to start calling around 6:30am ... which is not my preferred way to start the day

Originally Posted by Steerpike

Thanks for the 'midnight' tip - I'm much, much more functional at midnight than I am at 6am . It's midnight right now and I haven't even done the dishes yet, and have an hour or two of TV watching ahead of me! I never was a 'morning person' ...

Originally Posted by Steerpike

I never did quite manage to make that late night call . Today I checked online, and the year 2020-2021 has gone from 'Your record for this year is not available yet' in September to 'Year is not full'. The expanded explanation for 2020-2021 is now 'We are checking this year to see if it counts towards your pension. We’ll update your record when this is finished, you do not need to do anything.' And now, my Summary document has gone from saying my maximum pension will be 134.90 GBP/mo to 129.76 GBP/mo. So I guess I really do need to call and find out what happened to my 2020-2021 payment!

Originally Posted by Steerpike

I was all set to finally call them tonight (it's only been 3 months since I posted the above!) but did a quick check online first, and ... ta da! ... the report now says 'Year is full', and my max pension is back to a projection of 134.90/wk (not /mo as I incorrectly noted above). So I made the bank transfer (from a UK bank) on May 2nd last year, and they FINALLY took care of crediting the payment correctly in Feb 2022! And I never did have to make that late-night call!

Originally Posted by mrken30

I can't remember the form I filled in, but I put my US address. I get mail sent to me once a year to the US from HMRC

Originally Posted by alfista1

I'm currently looking at filling out CF83 for class 2 NI
Not sure what to put in part 1 About You - Your UK address part.

I have moved overseas already.
Do I put the address I was living at in the UK, leave it blank or put a forwarding UK address I use?
I assume blank or my old address? .....

Originally Posted by OldJuddian

I just checked my CF83, for Part 1 I put my last UK address, for Part 2 I put my current US address, and this is where all correspondence goes.

Originally Posted by alfista1

Thanks - just a bit worried about putting my old address there in case they send anything out to the UK address - you never know with HMRC!
Maybe if I put my old address I should clarify on a side note

Originally Posted by Steerpike

I called them and kept detailed notes - here's my note relevant to this:

Box 3 - UK address - can I leave blank, as I don't have one? CAN LEAVE BLANK.

On the actual form, I put 'N/A'.

It worked out fine for me.