Hi all,

I'm interested if anybody has any thoughts or experience with successfully switching from class 3 payments to class 2?

A friend of mine appears to have been miscategorized when first arriving in the US. He paid class 3 for several years, but has made no contributions for the past few years, and would like to now be able to pay catch up at the class 2 rate.

I assume a simple phone call to HMRC would be a good place to start, but would welcome any advise, gotchas or alternative suggestions.

Thx!

As you suggest you are probably best advised to call or write.

https://www.gov.uk/government/organi...nd-individuals

Was your friend ordinarily employed or self-employed immediately before leaving? Did they start working immediately upon arrival in the US?

And why didn't your friend flag the "misscategorization" when it originally happened?

I suggest reading NI38 as a first step and then to contact the NI hotline and talk to an international case worker.