Checking the state pension- Non UK passport

InvestingNow

I saw the article this week about checking how many years you have paid towards your state pension.

I got onto the tax.service.gov.uk to check that and put all my details, IN etc then it gets to choose to 2 ways of authenticity:

-UK passport
-Credit report
-North Ireland driving license.

I am unable to choose two since I do not have a UK passport neither a North Ireland driving license. But I have lived and worked in the UK for 25 years. How can I check this with a foreign passport? 

Thanks in advance 

nigelbb

I am afraid that you cannot. Your only way of getting a pension forecast is to call them.

InvestingNow

OK, thanks. It is not fair, but I will call and I guess they will send you the info. 

Flugelhorn

I suppose they need things that are automatically cheackable with the data they can access  - foreign passports would not be one of them

I was offered 2 of 5 inc P60, SA, passport, credit details and the rather irrelavent NI driving licence

I had trouble as I said I had a P60 - they wanted the amount above the PT level and gave a picture of where to find the figure. My pension P60 did not have that figure as no NI payable - fortunately I had self assessment details and passport.