Voluntary NI contributions for expats

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When I called up today about getting my 18-digit number to pay £840 for a missing year, the person on the phone asked me if I was out of the country that year. When I said yes, she told me that I should call another number and see if I could pay the lesser amount of 163.80 for that year (2014/15).  I plan to do that on Tuesday, but since I hung up the phone I vaguely remember that there was some reason one can't pay Class 2 (or is it Class 3) contributions as an expat. Not sure if I remember that accurately.  Does anyone know? 

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https://www.gov.uk/guidance/apply-to-pay-voluntary-national-insurance-contributions-when-abroad-cf83#:~:text=If you're living abroad,years of National Insurance contributions