Desperate Sea Worker - NI Contributions Help Please

blondiebee_2

Desperately asking for help with missing NI Contributions.

I work at sea and have done for several years. I have checked my NI contributions and am considering whether to pay those missing before the cut off date. However, these will be in excess of £10,000. I also have no immediate intention to live or work in the UK and may not return until I am of pension age. (I am currently 39yrs old).

Should I pay the missing NI Contributions?

Any advice would be gratefully recieved.

Thank you.

molerat

The problem you have is that there is a special system for mariners to pay NI which requires the filling in of forms etc and you are up against the clock for years up to 2018-19,

What do you currently have - answer the following from your forecast and someone will make some suggestions

Current weekly £££.pp amount up to April 2024.
Number of full NI years 15-16 and earlier
Number of full NI years 16-17 and later
Tax year you reach state retirement
Any COPE amount.  If you have "You've been in a contracted-out pension scheme" on your forecast then click
here https://www.tax.service.gov.uk/check-your-state-pension/account/cope whilst logged into your tax account
Years which show not full and prices