Voluntary NI Contributions – What to Expect After Requesting a Callback

dreaming

molerat said:

dreaming said:

Seems DWP are getting on with things. After paying my addition NI contributions a couple of months ago I was expecting a longish wait (it was suggested it could be months) until they recalculated my pension but logging into my bank account today I sw an unexpected DWP payment, following my "normal" pension payment last week. I got through to someone on the phone within 5 minutes of holding and they confirmed that this is the arrears backdated to when I paid the addition monies, and also my new state pension amount going forward. Very nice indeed as my fridge/freezer is on the blink and I had just spent an hour looking for the best deal and this extra payment covers it. I haven't received anything through the post although mail deliveries round here seem to be on the blink as well.

Yes they do seem to be moving along now, a friend was in the same situation - retired in 2021, booked a call back just before the deadline and it was all done and dusted a couple of weeks ago

You were one of the people who helped me as I had gaps going back to 2013 (when I retired aged 58 after redundancy) and the advice I receievd was to only pay for 2016-2021 which was my officlal state pension age, so thank you very much,