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Paying voluntary National Insurance contributions - ridiculous processing time

Foxx

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There's a deadline for paying additional NI contributions going back more than 6 years of 5 April 2025.  I started the application process online today thinking there'd be plenty of time.

 

I was therefore surprised to learn there is currently a 15 week backlog.   Assuming the backlog doesn't get longer (which it probably will), I can expect them to post out a reply on 24 January.  Add a couple of weeks for post from UK to Thailand, and then I'm getting very close to the deadline.

 

If anyone else is thinking of making such contributions, I suggest you do it a.s.a.p., and do it online.

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Not sure if this helps?

 

If you have made voluntary contributions in the past, then you should be able to by-pass the initial phrase by making a payment(s) using the same reference as before. Your 'new' contributions will then be credited to your account a couple of months later.

 

I've made 3 sets of payments like this over the past 5 or so years.

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On 10/9/2024 at 3:45 PM, Foxx said:

I was therefore surprised to learn there is currently a 15 week backlog. 

 

On 10/9/2024 at 8:51 PM, RayC said:

Not sure if this helps?

 

If you have made voluntary contributions in the past, then you should be able to by-pass the initial phrase by making a payment(s) using the same reference as before. Your 'new' contributions will then be credited to your account a couple of months later.

 

I've made 3 sets of payments like this over the past 5 or so years.

yes well I have made payments for more than the last 5 years and my payment made (and confirmed verbally as received) in May still hasn't been credited. Even though it was transferred to a case worker the latest estimate I got was that it could be February before it showed up online.......

That would only be more than 9 months..........

 

Seems to all be due to the relatively recent more public announcements of an extended period to be able to pay missing years which is a positive for many people.

 

Having been chasing consistently I have now just resigned myself to waiting. :mad: 

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