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The form and background seems to suggest that if your not working abroad you cant claim class 2 credits only class 3. Maybe my misunderstanding.

Thanks for that Johnny. So if I can prove that I had employment in the UK until just leaving that sounds good. Do you know if you have to continuously been employed in Oz to claim or can you only claim for the times you worked here? I find the form very confusing to fill in and probably will struggle with the information they reguest ie exact dates etc. I worked in Oz. Oliver

Hello, Was wondering on what the exact criteria was for the payment of class 2 o3 payments to make up missing years? Read the info on it and it says working before you leave the uk qualifies for class2. When they say working before you leave do they mean the day before, not claiming benefit or what? Left the Uk but was working on a casual basis as partner had job abroad (they wen't working beforehand for several months but wasn't claiming any benefits. Thanks Oliver

I am due to claim my NHS 95 pension which includes a lump sum. I left UK 21 years ago. From what I understand I'm going to be heavily taxed on the lump sum component. I would be happy to put this directly into my super account. Is their a way of minimizing the tax payable?

I mean additional ni contributions for past 6 years. Its more about portability and having the flexibility to go back to the UK with Oz super plus a part pension from either the UK or Oz gov. But we might not go?

Hi Guys, Would any body be able to offer any help with the following? We've lived in OZ for 20 years and the kids have grown up here and gone to college. They are looking at moving to UK in the future for career and job (this may be long term or medium term) . We want to be flexible in our retirement in the next 5 years ie maybe relocate back to UK for a while or longer. We have the opportunity to buy additional years in our UK state pension but the cost significantly increases next year. I know its frozen here after we draw it but its more portable. The OZ pension is good if we stay but gets reduced greatly if we became non resident (6 weeks and then 26 weeks based on the number of years you have worked in Oz. Also they take into account the UK pension. Not an issue but we have to be in OZ to draw it and also remain in OZ for 2 years after. On the other hand we may end up staying here and paying the additional UK contributions and getting less OZ pension. Any thoughts would be appreciated.