NatDaw

We are in WA

Bummer! Oh well thank you for the feedback guys

Thank you guys for confirming this. Guess I’ll just have to wait until we are over there and for go those extra years of contributions I’ll miss out on. Do you think I could make catch up contributions?

Hello All, I have a 3 year old that’s about to start school in Oz next year. We are planning to move back to UK in a few years, when she is 7 or 8. I mentioned to my mum the booklist of things I needed to buy for my daughter going into kindy next year ( specific pen, glue, scissors, etc that the school requires us to buy) and she said that when we went to school in England when we were little, she didn’t have to buy any of that for us, that it was all provided by the school. Is that still the case? Reason I ask is many public primary schools in Oz now-a-days require parents to purchase their child an iPad come year 4 ( which my school is saying will be around $1100) and want to know for budgeting reasons is this the case in Scotland? Or are computer rooms still a thing? What schooling associated costs should I be aware of for primary and secondary school in Scotland? (Looking at government schools only) Thank you!

Hello All, Hoping someone can give me a clear answer on this. Born and lived in UK until I was 10, moved to Australia and now 25 years later, looking to move back to UK in a few years time. ive written to HMRC about eligibility to pay towards National Insurance while I’m still in Australia so I can try and qualify for as much UK pension as possible as we won’t be entitled to collect Aussie pension in UK. Was told yes i can pay contributions while in Oz and given the band rate and to write to them again to set up payment and fill out a form, which I did, but problem is I don’t have an NI#. Got a letter back saying I can’t contribute without a NI#. I never worked in UK as I was only 10 when I left, so didn’t have a NI# when I left obviously. Seems impossible to get a NI# unless you are living in UK, is that correct? Why didn’t HMRC tell me that in the first letter as I gave them my full history for them to advise? Or am I missing something?