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uk pensions. how to apply/what proof do you need?
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Frank | Report | 4 Sep 2014 23:57 |
i left England as a young man and never thought of how my pension there would work. |
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AnnCardiff | Report | 5 Sep 2014 00:19 |
if they have your details, when you reach pensionable age they contact you |
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KathleenBell | Report | 5 Sep 2014 00:36 |
Even if they don't have your present address you can ring them up and tell them when and where you worked in the UK and they will track down your details. My sister lives in America and she did this. The pension office in Newcastle were really helpful and sorted it all out for her. She has been in America since the 60's and it was the 50's and early 60's that she worked over here. |
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TessAkaBridgetTheFidget | Report | 5 Sep 2014 01:40 |
Yes Frank, we did used to have a card for Social Security. The employer used to stamp them each week they employed you. |
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Allan | Report | 5 Sep 2014 01:44 |
Both my wife and I recently received our UK pensions. My wife this year. |
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Frank | Report | 5 Sep 2014 15:51 |
thank you everyone. |
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Andysmum | Report | 5 Sep 2014 17:14 |
Briefly, you can't. Like your tax records, they are strictly confidential. |
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TessAkaBridgetTheFidget | Report | 6 Sep 2014 00:21 |
Andysmum. I thought that they were strictly confidential - just wasn't 100% sure. |
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Annx | Report | 6 Sep 2014 01:29 |
Frank, you remember correctly as most of us were automatically issued with a National Insurance Number Card before we started work. I still have mine, it's about the size of a credit card and I know they changed to plastic ones at some point! Our employer would then hold and stamp a card for us each year. This continued till 1978 when the flat rate payment of NIC ceased and became a variable amount according to your earnings, but the employer still dealt with it and deducted the amounts from gross pay along with tax. |
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Frank | Report | 8 Sep 2014 21:20 |
thanks Ann |