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unbelievably it has taken until now for the relevant information to come through, they did contact me about six months ago but there was an error (they thought I'd lived in England in 2015, but it was actually 2005...go figure) so I wrote back with the correct information and finally the other week ...

Hey Kyushuwoozy - thanks for that information and write up,that's very helpful!

sent my form off yesterday, hopefully won't be too much of a headache, thanks for the help will post back with an update of how it goes.....

oh wow, that is a LOT cheaper...... haha yes I understand "accrueing" ...first time reading anything technical in English in I-don't-know-how-long, it honestly felt like reading japanese: I understand the words but I'm not really getting a good sense of the meaning......hopefully it'll com...

cheers, reading it now! EDIT: somewhat concerningly it seems I am no longer of native-level English reading ability...I can read newspaper and novels, but not bureaucratic forms....I actually had to google what "in arrears" means... (I'd love to tell you that this is because my Japanese re...

Ok great, thanks very much, gonna get to work on that....

Hey the threads say "just fill out the form" but all I can see is a phone number, am I missing a link somewhere or am I going to need to phone them first?

ok read that thread, very helpful! And good to hear I might be able to pay as Class 2 (I have 4 years) if I persevere.......and not at 750GBP per year (which would be beyond the budget....) I have no plans whatsoever to return to live in the UK, so it seems from the thread that it will be worth my w...

yes I've seen that mentioned in other places, good to hear it from here too tho, thanks!

hi, the wonderwife and I are already have an emergency fund and have maxed out on NISA/JnrNISA/Ideco, we don't have a lot left over but we're looking to open an investment account with rakuten to put any extra we do come up with into...(might try to increase income to this end, maybe little bit of 副...

Hi, I'm a UK national and I came to Japan when I was 22 so have barely paid anything at all into the UK National Insurance...however this forum says the UK NI is a good investment, so I went and had a look... You have: 4 years of full contributions 21 years to contribute before 5 April 2041 26 years...