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“The Chancellor has described the abolition of Class 2 NIC as a simplification measure for the self-employed. However, it is not an immediate abolition, because Class 2 will continue to exist for those who wish to make voluntary contributions, at least in the short term.5 The self-employed with the ...

thanks for this-i am keen to take up the rights which have been extended to us for voting overseas-seems still way inside the deadline to apply-but what is this info i saw on here about postal votes being too slow??

Presuming it would be too outrageously cheeky to demand class 3 payments already paid to be taken at the class 2 rate and difference returned!?? Lol

I just recv'd a letter today saying that I had been accepted for class 2 payments even though I had been paying class 3 up til now and was rejected for class 2 payments previously due to never working in full time job in UK before coming to Japan.. No idea what is going on but fell like I have won ...

I hadn't even applied for class 2. When I went to pay my class 3 contributions a while ago was told acct was shut
And would need to reapply to pay in.. took me a yr or so to get round to doing it,but when I did I recv'd a letter in 8 weeks saying eligible for class 2...
Wonderful news..

I just recv'd a letter today saying that I had been accepted for class 2 payments even though I had been paying class 3 up til now and was rejected for class 2 payments previously due to never working in full time job in UK before coming to Japan.. No idea what is going on but feel like I have won t...

This was something I wanted to ask about .
1.differences between monex and sbi
2.advantages of either
3.is it ok to have some in both?
4.transferring from monex to sbi

Thanks

RetireJapan wrote: ↑Fri Feb 16, 2024 4:28 am Read online with rikai or something similar? Then make a note of unknown vocab, add to a file and use anki or something to drill them?

Anki I don't know- how do you see it?

rikaichan is dead isnt it?

pretty fluent -have been here 28yrs and work in a japanese company where noone speaks english.looking for higher level stuff..its really picking up kanji readings etc that may not know when reading newspapers etc..