The Retirement Thread

[ebikeerwidnes]

Talking birth certificate, where'd you get one of those? Most are just on paper, and require reading.

Hope you enjoyed today.

SImple - my Mum and Dad got it when I was born and I found it when they died


although I suspect I could get a copy from the registry office from where I was born if I wanted to

 

[Dave7]

There was such a thing called home responsibilities protection. While a mother was at home looking after the kids, NI contributions should have been accrued. In some cases though it wasn't and the records were destroyed after a certain length of time. This happened to me. I didn't have this added to my NI record.

You can go online and apply for that time to be added to your NI record. I think there are lots of people who have done it. I havmt heard back yet. Its been months. I might have to contact them again just to remind them I did it online and kept a copy so I can just print it off and send it to them

Sue got that 'allownce' for looking after our children.
She also got it for looking after her mum in her later years.
I/we then had the option to pay a lump sum to top her NI payment which we did as it was a no brainer.
I assume the same rules apply today.