Originally Posted by
ShyTorque
It can be. But your spouse can apply to have years spent accompanying you abroad taken into consideration. This affected my wife but she very recently "claimed back" three years worth of "lost" NI contributions.
Do not get me started ShyTorque.. Within the last few years, my wife has had her state retirement qualifying age backdated by 8 years and, her previously fully qualified pension status, reduced by 6 years worth of payments to leave her short of full state pension. Why do we not hear much about this and, how come we let the pollies get away with it?
OAP