US social security and UK state pension

Hello. My question is that I am entitled to US social security retirement based on my ex husbands contributions. I am a UK citizen now living in the back in the UK. Whilst I was living in the US I made voluntary national insurance contributions each year to hmrc. Am I now entitled to both the UK pension and US social security. I was married 27 years and am 63. Thank you

Hi,

Sorry, we can only answer HMRC questions on this forum.

Please contact the Future Pension Centre for advice.

Thank you.

Not HMRC...you can be in receipt of both. You need to speak to NIC office in UK (or check online) to check number of years you have in UK contributions and you can then see how much UK state pension you will get (estimate)...you havent reached UK pension age yet...it will be 66 or 67...rules changed when you were outside of UK...so, the simple answer is you can make your claim re the US social security independently of the UK situation, and inquire of the UK authorities (NIC office) re your record to see if you have a full record, if you need to top up and/or when you can claim the pension from.