Giuliana Maieli

Dear HMRC, I am an Italian citizen with the settlement status; I left the UK last year. Checking my NIN contribution i can see that I have 5 years of contribution some of them with no full contribution. I am happy to fill the gap (paying the amount needed) to have the full contribution for those 5 years. However, if I understand correctly to claims the state pension I would need at least 10 years of full contribution. I would like to understand if living and working abroad (within the EEA) will contribute to reach the 10 years minimum contribution (5 years NIN contribution + 5 years working abroad) to be eligible for the state pension. Many thanks