Francis Bruynseels

Dear Sir or Madam, Re: CF83 Form and National Insurance Contributions 2007 to 2016 and 2016 to 2023 My retirement is this year. After looking at my lifetime NI contributions online, I find that I am 9 years short of a full pension because I have worked abroad. Following a suggestion from a helpful lady from Future Pensions, I would like to pay 4 years of class 2 NI contributions. She explained that the rules for NI contributions changed starting in FY 2016. From her I understood that, for the years before FY 2016, when I was living and employed in France, I can improve my coming pension by paying class 2 NI contributions for 4 years, rather than paying 4 years of more expensive class 3 NI contributions. Is this correct? The 4 financial years I would like to pay class 2 NI contributions for when I was employed in France are: 1) 2009-2010 2) 2010-2011 3) 2013-2014 4) 2014-2015 I am a British citizen, born and educated in Britain who has now returned to the UK. I filled in the form CF83 and sent it in in June this year. It is now the 22nd of November and I have had no reply or acknowledgement at all.