UK womans pensions rebates

[expatuk2014]

To all UK expats whose wife is getting a UK pension, my Filipina wife worked in the UK for nine years, but did not get her own pension but one based on my National ins contributions.

After reading about UK wives not getting the right amount and some woman getting thousands back in back payments I emailed the INT pension office and the reply was it will take 10 days for them to respond so we phoned the INT pension service in the UK using Viber ( very cheap ) than using PLDT ! Initial phone call the wife was told it did not apply to her ! However they replied by email saying their response was sent by letter ! Which will arrive in 2 months time !, however on Sat we went to town to get some money , and my wifes account had a large balance in it ! I wont say how much exactly but it was a very large amount ! Luckily we have relative in the bank who checked with head office which confirmed the DWP had made 2 large payments into the wifes acct.

Wives are meant to get 60% of their husbands pension ! So give them a call ! 

 

[Old55]

Great news and congratulations to you both! 

[jimeve]

13 hours ago, expatuk2014 said:

Wives are meant to get 60% of their husbands pension ! So give them a call ! 

@expatuk2014My wife worked in the UK for 12 years, does she have to wait until she is 60 or can she apply now? Both of us are living in Ph now I get the state pension.

Thanks. 

[sonjack2847]

29 minutes ago, jimeve said:

@expatuk2014My wife worked in the UK for 12 years, does she have to wait until she is 60 or can she apply now? Both of us are living in Ph now I get the state pension.

Thanks. 

I think you will find Eve has to wait until she reaches the UK pensionable age.

 

[jimeve]

1 minute ago, sonjack2847 said:

I think you will find Eve has to wait until she reaches the UK pensionable age.

 

Crikey, 67.

[Freebie]

Theres a group of ladies in Uk that were fighting for this for many years so its a good things that the govt finally admitted its error and is making back payments.. .however its taken many many years and there's probably a great many ladies in their golden years who could have done with receiving the payout earlier.

Anywats good for all those who have a payout.

Me, patiently waiting till im 66 before claiming my wonderful weekly payment of somewhere between 50-60 quid a week....well it will pay for the beers i suppose.

[hk blues]

50 minutes ago, Freebie said:

Theres a group of ladies in Uk that were fighting for this for many years so its a good things that the govt finally admitted its error and is making back payments.. .however its taken many many years and there's probably a great many ladies in their golden years who could have done with receiving the payout earlier.

Anywats good for all those who have a payout.

Me, patiently waiting till im 66 before claiming my wonderful weekly payment of somewhere between 50-60 quid a week....well it will pay for the beers i suppose.

I'm surprised you're getting such a small state pension - isn't the basic around £140 a week currently?

[Snowy79]

27 minutes ago, hk blues said:

I'm surprised you're getting such a small state pension - isn't the basic around £140 a week currently?

The full basic State Pension you can get is £179.60 per week. You need 35 qualifying years of National Insurance contributions to get the full amount. You'll still get something if you have at least 10 qualifying years, but it'll be less than the full amount.  

https://www.gov.uk/new-state-pension/how-its-calculated

[hk blues]

4 hours ago, Snowy79 said:

The full basic State Pension you can get is £179.60 per week. You need 35 qualifying years of National Insurance contributions to get the full amount. You'll still get something if you have at least 10 qualifying years, but it'll be less than the full amount.  

https://www.gov.uk/new-state-pension/how-its-calculated

Yes, but there are still some who are entitled to the "old" pension which is 137-odd quid a week.  I have no idea what the qualification differences are.

[hk blues]

4 hours ago, Snowy79 said:

The full basic State Pension you can get is £179.60 per week. You need 35 qualifying years of National Insurance contributions to get the full amount. You'll still get something if you have at least 10 qualifying years, but it'll be less than the full amount.  

https://www.gov.uk/new-state-pension/how-its-calculated

I'll throw in my usual plug for this - anyone who hasn't got the max 35 years can make voluntary contributions of around 150gbp a year - well worth it in the long run IF you survive much beyond 67 or so.