[kirkandliz]

Hi All

Question for those who've moved permanently.

Trying to get a idea as to whether people are still paying National Insurance contributions in the UK while living in NZ.
And further to it ... how long do you keep paying them?

I'm looking to move to NZ permanently but think it might be a good idea to keep NI payments going to keep Pension (what there will be) and also Benefits - if we need to return to the UK.

Finally - does anyone know what the current Class 2 & 3 payments are - ie how much is being paid?

Thanks
Kirk

[wiki]

As far as I'm aware, NZ has an agreement with the UK - if you go to live in NZ and then head back to the UK your time paying taxes in NZ will count as National Insurance contributions.

If you make UK payments on top then you'd probably be diddling yourself out of some cash!

Ring the Department of Work and Pensions to make sure, or have a look at this PDF

http://www.dwp.gov.uk/lifeevent/benefits/recip_health_pdfs/2005/sa8-oct05.pdf

Personally, I figure in 37-odd years when I'm allowed to retire there won't be much state pension left to claim in either country so I'm going to try very hard to pay as little as I can in either locale!