National Insurance Contributions pension/living abroad

[Happinessislikeabutterfly]

Hoping some mumsnettters can shed some light onto my hypothetical question please.

Person A - UK Citizen lived and worked in UK until age 30. Now lives in Europe. Paid approx. £907 per year to UK National Insurance contributions since leaving.

Currently works full time in Europe and contributing to their social security system (state pension element).

If person A continues to pay National Insurance contributions and reaches 35 years of paying in, will they receive both a full state pension from the UK and potentially another full state pension from the country they are currently living in and contributing to now? Thanks

35 years of contributions qualifies you for a full state pension if you started contributing after 6 April 2016. Everyone else is under transitional rules meaning you may need more, less or 35 years.

Hi, thanks for reply. Can I just check the person overseas on retiring will receive full state pension from the UK (even though they only contributed £907.00 per year current rate) and will also receive the pension from the country they are currently residing/working in as well (if they pay enough in contributions in-obviously).

So potentially a person can claims the full amount of pension entitlement from 2 countries? Is that right? Thanks

@Happinessislikeabutterfly you need expert advice https://www.gov.uk/international-pension-centre

You also need to do a pension forecast https://www.gov.uk/check-state-pension