I did this to make up my state pension. Overall I had enough years but my company had opted out leaving me with some underpaid years. The help lines were very good. My recollection is that you phone one to check your position including how not to pay for too many missed years. You then phone another one to check the precise amount.
The only issue I had were they took my online payment right away but then nothing happened on my record for several weeks. I rang them again and they said that, although I had transferred the total sum as instructed, their system couldn’t break it automatically back into the separate years. This was during Covid so i think, with home working, they just out it in the too difficult pile. A clued-in guy rang me back, apologised and said he could sort it easily.
With this delay I think it took about three months from first approach to my records being right.
You need to check out your own position to make sure it’s right for you. In my case for example my company pension is reduced a little bit (an “offset” they call it) for the enhanced State Pension. It still costed in for me but do your own research.
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