I have a iPhone 8plus, I recently got a 11 pro max I would like assistance with transferring my contact information over to my new phone

See this Apple support link→Transfer data from your previous iOS device to your new iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support

Hope this works!

Import contacts from your SIM card to your iPhone

There are no contacts on the SIM card in an iPhone. Only contacts left over from a non-iPhone if the SIM was moved from such a phone.

sheneka1 wrote:

It’s still not allowing me to move forward

Did you follow all of the steps in that link? What was the result after each step. What would “moving forward” mean?