[Arrco/Agirc Pension]

When I applied for my ARRCO/AGIRC pensions the DWP had nothing to do with it despite the UK being in the EU at that time. In fact I was circa 62 years old (2003) at the time and had not reached the UK pensionable age.

I do vaguely remember reading something to the effect that one had to go through the UK authorities but I ignored that.  KLESIA was the company that administered my ARRCO/AGIRC fund and if I recollect correctly I dealt with them.

Do you a company administering your ARRCO/AGIRC contributions ?

Barry

[Arrco/Agirc Pension]

Hi

I worked in Paris in the '70's for 8 years or so and have a pension from ARRCO, AGIRC and CNAV.  CNAV is the French "State Pension" and you will have contributed to this as well.  I claimed mine when I was probably around your age and thought at the time I should have started the process when I was 60 because the official pension age then was 60.  Might be 62 now ?  I'm 80 so have had a few years of these pensions now.

I would create an account on the AGIRC-ARRCO website - Bienvenue sur le site de l'Agirc Arrco (agirc-arrco.fr) .  I think you can apply from there and there are loads of FAQ's. Do the same for CNAV - L'Assurance retraite – La retraite de la Sécurité sociale (lassuranceretraite.fr). Again you cam make your 'demande' from there.

CNAV will go on qualifying years and AGIRC/ARRCO are based on your points. You can see the point value here - https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/serie/010593202 - doesn't seem to go up a lot !

As UK Resident the French will tax you at around 20% flat rate on the whole pension. You declare the pension to HMRC which is added to your total income and taxed, then claim the French tax paid as a credit.

Have been a member on the forum for some 10 years or more but it won't seem to let me re-set my pwd on my original login so created new account !

Hope this helps

Barry