Mikep Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 There have been a couple of recent comments about people getting reduced UK pensions because they spent time working out of the country. Don't forget that you may be entitled to a pension from any other country where you have worked and paid social contributions. I get a small one from Belgium (70 euros a month) after working there for two years in the 1970's.It was tedious to claim, but after all it's my money - you have to start with the Pensions Service in UK who will make the claim on your behalf. One nice touch is that I also get holiday pay - a double month in summer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 That's better than my French one for a rather longer period [+o(] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomoss Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 [quote user="Mikep"]There have been a couple of recent comments about people getting reduced UK pensions because they spent time working out of the country. Don't forget that you may be entitled to a pension from any other country where you have worked and paid social contributions. I get a small one from Belgium (70 euros a month) after working there for two years in the 1970's.It was tedious to claim, but after all it's my money - you have to start with the Pensions Service in UK who will make the claim on your behalf. One nice touch is that I also get holiday pay - a double month in summer![/quote]I only get twice that from UK for 13 years' payments [:(] Most of those were voluntary payments, made just before I retired, after discovering this was possible.Maybe the rules changed, but I enquired at an Employment Office when on a visit to UK in about 1978, and was told I would have to back pay 16 years full payments to regain pension rights. When I suggested it might be possible to pay only the pension increment I was told this was not possible.That was in the days when I believed what I was told by government employees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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