age pension

[miow40]

Hello everyone .
Ist post here. My question is when living overseas from Australia, I want to know how to apply for the old age pension. I am 60 years old and just wanted to find out do I have to go back to Australia to live for a certain amount of time to get my pension before i turn the pension age. How long does this have to be ? Or can I go there 2 months before and apply even though I lived overseas for 9 years?  I know this is a long time away  , I just needed to know to make plans  as when you do get older in your years time seems to go twice as quick

Thank you all

[Banjo]

Welcome to the board miow40

Centrelink would almost certainly look upon you as a non-resident if you turned up 2 months before the pension age.
this means you would still be entitled to the Age pension but it would not be portable for 2 years.

I honestly don't know how much time you would need to spend in Australia to qualify for portability, I suspect it would depend upon who you were talking to on the day.

This year we came up with a the idea that a returning OAP applicant arrive a year early and go on the NewStart.
This, in theory, would make him a resident for pension purposes.

Another suggestion is that you wait till they knock you back and appeal this bullshit law through the courts.

[miow40]

thank you for your time to answer this . I think I will pass , I have really settled now and as you said could not go through the bullshit. thanks again, dspoverseas.proboards.com/post/new/2566