Spanish State Pension
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Spanish State Pension
Hello again, apologies if this has already been covered umpteen time's, but does anyone know how long the minimun contribution period is to qaulify for the State Pension in Spain, and how much it is ?
Have gogled it, but keep coming up with differing amount's and qaulifying period's !
Thank'sin advance for all your help !
Have gogled it, but keep coming up with differing amount's and qaulifying period's !
Thank'sin advance for all your help !
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Re: Spanish State Pension
Hello again, apologies if this has already been covered umpteen time's, but does anyone know how long the minimun contribution period is to qaulify for the State Pension in Spain, and how much it is ?
Have gogled it, but keep coming up with differing amount's and qaulifying period's !
Thank'sin advance for all your help !
Have gogled it, but keep coming up with differing amount's and qaulifying period's !
Thank'sin advance for all your help !
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It depends how you measure it but based on the pension compared to the average wage, Spain is in the top section within the EU.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ension-EU.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ension-EU.html
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Re: Spanish State Pension
Thanks for your replies, as I have made no pension provision (other than UK state), this is quite an important consideration for me, when considering a move to Spain
Through Googling, managed to find out that the MINIMUM paying in period is 15 year's, couldn't find any amount's for that period, and the standard paying period is 35 year's, at two 3rd's of your final salary for the 15 year's prior to claiming.
Not sure how old the information was.
Through Googling, managed to find out that the MINIMUM paying in period is 15 year's, couldn't find any amount's for that period, and the standard paying period is 35 year's, at two 3rd's of your final salary for the 15 year's prior to claiming.
Not sure how old the information was.
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Thanks for your replies, as I have made no pension provision (other than UK state), this is quite an important consideration for me, when considering a move to Spain
Through Googling, managed to find out that the MINIMUM paying in period is 15 year's, couldn't find any amount's for that period, and the standard paying period is 35 year's, at two 3rd's of your final salary for the 15 year's prior to claiming.
Not sure how old the information was.
Through Googling, managed to find out that the MINIMUM paying in period is 15 year's, couldn't find any amount's for that period, and the standard paying period is 35 year's, at two 3rd's of your final salary for the 15 year's prior to claiming.
Not sure how old the information was.
That means that even a couple of years contributions to the Spanish system should give you the corresponding Spanish pension depending on your total contributions in both countries.
A friend has a UK state pension and also a pension from Spain, Switzerland and Italy even though he never lived in those countries for more than 5 years. He says the Italian one is the best deal!
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Do you mean you can get pensions from more than 1 country? Does this mean that I can get pension from UK & Canada as I've contributed to both, plus my private pension?
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Also there are different rules about pension increases. Here in Spain the UK pensions are all subject to revision every year. If you live in Australia this doesn't apply and you get a fixed pension. It depends on reciprocal arrangements.
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Thank you so much Fred for telling me this. I wouldn't have known this & would miss my chances of getting the state pensions from UK & Canada.
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I didn't even know that I got to apply to claim the pensions as I thought they will automatically send me the pension when I reach the age.
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I don't quite understand your statement. Should I be telling them that I've paid into other countries systems or should I not tell them?
I didn't even know that I got to apply to claim the pensions as I thought they will automatically send me the pension when I reach the age.
I didn't even know that I got to apply to claim the pensions as I thought they will automatically send me the pension when I reach the age.
I assume they add all the countries contributions up and just lump it all into one payment.
Don`t forget to ask for your E121 forms so you and your dependants can join the Spanish health service.
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Thanks JDR. I don't think they can lump it into 1 payment as 1 is in UK & the other is in Canada & I got a UK private pension at the moment. I'm going to try to get E121 but I'm not sure about that too as I've left UK since 1995 & I'm still living in Canada. I've no dependants as they are living in UK & support themselves. I'm moving over to Spain next year when my villa is ready.
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Thanks JDR. I don't think they can lump it into 1 payment as 1 is in UK & the other is in Canada & I got a UK private pension at the moment. I'm going to try to get E121 but I'm not sure about that too as I've left UK since 1995 & I'm still living in Canada. I've no dependants as they are living in UK & support themselves. I'm moving over to Spain next year when my villa is ready.
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It depends how you measure it but based on the pension compared to the average wage, Spain is in the top section within the EU.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ension-EU.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ension-EU.html
I suppose it all depends on whether you're retiring in 1 year or 25 but I would expect some sort of normalisation over the next decade or so.