Question 1

Freizuegigkeitsleistung bleibt bei obligatorischer Rentenversicherung in einem EWR-Staat bis zum ordentlichen Ruecktrittsalter gesperrt: what starts the clock and how long does it run?

Accepted Answer

Der Nachweis bzw. das Bestehen der obligatorischen Rentenversicherung im EWR-Zuzugsstaat bei endgueltigem Verlassen von Liechtenstein/Schweiz. Das gesperrte Guthaben kann erst bar bezogen werden, sobald die Person das ordentliche Ruecktrittsalter erreicht. the source does not state what happens if this is missed.

Question 2

Rentenaufschub innerhalb eines Jahres nach dem ordentlichen Rentenalter beantragen: what starts the clock and how long does it run?

Accepted Answer

Das Erreichen des ordentlichen Rentenalters. Spaetestens innerhalb eines Jahres nach Erreichen des ordentlichen Rentenalters. the source does not state what happens if this is missed.

Question 3

Submit the AHV old-age pension application in time: what starts the clock and how long does it run?

Accepted Answer

Der Zeitpunkt des gewuenschten Rentenbeginns (Erreichen des Referenz- bzw. Rentenalters oder des gewaehlten Vorbezugs- oder Aufschubzeitpunkts). Ca. 3 Monate vor Erreichen des gewuenschten Rentenbeginns. the source does not state what happens if this is missed.

Question 4

A member of the Liechtenstein voluntary AHV/IV insurance is excluded if the information needed to set contributions is not supplied within six months of first being requested, or if the annual contribution is not paid in full within six months of being definitively assessed.: what starts the clock and how long does it run?

Accepted Answer

The source does not state what starts the clock. 6 months from the first request for the information; 6 months from the contribution being definitively assessed. Exclusion from the voluntary insurance (the source lists these as the grounds on which "Ausschluss aus der freiwilligen Versicherung" occurs).

Question 5

An entitlement to a Liechtenstein occupational-pension vesting benefit (Freizügigkeitsleistung) under Art.: what starts the clock and how long does it run?

Accepted Answer

The source does not state what starts the clock. 10 years from the insured person reaching ordinary retirement age. The entitlement is subject to prescription (verjährt) - it becomes time-barred.

Question 6

An entitlement to Liechtenstein care credits (Betreuungsgutschriften) must be registered in writing every year and is lost for a given calendar year if not asserted within five years of: what starts the clock and how long does it run?

Accepted Answer

The source does not state what starts the clock. annually in writing; within 5 years of the end of each calendar year containing care time. No credit can be taken into account for the calendar year concerned.

Question 7

Liechtenstein AHV contributions that have not been asserted by formal decision within five years of the end of the calendar year they were owed for can no longer be demanded - and: what starts the clock and how long does it run?

Accepted Answer

The source does not state what starts the clock. 5 years after the end of the calendar year for which the contributions were owed. They can no longer be demanded or paid ("nicht mehr eingefordert oder entrichtet werden").

Question 8

Vested second-pillar money left on a Liechtenstein vesting account or vesting policy is transferred away to the Sicherheitsfonds ten years after the insured person reaches ordinary retirement age, and is used to finance the Zentralstelle 2.: what starts the clock and how long does it run?

Accepted Answer

The source does not state what starts the clock. 10 years after the insured person reaches ordinary retirement age. The credit balance is transferred to the Sicherheitsfonds (security fund), which uses it to finance the Zentralstelle 2. Säule.

Question 9

Freizuegigkeitsleistung transfer: what starts the clock and how long does it run?

Accepted Answer

The insured reaching the ordinary retirement age (ordentliches Rentenalter). Ten years after reaching ordinary retirement age. The law provides that entitlements to Freizügigkeitsleistungen time-bar (verjähren) ten years after ordinary retirement age, and the balance is transferred to the Sicherheitsfonds, which uses it to finance the Zentralstelle 2. Säule. The statute does not state whether the insured can still obtain the money from the Sicherheitsfonds after transfer.

Question 10

A Liechtenstein early old-age pension (Vorbezug) is paid at the earliest with effect from the first day of the month in which the application for early drawdown is made - it is not backdated to the date the person became eligible.: what starts the clock and how long does it run?

Accepted Answer

The source does not state what starts the clock. effective from the 1st of the month in which the application is filed. Months before the application month are not paid: the pension is paid "frühestens mit Wirkung ab dem 1. des Monats, in dem die Anmeldung zum Rentenvorbezug erfolgt".

Question 11

Admission to the Liechtenstein voluntary AHV/IV insurance can, on application, be backdated by a maximum of five years.: what starts the clock and how long does it run?

Accepted Answer

The source does not state what starts the clock. up to 5 years retroactively. the source does not state what happens if this is missed.

Question 12

A deferral of the Liechtenstein old-age pension (Rentenaufschub) must be applied for within one year of reaching ordinary retirement age.: what starts the clock and how long does it run?

Accepted Answer

The source does not state what starts the clock. within one year of reaching ordinary retirement age. the source does not state what happens if this is missed.

Question 13

Barauszahlung der Freizuegigkeitsleistung bei Aufnahme einer selbstaendigen Erwerbstaetigkeit rechtzeitig verlangen: what starts the clock and how long does it run?

Accepted Answer

Die Aufnahme der selbstaendigen Erwerbstaetigkeit. Im Zeitpunkt der Aufnahme der selbstaendigen Erwerbstaetigkeit oder laengstens innerhalb eines Jahres danach. the source does not state what happens if this is missed.

Question 14

Rentenvorbezug ab dem vollendeten 60. Altersjahr, vor Erreichen des ordentlichen Rentenalters, in Anspruch nehmen: what starts the clock and how long does it run?

Accepted Answer

Das vollendete 60. Altersjahr der versicherten Person. Ab dem vollendeten 60. Altersjahr bis zum Erreichen des ordentlichen Rentenalters; danach greift nicht mehr der Vorbezug, sondern der ordentliche Bezug oder ein Aufschub. the source does not state what happens if this is missed.

Question 15

Entry into the Liechtenstein voluntary AHV/IV insurance for nationals abroad must be declared at the latest by completion of the 50th year of age.: what starts the clock and how long does it run?

Accepted Answer

The source does not state what starts the clock. by completion of the 50th year of age. the source does not state what happens if this is missed.

Question 16

The Liechtenstein old-age pension application must be filed with the Liechtensteinische AHV-Anstalt three months before reaching retirement age, or before the desired start of an early drawdown.: what starts the clock and how long does it run?

Accepted Answer

The source does not state what starts the clock. three months before reaching pension age or before the desired start of early drawdown. the source does not state what happens if this is missed.

Question 17

A request for repayment of Liechtenstein AHV contributions paid in error becomes time-barred one year after the person entitled learns of the error, and in any event five years after the non-owed contributions were paid.: what starts the clock and how long does it run?

Accepted Answer

The source does not state what starts the clock. 1 year from knowledge of the error; at the latest 5 years from payment. The right to reimbursement becomes time-barred (verjährt).

Question 18

An objection to an entry on a Liechtenstein AHV individual contribution account statement must be raised with the institution within four weeks of the statement being served; otherwise, once the insured event occurs, a correction can only be obtained if the error is obvious or is proved.: what starts the clock and how long does it run?

Accepted Answer

The source does not state what starts the clock. within four weeks of the account statement being served. When the insured event occurs, correction of entries in the individual contribution account can only be demanded to the extent that their incorrectness is obvious or is proved.

Liechtenstein pension deadlines for people who left

Freizuegigkeitsleistung bleibt bei obligatorischer Rentenversicherung in einem EWR-Staat bis zum ordentlichen Ruecktrittsalter gesperrt

Rentenaufschub innerhalb eines Jahres nach dem ordentlichen Rentenalter beantragen

Submit the AHV old-age pension application in time

A member of the Liechtenstein voluntary AHV/IV insurance is excluded if the information needed to set contributions is not supplied within six months of first being requested, or if the annual contribution is not paid in full within six months of being definitively assessed.

An entitlement to a Liechtenstein occupational-pension vesting benefit (Freizügigkeitsleistung) under Art.

An entitlement to Liechtenstein care credits (Betreuungsgutschriften) must be registered in writing every year and is lost for a given calendar year if not asserted within five years of

Liechtenstein AHV contributions that have not been asserted by formal decision within five years of the end of the calendar year they were owed for can no longer be demanded - and

Vested second-pillar money left on a Liechtenstein vesting account or vesting policy is transferred away to the Sicherheitsfonds ten years after the insured person reaches ordinary retirement age, and is used to finance the Zentralstelle 2.

Freizuegigkeitsleistung transfer

A Liechtenstein early old-age pension (Vorbezug) is paid at the earliest with effect from the first day of the month in which the application for early drawdown is made - it is not backdated to the date the person became eligible.

Admission to the Liechtenstein voluntary AHV/IV insurance can, on application, be backdated by a maximum of five years.

A deferral of the Liechtenstein old-age pension (Rentenaufschub) must be applied for within one year of reaching ordinary retirement age.

Barauszahlung der Freizuegigkeitsleistung bei Aufnahme einer selbstaendigen Erwerbstaetigkeit rechtzeitig verlangen

Rentenvorbezug ab dem vollendeten 60. Altersjahr, vor Erreichen des ordentlichen Rentenalters, in Anspruch nehmen

Entry into the Liechtenstein voluntary AHV/IV insurance for nationals abroad must be declared at the latest by completion of the 50th year of age.

The Liechtenstein old-age pension application must be filed with the Liechtensteinische AHV-Anstalt three months before reaching retirement age, or before the desired start of an early drawdown.

A request for repayment of Liechtenstein AHV contributions paid in error becomes time-barred one year after the person entitled learns of the error, and in any event five years after the non-owed contributions were paid.

An objection to an entry on a Liechtenstein AHV individual contribution account statement must be raised with the institution within four weeks of the statement being served; otherwise, once the insured event occurs, a correction can only be obtained if the error is obvious or is proved.