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Italy pension questions

These are the questions people search about a pension left in Italy. Each page answers its question in the first two sentences, and we show those two sentences below, read from the official source with the date we read it. We identify where a pension is likely held and the route to it. We do not give advice.

English

  • Can foreigners get an Italian pension?

    Italy pays its old age pension at 67 in 2026, 67 and one month in 2027 and 67 and three months in 2028, normally on at least 20 years of contributions. Periods insured in the EU, the EEA and Switzerland count toward the Italian minimum, provided at least 52 weeks sit in Italy.

    • Source: inps.it and gazzettaufficiale.it, read 3 October 2026

  • Can I get an Italian pension with five years of contributions?

    Workers whose contribution record began in 1996 or later can access the old age pension (pensione di vecchiaia) at age 71 with only five years of contributions. A short Italian career is not written off.

    • Source: inps.it, read 1 September 2026
    • Source: inps.it and gazzettaufficiale.it, read 3 October 2026

  • Can non EU workers who went home get an Italian pension?

    Repatriated non-EU workers can obtain the old age pension at 65 despite contributions below the ordinary contributivo minimum. This derogation does not apply to non-EU workers whose pension is instead settled under the sistema retributivo or misto, who remain subject to the ordinary minimum contribution requirements, though the age of 65 still applies to them too.

    • Source: servizi2.inps.it, read 1 September 2026

  • Do Italian pensioners abroad need a proof of life?

    INPS's annual proof-of-life check for pensioners paid abroad is run by Citibank. Once in payment abroad, Citibank checks existence in life for INPS each year: for the 2026 first phase, forms went out from 20 March, attestations were due by 18 July, and INPS states that where nothing was produced by 19 August the pension is suspended from the September instalment.

    • Source: inps.it, read 1 September 2026
    • Source: inps.it, read 3 October 2026

  • Is there a time limit for TFR in Italy?

    INPS states the right to TFR is subject to a five year prescription running from the date employment ended, and ten years only where a court has established it. TFR accrues year by year but becomes payable only once the employment relationship ends.

    • Source: inps.it, read 3 October 2026
    • Source: inps.it, read 1 September 2026

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