Pension question, Italy
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.
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What is the ordinary route?
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.
- Source: inps.it and gazzettaufficiale.it, read 3 October 2026
Do you give advice on what to do?
No. We identify where a pension is likely held and the official route to it, and we name each source with the date we read it. We do not give financial, tax or legal advice.