Pension question, Japan
Do Japanese pensioners living abroad need to send a status report?
A pensioner living abroad must submit a 現況届 (status report) once a year; the deadline is the last day of the pensioner's birth month. A pensioner moving abroad must file the 'Registration (Change) of Address and Receiving Financial Institution for Pension Beneficiaries Residing Overseas' form by the last day of the month before last relative to the pension payment date.
What to do next
- Put the last day of your birth month in your diary each year.
- Keep your Basic Pension Number with your papers.
- Run our free check to see whether another country also holds a pension for you.
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What happens if the pension is applied for late?
Any Japanese pension falling due more than five years before the date it is actually applied for is time-barred and cannot be paid, except for amounts treated as having been deferred under the deferral (kurisage) arrangement.
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