Joining Gesy below retirement age

[kansas]

Can you register with Gesy if you are below retirement age, live here permanently, have your MEU1, and are registered as a Cypus tax payer on your worldwide income?

Thanks

[galexinda]

As a person below retirement age:
If you have the MEU1 - only if you are working and paying Social Insurance.

Otherwise you have to wait 5 years to get permanent residency to benefit - then you pay a percentage of your income via the tax system to contribute to GESY.

Ironically, as a MEU1 holder, I believe that you still have a percentage of your income deducted even though you are not entitled to GESY, but please await confirmation from other people.

This link to the official GESY website may help:
https://www.gesy.org.cy/sites/Sites?d=D ... ofinancing

[Uncle D]

At the moment to join you need an MEU3, once obtained you can join through a GP.
You will need to pay through the tax system and it currently costs 2.65% of your total global income/s.

[trevnhil]

Oh, the rules must have changed then. Both my wife and I have an MEU1 and are retired and members of Gesy

[kansas]

Trev, assume you have your S1?

[daveg]

Curious Trev, to know as to why you haven't gone for an MEU3.....?....

[Lucky Lady]

If you are retired and in receipt of a state pension you can join GESY. I really don't need to know why you haven't got an MEU3 - your business and nobody else's!!

[trevnhil]

We have just never got around to it.. We don't think we will be thrown out..

[Uncle D]

Oh, the rules must have changed then. Both my wife and I have an MEU1 and are retired and members of Gesy

No Trev the question was about people under retirement age and the Meu3 is required for that age group.

[mike strand2]

My Filipino carer (well below retirement age!) for whom I pay Social Insurance is in GESY, so why not anyone else that lives here legally who either has a UK pension or is working and paying social insurance?

[kansas]

I think you can if you're working and paying social insurance. Mentioned above in Galexinda's post.

[Kili01]

Yes, a friend of mine who is working here and also pays social insurance, has joined Gesy.
She has to pay a percentage of her salary to Gesy.

Dee