Cyprus Pension

[glowred]

I have been paying Social Insurance since I began work but have just checked and I will not have made 15 years worth of contributions when I reach 65 so will therefore not be entitled to a Cypriot pension. Does anyone know what happens to the payment’s that I will have made over the previous 14 years

Many thanks

[71 Trans Am]

You may have already seen this - Page 20 refers to old age pension

http://www.mfa.gov.cy/mfa/Embassies/Emb ... penElement

[glowred]

Many thanks for this, I will read it later, a bit early to take it in yet

[Kissos]

It's the number of units/points not the years as I found I was 1.5 points off a Cy pension. Depends on what you paid in IE any reduced payments if you were self employed and had lower earnings some years. Very frustrating. But you might be able to claim a social pension at 68 which can be a lump sum. But beware claiming a Cy pension can effects you having a white medical card and also making gesy contributions. This I was told from gesy in Nicosia.

[glowred]

Thank you Kissos, looks like I need to make some further Enquires, the problem is that the so called officials all seem to give you a different answer!

[Kissos]

Your welcome. I agree the cy pension is one of the most confusing topics I have found here. You get different answers depending on who you speak with, even at the CAB. Good luck with it all

[PhotoLady]

I worked for almost 12 years in Cyprus before I returned to the UK in 2016 - paying SI contributions.
I started to receive my Cypriot pension paid to me in the UK, in early October 2024 - backdated with a lump sum, on top of my UK DWP pension which I paid into from the age of 16yrs and until I left UK for Cyprus in 2004.

I contacted Andreas at: [email protected] (because my pension claim from Cyprus, had to come from the UK intl office).
He was extremely helpful as although UK said they had sent my claim on to Cyprus, they had never received it.
He checked the reference number I was provided with and there was no trace of it being received in Cyprus, so I had to contact the Intl Pensions dept here in UK again, for them to re-send it. That was over 3 months after they apparently forwarded it to Cyprus.

Andreas, took me through the whole process informing me of exactly what information and documents they required - as soon as my claim arrived on his desk.

So, it's still possible you may be still be eligible for a pension payment.
Someone told me I would get nothing but - I did