The Pension Problem For Australian And French Expats

Expat Focus

Do you know if there’s a pension agreement between your home country, and the one you’re living in now? Do you know what you’ll be entitled to come retirement age, if you decide to stay living abroad? The lack of an agreement and what that means is what I’m discussing today with fellow Aussies Judy and Peter, a writer and a lawyer behind the group Australian Pensions in France.

Australia has 31 international social security agreements with other countries, and France has 42, but they don’t have one with each other. For eligible Aussies living in France, and vice versa, it’s a pretty big problem that’s not easy for all to overcome.