A person staying abroad in a country that has ratified an International Social Security Convention with Israel, will receive their old-age pension in that country, in accordance with the law and the regulations of that particular convention.
In order to receive an old age pension in the convention country, one must follow the following guidelines:
- A person who received a pension in Israel, and went abroad to a country that has a bilateral social security convention with Israel - will keep receiving the pension in the convention country country with which Israel has signed a social security convention, even after he or she ceased being an Israeli residentA person whose life is centered in Israel. Criteria for determining this include: Israel is your permanent place of residence, where your family resides, where your children go to school, your primary place of work, or where you are studying. .
To continue receiving the pension, he must contact the branch of National Insurance that was nearest his place of residence in Israel, and request to receive the pension in the country where he is currently staying. You can contact us through our website's document sending service.
- A person who did not receive a pension in Israel and went abroad to a country that has a bilateral social security convention with Israel where he or she reached retirement age may be entitled to an old age pension, even if he or she ceased being an Israeli resident. The person must send a claim form for old-age pension to the International Convention Department, and attach the required documents, including information (statement) about your income your spouse's income. You can contact us through our website's document sending service.
- A woman receiving an old age pension as a housewifeA married woman (except for aguna) whose husband is covered in old-age insurance, or a widow who receives a survivors' pension or a dependents' pension – if she does not work as a salaried employee nor as a self-employed worker. or for being exempted from the qualifying period, who has left Israel for a country that has a bilateral social security convention with Israel - may continue to receive the pension the convention country. To receive the pension, she must contact the Old-Age Department of the branch of the National Insurance that was nearest her place of residence in Israel. You can contact us through our website's document sending service.
Please note,
A person requesting to continue receiving a pension in a convention country must communicate to the National Insurance his exact home address in readable Latin letters. Those who want to receive the pension on their bank account abroad must also attach a certificate from the foreign bank certifying the bank address and the bank account details on which they are requesting to receive the pension. These information can be communicated through our website's document sending service.
Providing a life certificate to the National Insurance Institute
Persons who reside abroad and receive an old age pension from the National Insurance Institute are required to provide a " life certificate" to the Institute in Israel, signed by the consulate or authorized notary or local authority, or social security institute in their country of residence. Until age 85, the certificate can be sent through our website's document sending service.
Those older than 85 must sent an original certificate by regular mail.
Changing residence
The entitlement to an old age pension of a person who changes their place of residence from one convention country abroad to another – for example, from Britain to France – will be re-examined in accordance with the convention of the new country or residence.
The entitlement to an old age pension of a person who changed their place of residence from a convention country to a country with which Israel has no convention will be examined according to the rules of continued payment of pension.