Staying abroad

A calculator is at your disposal to check your eligibility for the continued payment of the pension during your stay abroad.

An Israeli resident who travelled abroad temporarily will continue to receive an old-age pension during his or her stay abroad, in the month of the departure and for 3 additional months.

Sometimes you will still be eligible for an old-age pension even beyond that time:

• Those who are staying in a country which signed a social security convention with Israel may continue to receive an old-age pension in that country according to the rules provided by the law and the convention.
• Those who are staying in a country which did not sign such a convention may continue to receive a pension if they meet certain criteria.
• Those who left for the USA may continue to receive a pension even if they are no longer Israeli resident.

It is important to notify the National Insurance if you are intending to leave Israel for a longer period than three months, in order to examine whether or not he or she is entitled to receiving the pension abroad.

Please note, 

• A departure abroad may impact the eligibility of income supplement and of special old-age pension recipients for the continued payment of the benefit.
• A person residing in an enemy state is not entitled to an old-age pension.