Get Apss253 Form

About this form Use this form to give your scheme administrator the information they need to transfer sums or assets held within a registered pension scheme to a Qualifying Recognised Overseas Pension Scheme (QROPS). You must provide this information to your scheme administrator within 60 days of your transfer request.

You'll need to contact the International Retirement Centre to move your State Pension abroad. Also, if you're getting Pension Credit, it'll stop permanently when you move abroad.

It is often possible to transfer an overseas pension to the UK, but the rules vary by the origin country and type of pension being transferred. In some cases, it may be better to draw down money from the overseas pension into a local bank account, and transfer or withdraw that money in the UK.

Once tax resident in France, you can transfer your pension fund out of the UK into a QROPS in the same way that you would transfer between pension providers within the UK. Those eligible for such a pension transfer include: A UK national moving to France.

The lifetime allowance is the total amount of pension benefits you can build up in your lifetime before you need to pay a tax charge. It applies to all your personal and workplace pensions but not your State Pension or any overseas pensions.

You can claim and receive a UK State Pension while living overseas. But Pension Credit stops when you move overseas permanently. This is a means-tested benefit, which can top up your weekly income. Your State Pension can be paid to a UK bank or building society account, or to an overseas account in the local currency.

Contact your current pension provider and the provider you want to transfer to. You'll need to check if: your existing pension scheme allows you to transfer some or all of your pension pot. the scheme that you wish to transfer into will accept the transfer.