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Claim State Pension if you live abroad

Use these forms to claim State Pension and tell us where you want your pension paid, if you live abroad.

Choose the right claim form for your State Pension age.

If you reach State Pension age on or after 6 April 2016

  1. Read the (PDF, 164 KB, 12 pages).

  2. Fill in the (PDF, 461 KB, 16 pages).

  3. Tell us where to pay your State Pension.

If you reached State Pension age before 6 April 2016

  1. Read the (PDF, 159 KB, 12 pages).

  2. Fill in the (PDF, 455 KB, 16 pages).

  3. Tell us where to pay your State Pension.

Tell us where to pay your State Pension

We will pay you pension directly into an account. This is called 바카라 사이트International Pensions Direct Payment바카라 사이트.

  1. Read the (PDF, 111 KB, 8 pages).

  2. Fill in the appropriate form for the country where you want your State Pension paid. If there is no form for the country where you want your State Pension paid, fill in 바카라 사이트If your country is not listed: tell us where to send your State Pension general form바카라 사이트.

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Before you start these forms

If you바카라 사이트re using a mobile phone or tablet

You cannot complete the forms using a mobile phone or tablet. You have to either:

  • use a desktop or laptop computer
  • print the forms and complete them by hand

If you바카라 사이트re using a desktop or laptop computer

Use a PDF reader to open and fill in the forms. You can download a free PDF reader online.

If you are using screen reader software to access the forms, we recommend that you review all of the notes and the questions on the forms before you complete them. As you complete the forms, you will be guided through the questions based on the responses you provide.

Do not use your computer바카라 사이트s browser or, if you are an Apple Macintosh user, the Preview application.

You can save data typed into these forms if you use a PDF reader. This means that you do not have to fill in the forms in one session.

There are reliability issues with some assistive software, which may mean the forms will not save properly.

These forms will only save if they are both:

  • saved onto your computer
  • opened in a recent version of PDF reader

The forms will not save in:

  • versions of Acrobat Reader older than version XI
  • some other PDF readers, for example Preview on a Mac or Foxit on a PC

Help using these PDF claim forms

For help and advice on the information you need to put on the forms, contact the International Pension Centre.

Contact the DWP Online Helpdesk, if you are having technical difficulties:

  • downloading the forms
  • navigating around the forms
  • printing the forms

DWP online helpdesk
Email dwponline.helpdesk@dwp.gov.uk
Telephone 0800 169 0154
Monday to Friday 8am to 6pm
Closed weekends and all public and bank holidays
Find out about call charges

Where to send the forms

Send your claim form with the form to tell us where you want your pension paid to:

International Pension Centre
The Pension Service 11
Mail Handling Site A
Wolverhampton
WV98 1LW
United Kingdom

If you need these forms in a different format

Contact the International Pension Centre to ask for:

  • a printed copy of the forms
  • a different format, such as large print, braille or audio CD

More information

Read more information about claiming State Pension if you retire abroad.

Updates to this page

Published 7 May 2025

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