My question is what all you need for a registered partnership in Thailand, not getting married, just living together. It is my intention that I do not have to go back to the Netherlands to collect papers there. Where should I report if I have all these papers? The reason for this question is that my girlfriend can receive a survivor's pension in the event of her death.
Minister Koolmees of Social Affairs wants the pension to be automatically divided between both ex-partners after a divorce
I want to live in Thailand on December 1, 2017. I know it has been discussed here several times, ABP remains taxable in the Netherlands. According to Heerlen, this only applies to state pensions from the ABP and not to occupational pensions. I do think that civil servants are covered by state pensions. Does anyone know from experience whether municipal civil servants also fall under the state pension? I don't get a satisfactory answer from Heerlen and the ABP says that matters to Heerlen. Heerlen says if you live there permanently you can request an exemption, but if municipal officials fall under state pension, that has no chance in my opinion.
Nibud warns: People with a supplementary pension are seeing a decline in purchasing power
Despite all the nice words of the cabinet, purchasing power for most Dutch people will hardly improve in 2018. People with a supplementary pension will even see their purchasing power fall in 2018, sometimes by more than 1 percent. Only working people benefit slightly, according to purchasing power calculations by NIBUD.
Suppose you are married to a Thai and enjoy your pension, but you die. Is my wife then entitled to a survivor's pension or is she not entitled to anything? I hear different stories.
I have been living in Thailand for 7 years now and am happily married to a Thai woman. As such, she has become my so-called 'allowance partner', which entitles her to participate in my pension benefits even after my death. To be eligible for this, she must have a citizen service number (BSN).
Temporary end to the increase in state pension age.
Good news for people who have worked long enough. The increase in the state pension age will come to an end for the time being. In 2023, it will not increase for the first time since 2013, but will remain at 67 years and three months, NOS reports. Minister Koolmees of Social Affairs took that decision
Life expectancy of 65-year-olds is increasing
Statistics Netherlands expects life expectancy at the age of 65 to increase to 2023 years in 20,5. Policy makers use this figure to determine the future state pension age.
Thai government wants better pensions for employees
Thailand is campaigning for better pension schemes. The Ministry of Finance aims to ensure that pensioners receive a pension of at least 50 percent of their last-earned salary. Participants in the Social Security Fund who have paid contributions for 15 years will receive 20 percent of the average salary of the last five years.
The protective assessment (pension and annuity) remains.
Whether the protective assessment is still permitted after the reparation legislation and is not in conflict with 'loyalty to the treaty' is the subject of proceedings before the District Court of Zeeland-West Brabant
In Thailand, too, employees will have to work longer before they can retire. The plan to raise the retirement age from 55 to 60 will continue. However, this will be introduced gradually and there will also be more options, the Social Security Office announced yesterday.
Reader question: Adjustment of pension for Thai partner
I have reported to the SVB that I live with my Thai partner. My AOW will automatically be adjusted. Some time later I received a letter from the ABP stating that they received information from the SVB and subsequently increased the deductible when determining my pension.
First of all I would like to thank you all for your contribution. I recently became a member (8 months) and I owe you a lot. I am 62 years old and I now have questions of my own that are of great importance to me. I will receive my pension as of 01-01-2020 and my AOW as of 02-12-2021. I want to stay in Thailand with my girlfriend in her house during the 2-year bridge.
Reader submission: 'Non-Immigrant O multiple entries' visa at the Thai Embassy in The Hague
Since the Thai Consulate in Amsterdam no longer issues 'multiple entries' visas since August 15, 2016, I traveled to the Thai Embassy in The Hague to apply for a 'Non-Immigrant O multiple entries' visa. I am over 50 and self-employed and in Amsterdam I always got such a visa without any problems. All I had to do was prove that I had sufficient financial resources.
I officially got married in Thailand last year, the documents were legalized at the Belgian embassy and issued by me at the municipality in Belgium for registration, this has happened in the meantime. We live in Thailand but my address is in Belgium.
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Reader question: Next year is the day, retirement!
Am living in Germany (more than 32 years) and legally married to a Thai, now for 12 years.
Next year I will receive a pension accrued in Germany, at the same time as a small church pension, also German. I plan to spend my retirement in Thailand.