Retired and Going Overseas

If you’re going away for more than 26 weeks and are entitled to receive payments while you’re living or travelling overseas, you have choices about how you’re paid. Payments can be made direct to your New Zealand bank account every 2 weeks or to your overseas bank account every 4 weeks.

Payments usually start from the first pay-day after you leave New Zealand if you applied before you left. If you’re travelling or living in a non-Agreement country, you must apply before you leave New Zealand.

Please note that once you’re living or travelling overseas, it can take around 6 weeks to change your payments to your overseas bank account.

Don’t close your old bank account until you receive your first payment into your overseas account.