Find out if you can get NZ Super or Veteran's Pension
Answer the following questions to check if you may meet the criteria for NZ Super or Veteran's Pension.
Time in Canada you can include
You can include time you've spent:
- living in Canada from age 20
- contributing to the national insurance scheme in Canada from age 20.
Criteria you need to meet to include this time
To include this time, it needs to be considered a 'Canadian creditable period' by Service Canada.
Overlapping Canadian creditable periods
You may have Canadian creditable periods under the Old Age Security Act and under the Canada Pension Plan. If any of these periods overlap, we'll only take them into account once.