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If you are a citizen from outside the European Union who has worked in Germany, you may be eligible to claim a pension refund Germany after you leave Germany.

For you to qualify for a refund of your German pension contributions, you must meet these two specific requirements:

#1: You must currently live in a non-EU country.

#2: At least 24 months must have passed since your last pension contribution to the German pension fund.

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If you meet those two requirements, congrats, you could * qualify for refund of your pension contributions!

And the best news of all: You don’t need to worry about the frustrations of German bureaucracy to claim your refund.

Claim your refund online today. Not only will we save you time and hassles, but we will also help you with the certificate of life, the payment declaration, the payment authorization form, the deregistration, and any other document required to avoid any potential complications that may come your way during the process. And if you no longer hold a German bank account, we will help you receive your German pension refund in your local bank account in your currency of choice.

Have you been contributing to supplementary pension or occupational pension schemes as well? We will also help you claim those refunds to make sure you do not leave any money behind.

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We have been helping people just like yourself successfully claim their refunds since 2015.

And we do it in an easy, fast, and secure way that will get you real results immediately.

Claim your refund online today, then sit back and relax until we deposit your pension payment refund into your bank account.

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Do I Qualify for a German Pension Refund?

If you are a non-EU citizen and you live in a non-EU country and at least 24 months have passed since your last pension contribution to the German pension fund, you may be entitled to get a German pension refund.

* Additional rules apply for citizens of the following countries:

For USA, India, Australia, Canada, Brazil, Albania, Moldova, North Macedonia, The Philippines, South Korea, and Uruguay…to qualify for German pension refunds, your German pension insurance balance must hold less than 5 years of pension contributions.

Japanese citizens: if you currently live in your home country, your German pension insurance balance must hold less than 5 years of contributions. However, if you live abroad in another non-EU country, like Canada as an example, this limit does not apply.

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Former Yugoslav-state citizens can only claim a refund (before reaching retirement age) residing in a non-EU country outside the former Yugoslav-states area, like the USA as an example.

Israeli citizens only qualify for a German Pension refund (before reaching retirement age) if you currently live outside of Israel, in another country like New Zealand as an example.

Your nationality is not listed above? Congrats, that means no additional rules or limitations apply for you!

Claim your refund online today. You can also use our free eligibility check to verify if your pension contributions are eligible for a refund. No worries, we will take care of all the bureaucratic tasks like your payment authorization form, certificate of life, payment declaration, and all the other documents required to proceed with your refund. Please note that no minimum fee will apply to the process of refunding all your pension payments.

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How Much Can I Reclaim From My German Pension?

While you were employed in Germany, 9.3% * was deducted from your gross salary up to the income threshold and transferred to the German Pension Insurance.

If you are a non-European citizen, you can claim your pension insurance contributions back after moving out of Germany, provided you are entitled to do so.

Use our free reimbursement calculator to get an estimate of your possible premium reimbursement.

The average pension refund is 11,800 Euros and you do not need to hold a German bank account to receive your funds.

* Current rate since 2018, different in previous years

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