Pensions abroad

If you live abroad after your retirement, you continue to be entitled to the retirement credit you earned in the Netherlands.

Receiving pension payments abroad
You can have your pension deposited into a foreign bank account number. Very often, however, the bank charges additional costs for this.

• For your SNPS pension all transfer costs are for your own account.
• For your SSPF pension you and SSPF share the transfer costs.

If you are not sure whether you receive a pension from SNPS or SSPF, check the payment date of your pension.

Payment dates
Your pension is paid per month. For payments within Europe the standard payment dates apply. Payments to countries outside Europe will take approximately 4 working days. ABN AMRO administers the payments and cooperates with a number of preferred banks (pdf). If you have a bank account with 1 of these banks, your pension benefit will often be paid out sooner.

Life Certificate  
Once a year, we kindly request that you share your Life Certificate with us. This helps us to verify you are still entitled to receive your pension benefits. You can securely and swiftly share this proof through the ReadID Ready app or via the form we provided. The form must be completed by an authorised entity, which may take some time. We highly recommend utilising the app. In both options, you’ll receive a letter or e-mail from us requesting your Life Certificate. If we do not receive your certificate in time, your pension will stop. 

If you would like to know how to use the ReadID Ready app, please continue to read here.

Changes to bank account number
If you have a different bank account number, please send us your new bank account number in writing, or scanned by email. Please also send us a copy of your proof of identity with this. (First, make your social security number and photo illegible).