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Ruffian Dick wrote:

What's rent assistance? You realize that rents in Thailand are about 10% what you need in Australia?

You'd think they'd be happy to see you spending the $$$ in a country where it went further.

What ever you do never believe politicians are always bright...they make the rules even if they are silly. Raffity's Rules ( Could be a relation of Ruffian Dick).

If you live in Australia and receive a pension any Govt pension and you are below the assets or income threshold. The Govt will increase your payments by about $132.00 P/F to assist you to pay your rent.  When you leave Australia and you have an aged pension already granted the rent assistance stops and after 6 weeks you pension goes from $894.40 to $837.10 and then after 6 month a further reduction is made. Not that much.  You will also loose your almost free universal heath care benefits until you return to Australia i.e.. almost free prescriptions, almost free medical treatment.

The  Retiredenglishgent's post would be $894.40 pension + $133.00 rent assistance = $1027.40 as he indicates he gets which is correct.

   Living in Thailand on an Australian pension can be quite comfortable about Bht 45,000P/m (you could even save money. See some of my posts),. Having a lovely Thai girlfriend will stretch things a bit but can be done and mostly works out (Thousand of Aussie s are doing it).  If your only income which is the aged Aussie Pension of about Bht 550,000 per year you really need about an extra Bht 250.000 + in a Thai Bank (beg steal or borrow it) but there are ways in Thailand of making it all happen. Having a private talk to a Thai immigration office or even an honest(?) Thai legal firm it can make it all happen for about Bht 25,000 first time, the second year renewal a bit cheaper...wink, wink, nudge, nudge, say no more???   TIT

retiredenglishgent wrote:

you have to live in australia 37yrs to  get the oap!! also you can live outside aus for 5yrs and still get the oap !! and that was the international centrelink dept that told me !! go to centrelink and ask them to connect you to the lnternational dept and use there phone thats what happened to me at the melb office  !! hope this helps

If you are applying for an aged pension today you will get the full pension in you are 66 y/o and have lived in Aus for 26 years, you will get granted the pension subject to the income and assets test and when your birth date is.  A  formula has been introduced to raise the aged pension age from 65 y/o to 70 y/o over a 20 year period. Like one year delay for each 4 years above the 65 y/o mark.  if you don't turn 70 y/o until 2035 that's when you will get it.

PS... you are giving your age away if as you say you you have to wait 37 years.  You must only be 33 years old...5555

stumpy wrote:

THuzz wrote:

dear jane. I also intend to retire in Chiang Mai and live off Oz pension. I had no idea that there may be a problem receiving it overseas! Did you end up getting any confirmation? As far as I know, you can get the pension indefinately so long as you have lived in Australia for 25 years straight. Google Changes in Pension payments.

Regarding overseas pension payments, the last Labor Govt was looking to eventually cut all overseas pension payments by 2020 so you would have to reside in Oz to get the pension.

From what little I know, and I may be wrong, you can get it paid overseas but it looks like you have to return after 23 weeks to keep up the full payment amount. It seems that if you choose to stay away longer then the amount drops.

I have been looking into it myself as I will retire to Laos soon. I think the best plan of attack is to make and appointment with Centrelink and have a chat with them about it.

It doesn't drop by much about $55 per fortnight after 6 weeks and a little bit more after 6 months.  Centrelink will deposit you pension in any nominated bank account in the world each 4 weeks.  No charge.  Lots of Aussie Farangs do it this way in Thailand.