In case someone is interested and to confirm Australia is Not a normal country 🤣. Any German citizen can apply for the German pension online anywhere in this world. You don't have to have lived here recently neither do you have to live in Germany to receive it. And you can nominate any bank account of yours in any country to receive it. Much much better!

@Greta ****

me too. Maybe we should meet. I am already atm 2 years out of Oz....in Europe atm....will be back in Thailand end of October. Looking soo forward to Loi Kratong🌎

@Luke *********

I don't think so. To me it sounds that you have to be in Australia for 2 years prior to your pension

@Andrew ******

most of centrelink people have zero idea what's going on overseas. I spent hours with international centrelink in Tweed heads to make sure I get the right Info on a DSP to go to Germany after my mum's death. They said the DSP will continue in Germany. I gave them all info, filled out many documents. Once I was in Germany, I got cut off after 4 weeks. I tried a million times to ring them, but never got through to them. Than they sent me ca. 20 pages to my Oz address to fill out. They said I should have filled these pages out BEFORE I left. No one in Centrelink ever mentioned that. It's 2 years later now and I never got my DSP back

@David *******

Jesus...that sounds complicated 🥴

@Mma ******

Australia is not a normal country 🤣

@Brenton *****

There are many many jobs that 60, 65 year olds can't do anymore....

@Matthew ******

not every pension in Oz is portable. It depends on your circumstances.

@Damien *******

I don't think you know the facts atm in Oz

@Marky ******

veterans come under a complete different whatever. A normal pensioner now in Oz does get his pension reduced after 4 to 6 weeks and some get completely cut of once they leave Australia. A DSP is completely different to an old age pension and DSP is also more