Guidance

Claim State Pension if you live abroad

Use these forms to claim State Pension and tell us where you want your pension paid, if you live abroad.

• From: Department for Work and Pensions
• Published: 7 May 2025

Choose the right claim form for your State Pension age.

If you reach State Pension age on or after 6 April 2016

1. Read the Guidance about claiming if you reach State Pension age on or after 6 April 2016 (IPCBR1NSP Notes) (PDF, 164 KB, 12 pages).

2. Fill in the Claim form if you reach State Pension age on or after 6 April 2016 (IPCBR1NSP) (PDF, 461 KB, 16 pages).

3. Tell us where to pay your State Pension.

If you reached State Pension age before 6 April 2016

1. Read the Guidance about claiming if you reached State Pension age before 6 April 2016 (IPCBR1 Notes ) (PDF, 159 KB, 12 pages).

2. Fill in the Claim form if you reached State Pension age before 6 April 2016 (IPCBR1) (PDF, 455 KB, 16 pages).

3. Tell us where to pay your State Pension.

Tell us where to pay your State Pension

We will pay you pension directly into an account. This is called ‘International Pensions Direct Payment’.

1. Read the Guidance about International Pensions Direct Payment (PDF, 111 KB, 8 pages).

2. Fill in the appropriate form for the country where you want your State Pension paid. If there is no form for the country where you want your State Pension paid, fill in “If your country is not listed: tell us where to send your State Pension general form”.

Australia: tell us where to pay your State Pension (IPC1394) (PDF, 176 KB, 4 pages)

Belize: tell us where to pay your State Pension (IPC1394) (PDF, 172 KB, 4 pages)

Brazil: tell us where to pay your State Pension (IPC1394) (PDF, 181 KB, 4 pages)

Canada (if you are a trustee): tell us where to pay your State Pension (IPC1394) (PDF, 177 KB, 4 pages)

Canada (if you are not a trustee): tell us where to pay your State Pension (IPC1394) (PDF, 182 KB, 4 pages)

Costa Rica: tell us where to pay your State Pension (IPC1394) (PDF, 174 KB, 4 pages)

Denmark: tell us where to pay your State Pension (IPC1394) (PDF, 176 KB, 4 pages)

Dominican Republic: tell us where to pay your State Pension (IPC1394) (PDF, 178 KB, 4 pages)

Eswatini: tell us where to pay your State Pension (IPC1394) (PDF, 174 KB, 4 pages)

Gambia: tell us where to pay your State Pension (IPC1394) (PDF, 171 KB, 4 pages)

Ghana: tell us where to pay your State Pension (IPC1394) (PDF, 186 KB, 4 pages)

Guyana: tell us where to pay your State Pension (IPC1394) (PDF, 186 KB, 4 pages)

Hong Kong: tell us where to pay your State Pension (IPC1394) (PDF, 184 KB, 4 pages)

India: tell us where to pay your State Pension (IPC1394) (PDF, 184 KB, 4 pages)

Indonesia: tell us where to pay your State Pension (IPC1394) (PDF, 178 KB, 4 pages)

Ireland (if you want your pension paid into a credit union): tell us where to pay your State Pension (IPC1394) (PDF, 166 KB, 4 pages) – for other accounts in Ireland, use the general form if your country is not listed

Israel: tell us where to pay your State Pension (IPC1394) (PDF, 173 KB, 4 pages)

Jamaica: tell us where to pay your State Pension (IPC1394) (PDF, 175 KB, 4 pages)

Kazakhstan: tell us where to pay your State Pension (IPC1394) (PDF, 178 KB, 4 pages)

Mexico: tell us where to pay your State Pension (IPC1394) (PDF, 170 KB, 4 pages)

Morocco: tell us where to pay your State Pension (IPC1394) (PDF, 171 KB, 4 pages)

Mozambique: tell us where to pay your State Pension (IPC1394) (PDF, 205 KB, 4 pages)

Namibia: tell us where to pay your State Pension (IPC1394) (PDF, 178 KB, 4 pages)

New Zealand: tell us where to pay your State Pension (IPC1394) (PDF, 180 KB, 4 pages)

Nigeria: tell us where to pay your State Pension (IPC1394) (PDF, 187 KB, 4 pages)

Norway: tell us where to pay your State Pension (IPC1394) (PDF, 192 KB, 4 pages)

Pakistan: tell us where to pay your State Pension (IPC1394) (PDF, 190 KB, 4 pages)

Peru: tell us where to pay your State Pension (IPC1394) (PDF, 200 KB, 4 pages)

Poland: tell us where to pay your State Pension (IPC1394) (PDF, 179 KB, 4 pages)

South Africa: tell us where to pay your State Pension (IPC1394) (PDF, 181 KB, 4 pages)

Sri Lanka: tell us where to pay your State Pension (IPC1394) (PDF, 182 KB, 4 pages)

Sweden: tell us where to pay your State Pension (IPC1394) (PDF, 177 KB, 4 pages)

Trinidad and Tobago: tell us where to pay your State Pension (IPC1394) (PDF, 182 KB, 4 pages)

Tunisia: tell us where to pay your State Pension (IPC1394) (PDF, 171 KB, 4 pages)

Turkey: tell us where to pay your State Pension (IPC1394) (PDF, 175 KB, 4 pages)

United Kingdom (UK): tell us where to pay your State Pension (IPC1394) (PDF, 168 KB, 4 pages)

United States of America (USA): tell us where to pay your State Pension (IPC1394) (PDF, 99.6 KB, 4 pages)

Zambia: tell us where to pay your State Pension (IPC1394) (PDF, 176 KB, 4 pages)

If your country is not listed: tell us where to pay your State Pension general form (IPC1394) (PDF, 186 KB, 4 pages)

Before you start these forms

If you’re using a mobile phone or tablet

You cannot complete the forms using a mobile phone or tablet. You have to either:

• use a desktop or laptop computer
• print the forms and complete them by hand

If you’re using a desktop or laptop computer

Use a PDF reader to open and fill in the forms. You can download a free PDF reader online.

If you are using screen reader software to access the forms, we recommend that you review all of the notes and the questions on the forms before you complete them. As you complete the forms, you will be guided through the questions based on the responses you provide.

Do not use your computer’s browser or, if you are an Apple Macintosh user, the Preview application.

You can save data typed into these forms if you use a PDF reader. This means that you do not have to fill in the forms in one session.

There are reliability issues with some assistive software, which may mean the forms will not save properly.

These forms will only save if they are both:

• saved onto your computer
• opened in a recent version of PDF reader

The forms will not save in:

• versions of Acrobat Reader older than version XI
• some other PDF readers, for example Preview on a Mac or Foxit on a PC

Help using these PDF claim forms

For help and advice on the information you need to put on the forms, contact the International Pension Centre.

Contact the DWP Online Helpdesk, if you are having technical difficulties:

• downloading the forms
• navigating around the forms
• printing the forms

DWP online helpdesk
Email dwponline.helpdesk@dwp.gov.uk
Telephone 0800 169 0154
Monday to Friday 8am to 6pm
Closed weekends and all public and bank holidays
Find out about call charges

Where to send the forms

Send your claim form with the form to tell us where you want your pension paid to:

International Pension Centre
The Pension Service 11
Mail Handling Site A
Wolverhampton
WV98 1LW
United Kingdom

If you need these forms in a different format

Contact the International Pension Centre to ask for:

• a printed copy of the forms
• a different format, such as large print, braille or audio CD

More information

Read more information about claiming State Pension if you retire abroad.

Published 7 May 2025