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pidgin · Joined: 31 Jul 2005 Location: Seoul

I'm poised to finish a 3 year stint with a haggie.

I have zero complaints regarding salary, severance or anything else financial.

I do wonder how I can collect my pension with ease.

I'm American, on an F-2 visa.

I'll leave the country in the beginning of May for a short jaunt and then return, but don't plan to sign a contract until September or so.

Then the questions:

~ Do you think I can request the pension money on my way out in May and receive it 2-3 months later in Korea?

~ Can I receive it whilst working for another company (if I decided to sign on with someone in the interim)??

~ Are there any laws that forbid you from receiving the pension if you are still in-country, working or not working??

thanks for any insight.

yingwenlaoshi · Joined: 12 Feb 2007 Location: ... location, location!

pidgin · Joined: 31 Jul 2005 Location: Seoul

That's good news tho, thanks.

Were you working then...when you received it?

yingwenlaoshi · Joined: 12 Feb 2007 Location: ... location, location!

pidgin · Joined: 31 Jul 2005 Location: Seoul

then,..were you in-country when you received it, but not working?

I guess I'm confused by, "...same-day, return ticket to Japan."

pidgin · Joined: 31 Jul 2005 Location: Seoul

*bumpski*

Juregen · Joined: 30 May 2006

F-2 means you are a resident.

I think you have to cancel your F-2 before you can recuperate your pension, otherwise it wouldn't make any sense.

But I could be completely wrong.

Leslie Cheswyck · Joined: 31 May 2003 Location: University of Western Chile

Thread title ---> Penison circumstances.

Sean Connery: I've got to ask you about the *beep* Mightier.

Alex Trebek: What? No. No, no, that is The Pen is Mightier.

pidgin · Joined: 31 Jul 2005 Location: Seoul

Good stuff Ben Laughing

But that was a deliberate misspell Cool

John_ESL_White · Joined: 12 Nov 2008

Get a letter of termination and take it with you to the pension office. That shows you are unemployed and NOT paying into the pension scheme. Buy a one-way REFUNDABLE) ticket to another country. Fill out your lump sum paper work and pray. You may get lucky, like I did. It helps if your wife is there explaining that you are not working, you need the money for the two of you to immigrate to XYZ country, etc. (basically lie) Good luck. It's hit or miss. You may get lucky.

Leslie Cheswyck · Joined: 31 May 2003 Location: University of Western Chile

pidgin · Joined: 31 Jul 2005 Location: Seoul

Thanks alot John!

Not sure what you mean Leslie...