Would you Retire Overseas?

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In 2012 I spent 3 months touring USA. After 6 weeks they removed my pension supplement and continued the pension - they had previously advised me I could only go for 3 months before all cut off, as Penelope says. SInce then Ive enquired about taking 3 months in Thailand, and they told me that things have changed and now I can only go for 6 weeks before losing the pension. My deduction is that they feel that of they give you money they expect you to spend it here in Oz, when in fact its taxpayers money theyve put in over the years and should be able to use it anywhere they wish. 

I will not just pack up and leave Australia. I have children here that will have to suffer more if we do not Stand Up and get rid of the pollies that are destroying Australia. So I will stay and fight for Australia so that we can bring is back to how it was over 40 years ago. I have lived in other countries when I had my own businesses, however I was happy and joyful to return to where I was born and raised. So we really do not need to be Cowards and Run Away from a battle that needs to be fought. Lets just all get together and join a decent Political Party that has Australia's Best Interests at heart. This Party (Australian Voice) has Policies that I really like, because they are aware that Aussies are being treated like dogs compared to the Refugees who are being treated like royalty. So NO I will not leave! 

Sounds so wonderful. HOWEVER like all good things, I believe that if you sell your home, the money you get for it increases your assets and therefore reduces your pension income. I heard that if you simply go overseas for just less than six months at a time you do not need to sell your home and you can still receive your full pension. If all that is true, I'm sure that I could stand having a six month holiday every year somewhere nice. 

Having travelled to some of these countries and would seriously consider living there as it is miles more affordable than Australia 

It's interesting to see that the article above talks about retiring to South East Asia. But of course the world is bigger. Lots of Americans go to Ecuador, Costa Rica, Panama, Belize, etc. But we'll go to France. Spain of course is popular too. Even Spain and France are at least 20% cheaper, and in some parts 30 to 40% cheaper tp live than here. If you want a bit of fun, try putting in your state capital and another foreign city here, to see the difference in the cost of living: http://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/comparison.jsp 

I'm thinking about it .Thailand ,Vietnam 

It's very important too, to note that although Age Pensions can be paid overseas, it's much harder, in many cases impossible, to do so if you're getting an Disability Support Pension. Often these will be stopped after 4 weeks now. Again, Centrelink's International Services are the people to talk to - I have, We're planning to live in France, but as it's a non agreement country we'll wait till my wife can claim and be granted Age Pension here. If we wanted to retire to an agreement country, we could go now and apply when she's old enough. But our son is extremely disabled (that is as bad as it gets, worse than severely disabled) - he's allowed to paid overseas too, as he will never be able to work, and will always need care. But anything much less severe on Disability Support Pension, and you may well not be able to be paid that overseas. The conditions to be paid DSP overseas are VERY stringent, for the Age Pension, there are no similar conditions. 

I adore my pet dogs and cats. Vet care there would not be as good as here I believe.. Nope. We will stay here.