I'm British, and not yet of state pension age, so I need some help for an Australian pal.
He's 81, been retired here in Thailand for about 20 years. Recently his State Pension has stopped being paid into his Aussie bank account...
I know that the UK SP requires that you inform them you are still alive every so often, and I assume the Oz SP has a similar requirement, but he's not received anything from them (or course, we all know how reliaable the Thai postal service can be, so perhaps it went missing..).
He's not in the best of health, and is understandably quite concerned, so I'm "reaching out" to anyone that might be able to help.
I did hear recently that Oz pensioners must now return to live in Oz for a few years(?) before they are entitled to start receiving their SP, but I wouldn't have thought this requirement would be applied to those already in receipt of their pension.... IDK?
Thanks in anticipation..