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I'm just going by what is written in the link I posted: "Your pension will go up to the current rate if you return to live in the UK" Makes no mention of moving to a third country having an agreement. I agree that may be the case, it's just not written down in that link, but I can't find any formal statement from the UK saying that it would be unfrozen by moving to, say, the Philippines. Everything I've read from an official source says you need to move back to the UK. Note that UK residents of the EU, EEA and Switzerland only get the annual increase if they were already living there before the end of 2020, so moving to one of those countries definitely wouldn't thaw it. Also, the last reciprocal agreement ever made was with Barbados in 1981. All governments since have said they will make no more, as it's "too expensive".

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It looks like countries that have a lot of citizens working in the UK make these deals to protect their rights. So the large number of Filipina nurses in the UK could very well be the reason. I can't see Thailand doing such a deal to protect UK citizens here unless they get something out of it too. "The UK has agreements with some other countries to protect the social security rights of workers moving between the 2 countries. These are sometimes known as ‘bilateral agreements’ or ‘reciprocal agreements’. If you live in one of the following countries and receive a UK State Pension, you will usually get an increase in your pension every year: Barbados Bermuda Bosnia-Herzegovina Gibraltar Guernsey the Isle of Man Israel Jamaica Jersey Kosovo Mauritius Montenegro North Macedonia the Philippines Serbia Turkey USA The UK has social security agreements with Canada and New Zealand, but you cannot get a yearly increase in your UK State Pension if you live in either of those countries". Countries where we pay an annual increase in the State Pension - GOV.UK And, in order to "unfreeze" your pension, you must return to the UK, not to one of the agreement countries, such as the Philippines. "Your State Pension will only increase each year if you live in: the European Economic Area (EEA) Gibraltar Switzerland countries that have a social security agreement with the UK (but you cannot get increases in Canada or New Zealand) You will not get yearly increases if you live outside these countries. Your pension will go up to the current rate if you return to live in the UK". If you later return to, say, Thailand, your pension will go back to the old frozen amount. State Pension if you retire abroad: How your pension is affected - GOV.UK

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