Austria Agreement and foreign pension information 106-04006000

The Agreement with Austria:

• started on 1 December 1992
• was amended by Protocol on 1 October 2002
• was amended again by Second Protocol on 1 January 2012 and
• was revised and consolidated on 1 March 2017

The Austrian Agreement generally allows customers to lodge a claim for payment from either country. It also allows customers to add together periods of residence in Australia and periods of social security coverage in Austria, to meet the minimum requirements for payment.

Australian payments covered:

• Age Pension (AGE)
• Disability Support Pension (DSP)
• Carer Payment (CP)
• Parenting Payment Single (PPS)
• Double Orphan Pension (DOP)

Note:

• Only severely disabled customers can be granted DSP outside Australia
• CP is limited to carer partners of Age Pension or DSP customers
• Only ‘widowed persons’ can be granted PPS
• The DOP and Bereavement Smart Centre Processing Team assess and code all DOP clams. Re-categorise DOP claims to ZIAM_DOP_NCL. For assistance, see Bereavement/Double Orphan Pension Helpdesk

Customers can claim Australian payments under the Agreement by contacting Services Australia or the Austrian authorities.

Austrian payments covered:

• Old age Pension
• Invalidity Pension
• Survivor Pension

Customers can claim a foreign pension by contacting Services Australia or the Austrian authorities.

Information on how International Agreements work and general concepts used in agreements is contained in International Social Security Agreements.