Italy Agreement and foreign pension information 106-04019000

The Agreement with Italy:

• started on 1 September 1988, and
• was revised on 1 October 2000

The Italian 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 Italy, to meet the minimum requirements for payment.

Australian payments covered:

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

Note:

• Only severely disabled customers can be granted DSP
• Only carer partners of Age Pension or DSP customers can be granted CP
• 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 help, see Bereavement/Double Orphan Pension Helpdesk

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

Italian payments covered:

• Old Age Pension
• Invalidity Pension
• Survivor Pension
• Social Pension
• Unemployment Allowance

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

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