05.09.2017
1- WHAT IS ADDITIONAL PENSION FUND RECEIVED FROM FRANCE?
In France, a person gets “additional pension fund” apart from Additional Pension Institutions’ retired pay on which they depend mandatorily during their businesses and on which their offices depend. Required age limit is the same as retired pay age limit.
2- IS IT POSSIBLE TO PUT WIDOW/WIDOWER ON SALARY IN CASE OF THE DEATH OF HIS/HER SPOUSE?
In case of the death of an insured, it is possible to put his/her spouse on salary from fifty-five years of age upward. If the spouse of an insured passed away before 01.07.1996, it is possible to put his/her spouse on salary from fifty years of age upward. If there is at least two dependent children or disablement, it does not require age limit.
3- WHAT SHOULD BE DONE IN ORDER TO RECEIVE ADDITIONAL PENSION FUND AND WIDOW’S PENSION?
In order to receive additional pension fund and widow’s pension; the insured or the rightholder should directly apply to Caisse de retraite complémentaire, which is a retirement institution when they are in France. Application forms can be provided from Turkish institutions or via internet.
***When Turkish citizens send their related documents to Turkish Consultancy, those documents are sent to the related French institutions.
Source: SSI