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Published on 17 December 2021

Applying for a foreign disability pension

You are resident in Switzerland and wish to apply for a foreign pension.

Applying to an EU/EFTA country

You live in Switzerland and are a Swiss or EU/EFTA national.

Please contact the disability insurance office in your canton of residence.

DI offices

You live in a contry in the border area.

You should send your application to the disability insurance office in the canton in which you are, or last were, gainfully employed.

If you have resumed gainful employment outside of Switzerland or have left the border area, you should submit your application in the EU/EFTA country in which you live.

Addresses of foreign liaison bodies responsible for each type of social security (in French)

Applying to a country with which Switzerland has signed a bilateral social security agreement

Bilateral agreements

Please send us your application at the following address:

Swiss Compensation Office
International administrative assistance
P.O. Box 3100
1211 Geneva 2
Switzerland

Applying to an other country

You wish to apply for a pension from a country with which Switzerland has not concluded a bilateral social security agreement.

Please contact that country’s embassy in Switzerland:

Foreign Representations in Switzerland