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Published on 9 October 2025

Applying for a foreign old-age or a survivor pension

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

Applying to an EU/EFTA country

You live in Switzerland, you are a citizen of Switzerland or an EU/EFTA country

Please contact the Compensation Office that handled your last contributions.

For married couples: If your spouse already receives an OASI pension, please contact the same compensation office that pays your spouse’s pension.

Cantonal and Union compensation Offices

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

Bilateral agreements

Please download the documents and submit them, duly completed, to the eSercices d'eCdC

Application for foreign benefits

Applying to an other country

You wish to apply for a pension in 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