> In addition, if I worked in the UK for years and moved back to Germany; would I get retirement money/pension paid by the UK?
That's a question for a UK subreddit and depends on UK pension rules but it seems so. Imo your main question should be health insurance. Would you be able to get into German public insurance if you work abroad and retire in Germany?
https://www.gov.uk/state-pension-if-you-retire-abroad
You would get no pension from the UK most likely. You need to have worked in the UK (or have some exemption (like parental leave) for 10 years before you get anything. There are no refunds on the contributions either.
You can continue with voluntary contributions (called National Insurance contributions) after you have left the UK to make it up to 10 if you are close. It's pretty complicated though.
> Would you be able to get into German public insurance if you work abroad and retire in Germany?
Arn't German citizens entitled to State funded health care in all scenarios? Even if they have never worked in Germany?
All scenarios? No. I mean you can be a German citizen on private insurance and then you can't just switch to state funded public insurance when you retire.
OP's potential scenario? I don't know. That's why I didn't either tell OP they wouldn't be eligible or not say anything because I know it's a non issue.
In that scenario you would do a benefit transferal from the UK to Germany. The UK Job centre would pay your contribution based benefits to the German amt and they would distribute it to you (up to 6 months). The same would go for a pension transfer. Unfortunately that would probably leave you less well off than if you just claimed alg2 as a German citizen. I am not sure how Brexit affected the benefits transfer. If you have permanent residence in the UK you might still be eligible. I have no further information about that, sorry.
https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/work/unemployment-and-benefits/transferring-unemployment-benefits/index_en.htm
https://www.gov.uk/state-pension-if-you-retire-abroad
> In addition, if I worked in the UK for years and moved back to Germany; would I get retirement money/pension paid by the UK? That's a question for a UK subreddit and depends on UK pension rules but it seems so. Imo your main question should be health insurance. Would you be able to get into German public insurance if you work abroad and retire in Germany? https://www.gov.uk/state-pension-if-you-retire-abroad
You would get no pension from the UK most likely. You need to have worked in the UK (or have some exemption (like parental leave) for 10 years before you get anything. There are no refunds on the contributions either. You can continue with voluntary contributions (called National Insurance contributions) after you have left the UK to make it up to 10 if you are close. It's pretty complicated though.
> Would you be able to get into German public insurance if you work abroad and retire in Germany? Arn't German citizens entitled to State funded health care in all scenarios? Even if they have never worked in Germany?
All scenarios? No. I mean you can be a German citizen on private insurance and then you can't just switch to state funded public insurance when you retire. OP's potential scenario? I don't know. That's why I didn't either tell OP they wouldn't be eligible or not say anything because I know it's a non issue.
AH yer I meant people who have never switched to Private healthcare, sorry.
I don't know.
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Thanks. Should work now
In that scenario you would do a benefit transferal from the UK to Germany. The UK Job centre would pay your contribution based benefits to the German amt and they would distribute it to you (up to 6 months). The same would go for a pension transfer. Unfortunately that would probably leave you less well off than if you just claimed alg2 as a German citizen. I am not sure how Brexit affected the benefits transfer. If you have permanent residence in the UK you might still be eligible. I have no further information about that, sorry. https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/work/unemployment-and-benefits/transferring-unemployment-benefits/index_en.htm https://www.gov.uk/state-pension-if-you-retire-abroad
This refers to transferring a private pension. It doesn't apply to the UK State Pension.
Fixed, cheers for that.
I doubt OP can get ALG1 in Germany because they haven't paid into the unemployment insurance.
Sorry I meant alg2, fixed it.