Agnes, The same thing applies here in the US if you want to receive the full pension amount. The age is creeping up beyond 65. At 62 you receive a lower amount.
It was my sons 42nd birthday last week and I bought number candles to put on a cake for him when he came to dinner. I did not notice until I lit them that I had put them on backwards and so he celebrated his 24th and has a photo on facebook to prove it. :-) I don't want to reverse my age because it makes me even older as it ends with a 9. Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA www.jblace.com http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org ________________________________ From: Agnes Boddington <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Sent: Fri, March 1, 2013 2:09:46 PM Subject: Re: [lace-chat] birthday wishes Hello DEvon In the Netherlands the retirement age for both men and women is now 65 and 7 months. And it will go up progressively in the next few years; so when I am 65, I will have to wait another 3-4 years. Perhaps never will catch up. I lived in the USA for 3 years from 1986 to 89, and the UK company Mike worked for, paid into some pension fund called FICA for both Mike and myself. I can claim from age 62 (or later) which is next Monday, and Mike from 65 (which happened almost 4 years ago). I submitted all the paperwork in DEcember, so am now waiting. Agnes > When can one become a pensioner in the Netherlands? I didn't think the US > Social Security system was more generous than that of the Netherlands. > Devon > > > In a message dated 3/1/2013 10:57:49 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > eat and ponder that I am pensioner in the UK at 42 (according to my > calculatuions), will be a USA pensioner on Monday, but not yet in my home > country for several years to come and by then the Netherlands may be > bankrupt anyway. > > Agnes Boddington - Elloughton UK To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
