expat help
Hi Dogger 1953,
Just finished reading the thread, thanks for all the good information.
I have other issues I hope you can shed some light on.
I am 47, an expat Canadian who has been out of Canada since 1998, left at age 31.
Several years ago, my mother received a letter from CPP, stating my pension would be a rather paltry $300 or so.
Not surprising, my best producing years have been outside Canada.
So, my questions are:
Is CPP based on your best 10 years of contributions? and would the fact I am still out of Canada continue to hurt that pension
amount, would the amount continue to fall ?
Would I be able to transfer my pension contributions from the other country (Slovakia), or is better to try to collect
from both countries ?
You mentioned OAS was based on 40 years residence after 18, but that something would be available after 20 years.
Is it safe to assume that amount would be half of what a full 40 resident would get ?
Where should I go to make sure CPP has all the right information ?
Thanks in advance.