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Accessing Pension From Abroad

I'm 28 and I have around £700 in a pension fund with Aviva that I earned when I was in my early 20s in the UK. I haven't contributed to this for years as I've moved to Canada three years ago. I was thinking whether I could access this money and use it to pay off part of my student loan. Is this possible? Could I get the money transferred to my UK current account? Is it likely to be worth it with the taxes or charges?

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  • JoeCrystal
    JoeCrystal Posts: 3,427 Forumite
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    You cannot access the pension pot until you are 55 I am afraid. The whole point of having a pension pot was for your retirement.
  • westv
    westv Posts: 6,593 Forumite
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    Even if you could access it, I'm sure there would be far more interesting things to spend £700 on then contributing to a student "loan".
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