Mandatory portion of swiss pension

kim692

Hi, wondering if anyone can help. I had a brief stint of working and living in Switzerland a few years ago. When I left and came back to the uk I withdrew all of my non mandatory portion of my pension but as the UK was in the EU I had to leave the mandatory portion to withdraw at pension able age. Now because of Bexit am I able to withdraw this portion as we are no longer in the EU?

I am hoping to buy a house and this could help us dramatically with the deposit if we can take it

JoeCrystal

Frankly, the best people to ask would be your pension company in Switzerland who got a much better understanding of the Swiss agreements, laws and the Brexit implications. Rather than a brunch of strangers on the UK pension forum.  

xylophone

Rather than a brunch of strangers 

Eating their words?

kim692

I have of course already sent a message to the company in question but whilst i was waiting wondered if anyone else had any background in this type of thing in the meantime. Also may be other people in a similar situation that may not have realised this could be a possibility. But thanks anyway

kim692

In response if anyone is in a similar situation i CAN now withdraw the non mandatory portion. I have to obviously provide some certain identification and marital status documents but the money can be released. For some i anticipate this could be quite a considerable amount of money. Hope it helps someone else. Fingers crossed im on the way to getting on the property ladder.