UK Bank Account for Payment of French AGIRC/ARRCO Pension

gaddison
gaddison Posts: 2 Newbie
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edited 11 November 2024 at 6:40PM in Budgeting & bank accounts
I am a newbie to the forum and have a question on payment of a French AGIRC/ARRCO pension into a UK bank account.

I am in the process of claiming a French pension from the time I worked there back in the early nineties. I now live back in the UK.

It has been a painful process as you have to claim it through the DWP and they twice lost or forgot about my claim. Only when I prompted them a third time did something happen. I first contacted them in April and it took them until the end of October to send my information to the French authorities. By contrast the French seem responsive and helpful (famous last words). 

I have a form to fill in for the French social security authorities to specify which bank account I want the pension paid into. In classic French style I need it signed and stamped by the bank.

Do people have any advice on a good (euro?) bank account to use, including the fact that they need to complete this form in French. This would seem to rule out some of the online virtual banks.

Any help would be much appreciated.

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