Veterans going to or residing in Jersey/Guernsey

Under the agreement with Jersey/Guernsey clients can be paid the New Zealand Veteran's Pension when they are residing in Jersey/Guernsey.

The client can apply for the Veteran's Pension to be paid in Jersey/Guernsey before their departure from New Zealand or from Jersey/Guernsey.

To get Veteran's Pension paid in Jersey/Guernsey, a client must:

• be entitled to or getting Veteran's Pension
• intend to live in Jersey/Guernsey for more than 26 weeks and
• have had at least 12 months residence in New Zealand since age 20

Note the client can use their own and/or their partner's (or former partner's) periods of insurance in Jersey/Guernsey since the age of 20 to meet the residence qualification for Veterans Pension.

If a client leaves New Zealand intending to live in Jersey/Guernsey for 26 weeks or more, they have up to 26 weeks to take up residence in Jersey/Guernsey. Clients may go to other countries before they get to Jersey/Guernsey, but they must arrive in Jersey/Guernsey within 26 weeks from the date they left New Zealand to be considered ordinarily resident in Jersey/Guernsey on the date they left New Zealand.

Example

A client may want to have a three-month holiday in the United Kingdom before taking up residence in Jersey/Guernsey.

In this example, the client would be considered ordinarily resident in Jersey/Guernsey for the purposes of deciding their application for payment of Veteran's Pension in Jersey/Guernsey.

Clients getting Veteran's Pension in Jersey/Guernsey will need to complete a Mandatory Review 52 weeks from when the benefit commenced, and 52 weeks from when the client's last Mandatory Review was completed.

For more information contact International Services.