Can Ukrainians receive a pension in Poland

This is reported by the portal"Me in Poland".

Ukrainians have to meet a number of conditions and pay contributions in Poland in order to receive a Polish pension.

The Polish Social Insurance Office said that Poland and Ukraine signed a bilateral agreement on social security in 2012.

However, this does not mean that Poland will pay pensions to everyone.

Here are a few conditions for receiving a pension in Poland:

• age 60 for women and 65 for men;
• payment of contributions in Poland - legal employment.

In Poland, Ukrainians' pensions are paid by ZUS for the period of working in this country. Therefore the payment for a few months of work will be symbolic for Ukrainians.

Ukrainians can also receive supplements to their pensions. For that you need to have:

• entitlement to a pension for foreigners (age, payment of contributions in Poland, length of service)
• habitual residence in Poland;
• the right to legal residence on the basis of a document issued by the Office for Foreigners or on the basis of an entry in the register of the Border Guard.