Is a partial french pension available for working some years in the country?

PENSION AMOUNTS DEPEND ON CRITERIA INCLUDING HOW LONG YOU WORKED IN FRANCE, AND YOUR SALARY Reader Question: I worked as a self-employed air-conditioning engineer in France from 2012 to

2018. I retired in France age 67. Am I entitled to part of a pension? I am a UK citizen but resident in France since 2011. Yes, you will have built up a pension entitlement (likely in the

low hundreds per month).  Building up some pension is a question of ‘validating’ a certain number of trimestres (quarter-years) and if you were working full-time you probably had around 28.

  An amount of ‘basic’ pension will be worked out based on a calculation involving the trimestres, average income and how many years you paid in, compared to a typical ‘full’ French career.

  There is also a ‘complementary’ part to your pension, based on an accumulation of points. Depending on the year in which they were born, people can claim their self- employment pension

from ages 62-64, so you are entitled to claim now.  You can do so via the website lassuranceretraite.fr by creating a personal space. One option for this is to use FranceConnect. You may be

familiar with this – you can use log-ins from a partner website such as impots.gouv.fr or ameli.fr. You can obtain an estimate here. Read more: New pension boost for self-employed workers in

France