Changes you need to report if you live outside the Netherlands

• You are moving to a different address
• You are moving to a different address together with your partner
• You are moving to another country
• You and your partner are moving to another country
• Either you or your partner is moving to another country while the other will continue to live at the current address

• You no longer live at the same address as your partner
• You and your partner have been living together but you are not married. You are now going to separate
• You have been living on your own and are now going to start living with someone
• Someone has come to live with you and your partner
• You are sharing a household with 2 or more people aged 18 or over. Someone moves out or dies
• You are going to stay at another address temporarily (no more than 6 months)
• You and your partner separate
• You and your partner had separated but your partner starts living with you again
• You are separated from your partner and you start living with someone else
• You and your partner are permanently separated because although one of you filed for divorce, the divorce did not go through.
• You take in a lodger or a tenant

• Your partner dies (you should enclose a copy of the death certificate)
• You get married
• You enter into a registered partnership
• You get divorced
• You are no longer in a registered partnership
• You separate from your spouse or partner
• You enter into a cohabitation agreement
• Your nationality changes
• Your partner’s nationality changes

If you receive AOW supplementary allowance , we will need information about your income and your partner’s income to decide how much supplementary allowance you can get.

• Your partner’s income goes up or down
• Your partner has a new source of income
• Your partner no longer has income
• Your and your partner’s joint income drops below €3,732.95 gross per month
• Your and your partner’s joint income was less than €3,732.95 gross per month but has gone up to more than that amount

You do not have to report small yearly or half-yearly increases in a pension or benefit.

• You go to prison, a detention centre or a closed treatment facility
• You are ordered to go to prison, a detention centre or a closed treatment facility, but you refuse to go

If an AOW pensioner dies, you should report the death directly to us within 6 weeks, even if the death occurred in the Netherlands. 

The sooner we know, the sooner we can prevent any overpayments. We will then send a letter to the deceased’s heirs to inform them about what happens next.