RetireJapan

Ignoring it will make it impossible to ever come back or get any visa. I doubt that's true. Still better to deal with it though. Appreciate the words of advice guys! Ill call them up if I receive another envelope. Or as you suggest I'll let their Japanese partner deal with it. Good to know that the...

Thank you for your input fellas. They didn't communicate with the nenkin office because they were under the assumption doing the 転出届 would sort those out. There isn't much of a concrete guideline on what paper work needs to be done before you leave Japan. By the looks of it the nenkin office did not...

So you're their representative? Please clean up their mess. Sorry, no sympathy. And even tho they did a number of things right, they left you holding their bag. Good luck. Hopefully, this friend is not even considering getting the pension refund. Not a representative. Just have the address where th...

How long was that person in Japan, and how many months did they pay into the Pension System? If more than 6 months and less than 10 years (120 months), and they don't expect to ever come back, they can claim a refund of upto 5 years' (60 months') contributions They can do it from overseas, or you c...

Hello, I have a friend who has left Japan and came home to the UK last year. They have unfortunately left because their Visa ran out and also Japan hasn't been good to them financially (pay wasn't good enough to even pay rent or food at times). Pay situation was so bad that they've chosen to not pay...