Overview
- Germany’s pension authority and Deutsche Post are urging retirees to report new addresses after a move, including relocations abroad, to keep payments flowing.
- If a pension adjustment letter is returned and the new address cannot be verified, the Renten Service suspends payments as an anti-overpayment safeguard until the address is updated.
- Address changes can be submitted via the Renten Service online form, with printed forms available in post offices, or by mailing a signed notice with the Postrentennummer to Deutsche Post AG, Niederlassung Renten Service, 13497 Berlin.
- Once the Renten Service records the new address, payments are resumed and the updated details are automatically forwarded to the responsible pension insurer, so no separate notification is required.
- Advisers recommend filing the change before moving to avoid gaps in transfers, and a cited guidance notes that emigrants should send the update by post and include the planned move date.