A check of the government website produced the following:
Pension Claim Line 0800 731 7898 (to claim by phone ) 8am - 8pm
emai:l tvp.internationalquerie at thepensionservice.gsi.gov.uk / england code from 44 191 218 7777 8am - 8 pm ( Newcastle).
There is also a handy guide to completing the International Claim Form available as a PDF should you need to do this. The form itself is 25 pages long, but if you provide the doumentation asked for ( i.e birth certificate, marriage or divorce documents etc) the the form is straightforward and only a few sections need to be completed. It all depends on your current circumstances and t may be possible to do everything by phone.
The pension will be paid into your bank account and converted to local currency. Payment schedule is either every 4 weeks or every 13 weeks - in arrears.
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