{"id":201273,"date":"2016-05-12T06:05:50","date_gmt":"2016-05-12T04:05:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/transfer-pension-fund-retirement-annuity-offshore\/"},"modified":"2016-05-12T06:05:50","modified_gmt":"2016-05-12T04:05:50","slug":"transfer-pension-fund-retirement-annuity-offshore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/en\/transfer-pension-fund-retirement-annuity-offshore\/","title":{"rendered":"Transfer your pension fund or retirement annuity offshore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019ve emigrated from South Africa you can now convert your retirement annuity or\u00a0pension fund to cash and transfer the funds to your new home before the age of 55.<\/p>\n<p>The funds can be used for any purpose \u2013 whether you want to reinvest into a local pension, use it for property upgrades, travelling or simply for a lifestyle upgrade.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Why transfer your retirement savings?<\/p>\n<p>Before 2008 this process wasn\u2019t possible, but changes to South African tax legislation make it possible for you to convert your retirement annuity to cash. This means you now have access to your money wherever you are to do with as you please.<\/p>\n<p>However, the\u00a0exchange control process is rather complicated.\u00a0You will need to liaise with SARS, the Reserve Bank, your insurers as well as an authorised bank.<\/p>\n<p>Luckily cashkows.com will do all the legwork for you!<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve helped more than 13 000 South African expats in 80 different countries with their financial migration needs, and we have a 100% success rate.<\/p>\n<p>Transfer your retirement annuity in 3 easy steps<\/p>\n<p>1. Complete a\u00a0<strong>no obligation\u00a0cashkows.com assessment <\/strong>which will show you:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>how much you can transfer<\/li>\n<li>how long it will take (as quick as 12 weeks, depending on your profile)<\/li>\n<li>we\u2019ll quote you upfront, our fees are only payable on successful completion.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>2.<strong> We\u2019ll do all the admin<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 if there\u2019s anything you need to see or sign, you can do it via our secure online portal, or we\u2019ll courier the documents to you!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Your money will be transferred<\/strong>\u00a0to your foreign bank account of choice. If you don\u2019t have one, we can open one for you!<\/p>\n<p>Cashkows.com is\u2026<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>fast<\/strong>; using our services means you\u2019ll have your money quicker.<\/li>\n<li><strong>affordable;<\/strong>\u00a0no up-front payment required.<\/li>\n<li><strong>secure<\/strong>; we\u2019re a licensed financial services provider and Reserve Bank approved foreign exchange intermediary and use state of the art online security measures.<\/li>\n<li><strong>compliant<\/strong>; we tick all the boxes with SARS, the Reserve Bank, your insurers and your bank.<\/li>\n<li><strong>convenient<\/strong>; we take care of the end to end process\u00a0and provide signature ready, completed documentation.<\/li>\n<li><strong>competitive<\/strong>; we provide highly competitive exchange rates.Whether you want to eliminate exchange rate risk, consolidate your pension funds under one roof or simply need the money to start your new life overseas, cashkows.com will make it happen.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Feel free to visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cashkows.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019ve emigrated from South Africa you can now convert your retirement annuity or\u00a0pension fund to cash and transfer the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":214,"featured_media":201274,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[801,800],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-201273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-financial-and-migration-news","category-news"],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":801,"label":"FINANCIAL AND MIGRATION NEWS"},{"value":800,"label":"News"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Transfer-your-pension-fund-or-retirement-annuity-offshore1.jpg",600,400,false],"author_info":{"display_name":"Sue-Ann de Wet","author_link":"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/en\/author\/sue-ann-de-wet\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":801,"name":"FINANCIAL AND MIGRATION NEWS","slug":"financial-and-migration-news","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":801,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":800,"count":200,"filter":"raw","term_order":"0","cat_ID":801,"category_count":200,"category_description":"","cat_name":"FINANCIAL AND MIGRATION NEWS","category_nicename":"financial-and-migration-news","category_parent":800},{"term_id":800,"name":"News","slug":"news","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":800,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":494,"filter":"raw","term_order":"0","cat_ID":800,"category_count":494,"category_description":"","cat_name":"News","category_nicename":"news","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":false,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Transfer-your-pension-fund-or-retirement-annuity-offshore1.jpg","fimg_url":"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Transfer-your-pension-fund-or-retirement-annuity-offshore1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/214"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201273\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/201274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}