Getting a little off topic here, but if you're a US "person" subject to US taxes, then those pension payments can be taxable. http://rsmus.com/what-we-do/servi

Getting a little off topic here, but if you're a US "person" subject to US taxes, then those pension payments can be taxable. http://rsmus.com/what-we-do/services/tax/international-tax-planning/do-i-owe-us-tax-on-my-foreign-pension-plan.html http://rsmus.com/what-we-do/services/tax/international-tax-p... If you google around, you can find stories of long-time ex-pats getting blindsided by the taxes associated with those pensions.