Te Hiranga Tangata / Work and Income

Printed from: https://services.workandincome.govt.nz

Printed: 06 July 2025

Overseas travel dates for NZ Super or Veteran's Pension

About this form

Complete this form if you're going overseas for more than 28 days and 26 weeks or less when you get NZ Super or Veteran's Pension.

Please note the questions in this form may change dynamically based on your answers to previous questions.

Keeping a copy of this form

After you submit the form, you’ll see a confirmation page with all the information you entered. If you want to keep a copy, you can print that page or save it as a PDF using the browser’s print function. We can’t provide you with a copy of the form later.

Travel dates

Do you know when you will return? (required)
Please complete the form below to tell us about your travel plans
Enter your travel dates and click the 'Check dates' button to find out if you need to complete this form.
You're going overseas for 28 days or less so you don't need to complete this form. Your payments will continue while you're away.
You're going overseas for more than 26 weeks. You need to contact international services on 0800 777 227 to find out if you can keep getting your payments
You're going overseas for more than 28 days and 26 weeks or less. Please complete the form to tell us about your travel plans.
As you have left and returned we do not need any details provided at this time.

Personal details

You can find this on your Community Services Card, SuperGold Card or by requesting a client number online
Do you live in a rest home? (required)
Do you get a Veteran's Pension? (required)

Contact details

If you're not sure what the postcode is for this address, you can find it with the NZ Post postcode finder
This must be a valid New Zealand number.

Partner details

Do you have a partner? (required)
Does your partner get any assistance from MSD? (required)
If your partner gets any other payments from us, they need to let us know they're going overseas. How your partner can tell us
Is your partner travelling? (required)
Is your partner travelling for the same period? (required)
Do you give permission for us to pay the Winter Energy Payment to your partner while you are overseas? (required) If you get the Winter Energy Payment and go overseas while it's paid (between May to October), we'll pay this to your partner. This is so we continue to help your partner with the cost of heating your home over winter.

Additional information

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