I will be leaving Japan to move back to my country on May 20th and today I submitted my tenshutsu todoke for my moving out of my apartment on the 8th. My previous workplace had me enrolled in a company pension plan and told me that I had to enroll in the national pension before I go. I talked to the staff at the pension section and they also said to come back after May 1st (I officially work until April 30th) and pass over some papers from my previous employer related to this.
This seems rather easy, but I couldn’t really get my head around why. Is this so they can later bill me for pension from May 1 to the 8th when the tenshutsu todoke should kick in? Would I need to un-enroll again before I leave the country or take any other steps after that?
I already designated a tax representative, but I’m a little nervous since I don’t quite understand the situation.
Can anyone shed light on why they are asking me to switch over to national pension even after I submitted a tenshutsu todoke? Does this just move all my contributions on the company plan to the national one? Sorry if this is obvious and I’m just not getting it.
by Sammich_Weatherwax
