Holocaust survivors who are recipients of the quarterly benefit known colloquially as the “Polish pension” should now be receiving a letter from ZUS, the Polish pension agency, detailing the new payments for this year. Beginning on March 1, 2023, the quarterly payment has increased a record 14.8%. This translates into a new quarterly payment of […]

ZUS, the Polish pension agency, has instituted its annual increase in the allowance as of March 1, 2022. You can find the original letter followed by a translation into English, as well as summaries of the changes here. The new total quarterly amount of the payment awarded every three (3) months to approved Polish Holocaust […]

Did you know that Poland offers a monthly pension of over 1,000 USD to Polish citizens who reach the centenarian milestone? You don’t have to live in Poland to obtain it. You just need to be a Polish citizen. Polish Pension Help has been partnering with Polaron, a company that assists individuals with obtaining European […]

ZUS, the Polish pension agency, has instituted its annual increase in the allowance as of March 1, 2021. You can find the original letter followed by a translation into English, as well as a chart summarizing the changes here. In summary, as of March, 2020, the total monthly amount of the payment awarded to approved […]

Since the worldwide pandemic began early in 2020, international mail has been affected, and consequently many applicants to the Polish pension have not received responses from Poland. If an applicant or his/her family or social worker have sent any correspondence to Poland but did not receive an answer, please see below: Did you send in […]

ZUS, the Polish pension agency, has instituted its annual increase in the allowance as of March 1, 2020. You can find the original letter followed by a translation into English, as well as a chart summarizing the changes here. In summary, as of March, 2019, the total monthly amount of the payment awarded to approved […]

ZUS, the Polish pension agency, has instituted its annual increase in the pension as of March 1, 2019. You can find the original letter followed by a translation into English, as well as a chart summarizing the changes here. In summary, as of March, 2018, the total monthly amount of the payment awarded to approved […]

All pension recipients should have recently received a letter from ZUS informing them of a slight increase in their pension payments. The total amount of increase per quarter is approximately 29.55 zlotys (equivalent as of April 26, 2018 to be about 8.50 USD.) You can find a summary of the change as well as a […]

The New York Legal Assistance Group (NYLAG) recently updated its legal memo on the effect of Holocaust reparations on U.S. federal benefits and entitlement programs, such as, for example, Medicaid. This most recent version, updated November, 2017, states that, like most German restitution payments, the Polish pension is exempt from being counted as either income […]

ZUS, the Social Insurance Agency in Poland which is responsible for sending out Polish pension payments, has been sending out letters that there will be a small, permanent increase in pension payments. The increase was put into effect on March 1, 2017, and so is reflected in the last quarterly payment, which arrived on or about […]