Retirement
Receiving your pension while living in Cameroon, and Cameroonian pension rights. For health and insurance, see also the Health guide.
Some points in this guide concern ties with France (social security, taxes, pensions, French schools) and are labelled as such. If another country's system applies to you, ask your own bodies (social security, pension fund, tax authority) and your country's embassy whether an agreement exists with this destination and what it provides.
French pension
- Pensioners receiving a French pension, whatever their nationality
Every year, a life certificate must be sent. It is completed by the competent local authority of your country of residence and returned within 2 months; otherwise pension payments are suspended. The "Mon certificat de vie" mobile app lets you do it without travelling.
Verified factVerified on 10/1/26High confidenceL'Assurance retraite, Justifier mon existence (retraités vivant à l'étranger) - Passport: Cameroon, France
Under the France-Cameroon agreement, each country pays the pension for the periods contributed there, and pensions can be paid in the other country.
Verified factVerified on 10/1/26High confidenceCleiss, Accords de sécurité sociale entre la France et le Cameroun
Cameroonian pension (CNPS)
The CNPS old-age pension is payable from age 60, with at least 20 years of registration, 180 months of insurance including 60 in the last 10 years, and the end of all salaried work.
Verified factVerified on 10/1/26Medium confidenceCleiss, Le régime camerounais de sécurité sociale (2024)CNPS pensions are paid by transfer at the start of each month, provided a life certificate and a certificate of no salaried employment are supplied between 1 October and 31 December each year.
Verified factVerified on 10/1/26Medium confidenceCleiss, Le régime camerounais de sécurité sociale (2024)With at least 12 months of insurance but without meeting the pension conditions, the insured person receives a one-off old-age allowance.
Verified factVerified on 10/1/26Medium confidenceCleiss, Le régime camerounais de sécurité sociale (2024)
Useful contacts
Contact details taken from the official sources cited. Check them before going.
Cleiss (Centre des liaisons européennes et internationales de sécurité sociale)
Passport: France, CameroonInformation on the France-Cameroon social security agreement.
Cleiss, Accords de sécurité sociale entre la France et le Cameroun· Oct 1, 2026
L'Assurance retraite, centre de traitement retraite à l'étranger
Pensioners receiving a French pensionPostal address for sending the life certificate if you cannot send it online.
CS 13 999 Esvres, 37 321 Tours Cedex 9, FranceWebsiteL'Assurance retraite, Justifier mon existence (retraités vivant à l'étranger)· Oct 1, 2026
Sources for this guide
- L'Assurance retraite, Justifier mon existence (retraités vivant à l'étranger) · Checked on October 1, 2026
- Cleiss, Accords de sécurité sociale entre la France et le Cameroun · Checked on October 1, 2026
- Cleiss, Le régime camerounais de sécurité sociale (2024) · Checked on October 1, 2026
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