If you’ve moved from overseas and have been working and living in Australia, it’s likely that your employer has been putting funds into a superannuation account to support your retirement. Withdrawing them depends on one thing: whether you’re a permanent Australian resident or not.
If you have become a permanent resident, your superannuation will be locked until you meet a condition for release. Often this is reaching preservation age and entering retirement.
However, if you’re a temporary resident and you leave the country, there is a way to claim the payment of your superannuation fund, but you have to meet a specific list of conditions.
If you do plan to move from Australia, you should remember that you can move your super with you so that you don’t lose out.