Any assets that remain once the allowances have been financed become blocked rand assets and must remain invested in South Africa. Income earned from such investments may be remitted from the date of your redesignation as an emigrant provided that you are able to show documentary evidence of your new status.
Pensions are automatically transferable abroad.
Annuities such as those arising out of maturing RA plans are not automatically transferable, but permission is usually given for them to be remitted. Widows, widowers and divorcees without children are classified as single for purposes of settling-in allowance entitlement, but those with dependent children are entitled to the higher allowance for a family unit. In the case of divorcees, however, the higher allowance is only available if the emigrating parent is accompanied by the children of the marriage and the former spouse stays behind. Should the former spouse later decide to emigrate, he or she will be entitled only to a single person's settling-in allowance. You are required to apply for exchange control approval only if you want to take out more than the standard allowances.