Having arranged a flight home, completed two weeks of hotel quarantine and settled back into Australia, you would think that much of the heavy lifting has been done. But there’s still work to be done when it comes to repatriating your superannuation from time spent working overseas.

First, when arriving back on shore, your Australian employer will require you to supply details of your Australian super fund for future employer contribution purposes. This might be an old fund you had in place when you were younger or a self-managed super fund that continued while you were overseas.