Certificate of pension from the Pension Fund: sample, how and where to get it, documents

When you might need it

Since 2015, instead of pension certificates, all Pension Fund departments have been issuing a certificate. This is a document that confirms the source of your income. It is official and is issued free of charge upon request.

Help needed:

When you contact government authorities with requests for additional payments or to apply benefits to you (for example, subsidies).
If you are going to travel abroad and need to show where you got the money from.
At the military registration and enlistment office, if requested there.
At the bank, if you want to get a loan, you need to confirm the amount of income.
When requesting a social card for free travel on public transport (submitted instead of a pension certificate).
When receiving titles and regalia (for example, “Veteran of Labor”).
If you want to take advantage of pensioner discounts in supermarkets and shops.

In general, a pensioner really needs this document - both to confirm that he is a pensioner and to exercise his rights as a pensioner.

Nuances of issuing a certificate

The certificate is issued in accordance with the administrative regulations of the Pension Fund of Russia. Let us highlight the main nuances that need to be taken into account when applying for this document:

the issuance of a certificate can only be refused to a representative or authorized body who has not provided consent to receive personal data (courts and law enforcement agencies can do without such consent when sending an official request);
the pensioner is not required to indicate the reason for applying for the certificate, but can mark it to include certain information in the document - for example, when issuing a certificate to assign benefits for housing and communal services, the contents of the document also include the amount of payments for a certain period;
The law does not establish restrictions on the number of certificates issued and requests to the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation - each citizen can repeatedly submit a request and receive several certificates at once for submission to different authorities.

A certificate of the amount of pension payments is issued free of charge and without paying a state fee.

When a certificate is issued, it is registered in the Pension Fund's outgoing correspondence system. This allows you to use the document as evidence in court, when performing other legally significant actions. You can also check the authenticity of the certificate using the registration number. For example, when applying for benefits, an authorized state or municipal department may send a request to the Pension Fund department about the validity of the issued certificate.

The pension certificate does not have an expiration date. However, due to regular changes in the amount of payments, it is advisable to apply for the document directly as needed. For example, when submitting a loan application to a bank, you must submit a certificate issued no later than 10 days before submitting the documents.

Methods of obtaining

Regardless of the method you choose, the certificate will be provided to you in physical form - on paper, with signatures and seals of the department. Methods are now being developed to obtain a certificate online, in electronic format, but it is more reliable to have a physical document.

Remote order

You can pre-order this document online. Then, when you go to the Pension Fund, you will quickly and easily get an appointment with the administrator, who will issue you this document.

You can do this:

Through your account on the State Services website in the Pension Fund section. The service may be called “Ordering certificates”.
On the website of the Pension Fund - through the form for making an appointment with a specialist https://es.pfrf.ru/znpd/.

Carefully fill out all fields and select the subject of the Russian Federation in which you live. Otherwise, the request may not go through correctly, and you will have to repeat the procedure again.

After registration, you will receive a time when you can go to the Pension Fund to receive a certificate. You will need to take your passport and SNILS with you. If you have a pension certificate, you need to bring it along with a copy.

Personal visit to the Pension Fund of Russia

Without making an appointment, this form can be printed simply in the self-service area of the Pension Fund.

This is done through the terminal. The administrator present at the department can help you. Take your passport and SNILS with you. Issued immediately.

The addresses of the branches can be found on the Pension Fund website in the “Addresses and Contacts” section.

Through MFC and Sberbank

Like many other services, you can order the issuance of such a pension certificate through the MFC. If it is closer than the Pension Fund of Russia branch, then the document can be obtained there. However, if the department of the fund itself processes such requests instantly, then the MFC will be forced to demand information from the Pension Fund. Therefore, the period for producing a certificate in this way is 5 working days.

In some MFCs, an Online certificate issuance service is available, but you need to check with the center staff about its availability. Not everywhere it is technically possible to issue a certificate on the same day.

If you need a document urgently, then it is more logical to directly contact the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation in your area.

You can obtain information from Sberbank if the Pension Fund of Russia transfers your payments to the card. To do this, you should take your passport and card to the office where they will print out the required document for you.

Why do you need an extract from the register?

The advent of electronic work books has eliminated the need for citizens to provide a paper record book when applying for employment. If it is lost, contains errors or illegible entries, you will not need to restore the information. Instead, it is required to present the STD-PFR upon hiring. From it, the organization’s management learns information about the activities and experience of the applicant and his work experience in previous positions.

Documents for issue

Need to:

Confirm your identity - for this you will need a passport and a copy of it.
Provide your SNILS number.
Fill out and sign the application for a certificate.
A copy of your pension certificate (if any) may be required.

If you are not the one receiving the pension, then in addition to these documents you will need to demonstrate to the Pension Fund a power of attorney issued in your name. Otherwise, the information will be refused because it is confidential.

What does a pensioner's ID look like?

The pension certificate is a small red book.

Inside the document are pink pages, on each of which there is a secure sign with a photograph of an elderly person and the seal of the Pension Fund (PFR).

The first page contains the document number, the pensioner’s details, the name of the body, and the signature of the owner of the book.

The second page has the basis for issuing pension contributions, for example, old-age pension, disability pension, loss of breadwinner, and so on. In addition, the following information is recorded on this page: the date of assignment of the pension; date of issue of pension; signature of the authorized person of the Pension Fund; FIU seal.

The third page stores information such as: pension supplements; Full name of dependents; signature of the Pension Fund employee. The fourth is intended to extend payments. The fifth is for special marks. Sixth - a reminder for an elderly person.

The pension certificate is received directly by the pensioner or by an official through a notarized power of attorney. Upon receipt of the book, the pensioner signs in a special data book.

Certificates that were previously issued to an elderly person continue to be valid despite the cancellation of the issuance of this document in 2015.

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Step-by-step instructions for filling out a sample salary certificate for calculating a pension

This document is prepared in any form, however, taking into account the basic rules.

Step No. 1 – Specify the organization details

We indicate the details of the organization

So, in the upper right corner of the paper you must indicate the details of the employing organization, namely:

full name;
TIN;
address;
OGRN.

Step No. 2 – Designate the form of the document

We indicate which document is being drawn up by us

Further, just below, in the middle of the sheet, it is indicated that the document being sought is a certificate for calculating a pension. The number assigned to the paper is also noted here.

Step No. 3 – Specify the applicant’s details

We indicate information about the employee of the organization requesting the certificate.

The introductory construction of this part will sound like “this certificate is given.” After the search phrase, the following follow in order:

Full name of the citizen receiving the document;
date of birth of the person;
his place of birth;
number, series, date and place of issue of the passport.

We indicate in what position and when the person worked in the desired organization

Having finished with personal data, we proceed to indicating the professional information about the person available to the organization. So, you need to write in the text of the application:

title of the citizen's position;
the name of the organization in which the person worked while in the desired position during the time period we need;
framework of the period under discussion.

Step No. 4 – We indicate the salary accrued to the person for the required period of time

Now we need to display in the form of a table the wages received by the person applying for the certificate during a certain time period.

We enter information about wages in a table of a special form

As you remember, information must be provided for five consecutive years. Therefore, we draw up a table in which years are listed in a column, months in a row, and we write down the amount corresponding to each period.

Under the table you need to indicate from which organization databases you took the information . These could be journals, accounting books, or other objects in which data was recorded.

In addition, at the very bottom of the certificate you need to indicate that the head of the organization confirms :

the truth of the information submitted for consideration;
that during the required period, insurance payments were transferred to the state treasury for the employee.

We indicate where the data was taken from and give the document legal force

Next, the head and representative of the department of the organization that issued the certificate must put a stamp and their own signatures in order to endorse the document . Ready!

Types of document

The certificate discussed above was issued to old-age pensioners. However, in our country there are several categories of persons who have the right to count on pension provision, regardless of whether they reach the appropriate age.

This, first of all, includes employees of various state law enforcement agencies who are entitled to retirement based on length of service. Cash payments to them are awarded by the relevant departments, so the form of their pension certificates differs significantly from those issued by the Pension Fund. This applies to former employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the FSB and the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

Their documents superficially resemble official IDs, which contain the following information:

the name of the department in which the owner of the paper served;
personal data and photograph of the established size;
rank (status).

These documents are also certified by the head of the unit that issued them, as well as by the seal of the relevant department.

As for survivors and disability pensioners, their identification documents did not differ in appearance from those issued for old age, but they stated the appropriate grounds for assigning pension payments.

How to apply for a new certificate?

Until 2015, older people received a corresponding certificate upon retirement. Now, instead of a certificate, an elderly person is given a certificate that contains the same information as the certificate.

Help can be obtained in the following ways:

In the Pension Fund. If an elderly person receives a certificate for the first time, then when applying to the Pension Fund you need to have with you such documentation as: a passport; statement; employment history; SNILS; birth certificate; photo 3 by 4; certificate from work; documents confirming secondary specialized or higher education; Marriage certificate.

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When applying for the second time, you should take your passport with you. The finished document is issued within 2 days after the written request is submitted.

Through a proxy - the power of attorney must be executed by a notary.
On the Pension Fund website. To order a certificate online, you need to do the following:
select from the link: www.pfrf.ru.
receive the document at the local Pension Fund office after a call from a fund employee.
The main difficulty of this method is the poor understanding of computer technology on the part of an ordinary pensioner or the lack of a computer.

Help SZI-6: what kind of document is this and its contents

According to the established regulations, the Pension Fund maintains a systematic record of the rights of citizens, the data of which is reflected in individual personal accounts. To inform the insured persons about the information on compulsory health insurance, the Pension Fund uses the standardized form SZI-6; what kind of certificate it is and what information it carries – we will consider below.

The ILS (individual personal account) of the insured displays a set of information provided to the Pension Fund by policyholders for persons registered in the OPS system, and concerning factors affecting the accrual and calculation of pension benefits, including:

length of service until 2002 - data is indicated as of the time of registration in the personalized accounting system (such registration was carried out in 2003-2004, information about earlier work experience was entered into the ILS based on the data reflected in the work book of the insured person provided employer);
insurance period and the value of pension points (IPC);
deductions for a specific calendar period - information about personalized accounting of wages, amounts of insurance contributions;
information on investing pension savings.

Important!

The certificate of form SZI-6, generated according to the data of the Pension Fund, contains information only about the accrued and actually paid contributions for compulsory pension insurance by the policyholder. If the insured person’s compulsory health insurance contributions were not paid by the employer, information about them and the insurance period for this period is not included in the SZI-6 certificate. Claims for length of service actually worked, but not included in the insurance period due to non-payment, in accordance with current legislation (Article of the Law “On Personalized Accounting” No. 27-FZ) must be attributed to the employer, whose actions can be appealed in court .