How to restore a pension certificate if lost: what to do and how to correct the situation if you have lost the document

A pension certificate, along with a passport, is an important document for a pensioner. Confirmation of pension status and the right to receive pension payments and benefits is possible only with this document.

We are all human, so losing documents is a common occurrence. What to do if your pension certificate is lost? Is it possible to somehow restore the loss? Where should I go and what documents will I need? Or maybe you can do without it by simply showing your passport indicating your age?

Who needs a pension certificate and why?

Most people already know what this ID looks like in 1919. They are somewhat upset that they are now issued not with red little books with the owner’s photo, but with a simple A4 sheet decorated with signatures and seals. But you shouldn’t be upset about the appearance of the ID: the documents provide the owner with the same privileges that pensioners with “booklets” have.

Nowadays they issue not little red books, but a certificate stating that the person is a pensioner

By showing this document instead of a regular ID, a person can:

use discounts on various goods or services;
get a discount on utilities and major repairs;
do not pay for travel on public transport or pay a smaller amount;
be an applicant for various benefits available to pensioners and prescribed in federal and regional legislation.

So which citizen is issued a pension certificate? The answer is quite logical - anyone who receives appropriate payments: old age, disability, social, and so on.

Important ! That is, the certificate can be obtained by a citizen of our country of any age, a foreigner or a stateless person.

Issues regarding the assignment, calculation and payment of pension payments are dealt with by employees of local PF units. A person who is supposed to receive a pension can visit the Fund branch at his place of registration, after which he is registered as a pensioner, pension payments are formed and they find out how much money the pensioner will be paid, after which, in fact, payments begin.

In order to receive a pension, you must contact the Pension Fund branch

Until the 15th year after the formation of the pension payment, the citizen received an appropriate certificate, which looked like a red book. The personal data of the owner, information about the time of retirement, and other useful data were recorded there. The citizen could thereby confirm his right to a pension. No special actions were required to issue a pension certificate; no one wrote an application or collected paperwork: the certificate was issued without additional payment upon receipt of payments.

However, some time ago the leadership of our country decided that this type of ID was impractical.

Important ! The price of printing them is quite high, but there is no need for this at all, since any information of interest about a pensioner can be looked up in state databases.

Issuing an old-style pension certificate has become impractical, which is why certificates are now issued

From the beginning of 2020, a citizen can receive a certificate of registration of pension payments, which is written on a simple A4 sheet. However, the information they contain is the same as that previously included in the pensioner’s certificate:

personal information about the person (full name), date of birth;
SNILS, place of registration;
information about the PF branch in which the pensioner is registered;
the reasons for the formation of the pension, its type, the moment of retirement;
volume of payments;
pensioner's personal file number.

Important ! The document is confirmed by the seal of the Pension Fund and certified by the signature of the head of this department.

The law does not provide for the period during which a certificate issued to a pensioner is valid, so the corresponding periods are usually not written down on the paper. That is, when the expiration date of the certificate is not specified, it is valid for a long time, until the death of the pensioner.

This certificate is valid indefinitely

If a person has a pension certificate, it is not necessary to replace it with a certificate, although employees can replace it for you if they wish. You can ask for a certificate at any time when the need arises.

Looking at the issue from the legal side, we can say that a pensioner’s certificate and a pension certificate are equivalent documents. The form in which each document is executed does not play any role in this case. It is worth remembering that the ID still has the right to exist. If you issued a pension before the new law, then you do not need to exchange the certificate or throw it away; you can still use it.

Important ! Pensioners who received a pension after the start of the 15th year will no longer be able to obtain a certificate; only a certificate will be issued.

Despite the fact that certificates are now being issued, you can still use the ID

A very important nuance to remember: a pension certificate or pension certificate cannot in any way act as a passport or SNILS. These documents are issued to you only so that you can, if necessary, confirm your right to a pension to use benefits in public transport, pharmacy, shops and other institutions that provide discounts for pensioners. It is prohibited to use a pension certificate or certificate as a substitute for other documentation.

By the way, it is not recommended to give someone a certificate or identification, even if you trust this person unlimitedly. Please note that wherever required, you must show the original document, but if you need to submit an ID or certificate somewhere, just make a copy. No one has the right to take your originals away.

Important ! Naturally, any documents can be lost or damaged. What to do if you lose your ID or certificate? There is nothing difficult about restoration. However, keep in mind that if you used the “book”, they will no longer give it to you. The certificate is replaced with a corresponding certificate.

You can easily restore your ID by replacing it with a certificate

What information is contained in the pension book?

The old-style pension book was issued until 2020; it was approved back in 2004. It consists of several pages and contains information:

last name, first name and patronymic of the owner;
Date of Birth;
pension category: old age, disability, loss of ability to work, loss of a breadwinner;
amount of social pension;
work experience;
when the pension was granted.

What does the certificate look like?
On the following pages, pension payments were recalculated, the method of receiving the pension was indicated, and a reminder of the need to notify the Pension Fund of all changes in the personal data of the owner of the pension certificate.

What should the photo be like?

There are some nuances that are important for photography. If you do not follow the recommendations, the Pension Fund may not accept your photo.

Primary requirements:

the background should be white, matte, without glare;
the light is soft, diffused, allowing one to see the pensioner’s face;
the photo must be clear so that the person can be easily recognized;
Makeup and permanent makeup are allowed, but they must not distort a person’s face or mask the specifics of his appearance;
You cannot take photos wearing hats (except for those related to religion) or in dark-tinted glasses;
You can be photographed wearing glasses if you wear them all the time;
you must be positioned clearly in the center, you cannot tilt your head;
you should look directly into the camera lens;
the facial expression is calm, there should be no emotions;
you can smile slightly without opening your mouth and without distorting your face too much;
you cannot squint, your eyes must be open;
photo format – 3 x 4 cm.

A photo was pasted into the old ID card

Lost the pension certificate of an employee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs

They will not be cancelled. Persons applying for a pension for the first time will be issued certificates. To receive it, an elderly person must first fill out an application. If you cannot prepare the documents yourself, you can use the help of a trusted person. What is the reason for canceling the certificates? Instead of an ID, people began to use a certificate. The innovation did not affect citizens who had already received the document. The certificate does not lose legal force. It can be used to receive benefits and discounts when purchasing medications. The paper gives the right to benefits in transport. The reason for the cancellation of the pension certificate was its uselessness. The government has calculated the costs of their production. Now all necessary information is stored electronically. For this purpose, a common database was created. The advantage of the certificate is that the pension amount is constantly updated.

How to get a pension certificate in 2020? This document is used to confirm rights to various benefits. With the help of an ID, an elderly person gets access to free medicines and discounts when paying for goods and services.

How can I find out information about my personal account?

It is important to say that once a year, if a pensioner has such a need, he can contact the Pension Fund with a request for information about his personal account for the current day. All data on receipts for the previous year will be presented there. Information can be obtained in any way convenient for the pensioner if, when filling out the application, he indicates his contacts and ways to obtain the information he needs:

E-mail address,
mailing address.

The data you need may also be available on the Unified Portal of Public Services online. To do this, you need to go to the State Services website, find the “Public Services” section there and click on “Notice of the status of your personal account.” Information will be provided to you almost instantly. You will be able to view any income, including the funded and insurance part of pension payments.

Important ! In addition, it will be written about the coefficient of income received from temporary placement of savings and the amount of income received over the past year from such placement.

Receiving notification about the status of your personal account on the State Services portal

If you need more detailed information, you can fill out the appropriate application on the website. However, information will not be given to you instantly; you will have to be patient. On average, all completed requests from pensioners are processed within about thirty calendar days. Sometimes the specified period is extended when it is necessary to find out some side information. The maximum extension time is 30 days.

Lost the pension certificate of an employee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs

Passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation.
Work record book or certified copy of the service record.
SNILS.
Document on income received for the last 5 years.
Certificate of family composition.
Documents confirming awards (if available).

buy train tickets at a discount;
receive social cards with which tickets for other vehicles are provided at a discount;
obtain the status of “Veteran of Labor”;
have special discounts on housing and communal services;
receive medications purchased from state pharmacies on preferential terms;
use the ID when applying for social benefits and allowances.

Where to go if your pension certificate has been lost?

What to do if you have lost your pension certificate? Don't worry, everything can be solved. Visit the nearest Pension Fund, the institution will be suitable both for registration and at the place of your actual residence. With the development of technology, the process of recovering lost documents has become much easier. You can ask for a pension certificate to be issued to you without leaving your home, online. Just go to the official website of the Pension Fund.

Will it be possible to obtain a duplicate ID card at the MFC? This method will suit you only if an appropriate agreement has been concluded between the MFC and the Pension Fund, giving the MFC the right to accept and study applications in which people ask to restore their lost documentation.

You can get a new certificate at the Pension Fund branch

Important ! If a citizen already receives a pension, then continues to work in various companies, you can make this request to the employer. It is necessary to go to the personnel department of the enterprise, giving them all the information necessary for such an event.

Recovery procedure

After losing or wearing out an identification document or a pensioner’s payment, you must contact the relevant authorities and submit documents for restoration. There is a clearly defined algorithm of actions in the required sequence, which can simplify the procedure for obtaining a new certificate. In addition, you can order restoration online.

Where to contact

There will be no problems with obtaining a duplicate if you know where to turn for help. A person who has lost a pension certificate or certificate can go to the appropriate authorities:

Initially, you should visit the territorial division of the Russian Pension Fund (PFR). You can contact the Pension Fund of Russia in accordance with your registration or specific place of residence - there will be no difference in the re-registration process.
If the loss occurred in another city, then you can come to any branch of the Pension Fund of Russia; you must have a minimum set of documents with you, namely a passport.
Allowed to visit the multifunctional center (MFC). But they will be able to help here only if the MFC has entered into a cooperation agreement with the Pension Fund of regional importance.
If the pensioner is still working, you can order the paper through your employer. It is enough to contact the HR department, write an application in the usual manner and provide the necessary data.

No other options for applying for reinstatement are possible. You should use the option that is optimal for the person.

Opportunities online

Through the Internet it is easy to carry out all the manipulations yourself without searching for special institutions. The algorithm of actions is as follows:

Go to the PFR website.
Using the hints, find the Pension Fund of the desired region. You can use the general registry.
Register as a user or go directly to the “User Account”.
Find the column “Ordering documents and certificates”.
Enter the necessary data for authorization and identification.
Submit an application to restore your pension document.
A request for authorization of personal data and an agreement for their processing will appear.
Click the “Order” button.
After all the manipulations have been completed, a notification window will appear containing information about how and when the duplicate will be ready.

The website has a hotline number where an operator can answer additional questions and help with registering an online application.

Documentation

If it is the identification book that is lost, then you can only get a certificate instead. It is enough to collect a social package. To restore your pension, you need to provide the following documents to the Pension Fund:

passport;
insurance policy (SNILS).

Additionally, they may request photocopies of certificates to create an archive. Therefore, it is advisable to prepare them in advance.

If another person is involved in the restoration, the list of papers provided expands:

passport of the citizen who is engaged in restoration;
passport of the person who needs to restore the document;
a power of attorney that allows such actions;
insurance.

Often additional evidence and documents are needed. Thus, it is impossible for a male pensioner to restore a lost pension certificate without a military ID. Therefore, you should first prepare all the extracts and certificates that are most often required in this type of organization.

Price

The loss and process of restoring a certificate of receipt of a pension does not apply to violations of administrative procedure. In this regard, all work to update the document is carried out by any organization free of charge.

If the authorities require a certain remuneration for the work done or the certificate itself, then you should contact the police or the head of the center to resolve the issue.

Dates of issue

Previously, you had to wait about 1 month to produce a new pension card. Now the procedure has been much faster - it takes no more than a few days, or maybe hours. After all the documents have been collected and an application for restoration of the pension document has been submitted, it is worth inquiring about the deadline for issuing a new certificate:

If there are no problems with the operation of the register and the application was made to an authority not at the place of residence, then the certificate should be issued immediately or within a few hours after registration.
Sometimes the procedure can take 1 day. This delay occurs when there is no connection with other registries that are necessary to obtain the necessary data about the person.
When submitting an application online, the timing may be determined by the following factors. The form appears within 1 hour and can be printed at home. If you don’t have a printer, it’s better to order a certificate delivered by mail.

This speed of obtaining a duplicate document is possible due to the presence of unified registers that contain most of the necessary information about a person and his status.

The procedure for restoring a pension certificate currently takes no more than 1 day. At the same time, there are many options for seeking help. The most “advanced” pensioners can use the Internet. The set of documents is the minimum: passport, insurance, and, if necessary, a military ID. Re-production is not an administrative violation and is done free of charge.

Internet capabilities

Modern technologies do not stand still, providing people with more and more opportunities. You can very simply and quickly apply for the restoration of your pension certificate by logging into your personal account on the Pension Fund portal.

Let's take a closer look at what exactly you need to do:

Go to the official website of the Russian Pension Fund, click on the “Personal Account” button.
In your personal account, find the item “Ordering certificates and documents” and click on it.
Complete the following necessary steps:

enter the code shown in the picture - this is necessary so that the system understands that you are not a robot, but a living person;
select a suitable PF branch;
write down the personal information of the person requesting the service: full name, SNILS number, telephone number, email address;
in the “List” section, select the required document and put a checkmark there. Here you have the opportunity to study the issuance deadlines: the system automatically provides data on the time required to issue a new pension certificate;
decide on the date of your visit to the PF department that suits you.

Personal account on the website of the Russian Pension Fund

When you do everything we described above to prepare duplicates of the documents you need, the system will ask for consent to process personal data. Check the box in the desired place and click on the “Order” button.

If necessary, you can reschedule your visit to the Pension Fund. To do this, you need to click on the “Cancel/reschedule pre-registration” button.

By the way, an important fact ! Such opportunities are now available for smartphones. If you use a mobile application, making an appointment or requesting duplicate documents will be even easier.

You can use the smartphone app

How to restore a pension certificate or TIN » All benefits. Benefits, Social benefits

Quite often people lose things and documents. If in the first case you can buy new ones the next day, then restoring your pension certificate is not so easy. This procedure will take much longer and will cause you a lot of trouble.

Today we will talk about the loss of a pension and TIN and their restoration. But everything is in order.

What is a “pension certificate”

A pension certificate is a document of a pensioner, the main task of which is to confirm the fact that he has been assigned a pension. It is necessary so that a person of mature age has the right to certain benefits such as travel on a trolleybus, tram, or bus.

The document states:

Full Name;
Date and place of birth;
gender;
personal account number opened with the Russian Pension Fund;
account opening date.

About changes in the restoration of a pension certificate

With the release of new legislation on pensions, an innovation has appeared regarding certificates: from 2020 they have been canceled and are not issued after a pension has been assigned.

This is because their role is not particularly important and, if necessary, they must be presented along with the passport.

Those certificates that are currently in the hands of current pensioners will not be confiscated. Their effect will be valid when using benefits for travel in transport or in other cases. If the certificate is lost, it cannot be restored; instead, a certificate will be issued that will confirm the status of a pensioner.

Reasons for replacement

There is an opinion that the certificate must be replaced if the pension certificate or damaged. But they resort to this if the document has outdated data or was issued with errors.

To obtain a new certificate, you must contact the Pension Fund Office at your place of residence.

There can only be two options for your actions:

for officially employed pensioners;
for temporarily unemployed or legal entities.

For the first condition, you need to follow these steps:

Within one month from the date of loss of the document, you must contact the personnel department at your place of work and submit an application accordingly.
Submission of your request by an authorized person of the employer to the Pension Fund. This must be done no later than 14 days after submitting the application.
Review of the application by the Pension Fund and production of a new certificate. This must be done within one month. Afterwards the duplicate is transferred to the employer. He, in turn, gives it to you. He has one week to do this.

If you are a private entrepreneur or do not work at all, and you need to restore your pension certificate, the whole process depends directly on you. You submit your application in person at the Pension Fund office at your place of residence. Do not forget to take your passport with you, as well as a document confirming the changes, if the replacement is based on them.

You should be issued a new ID within one month.

Please note: the document will contain information identical to the data from the lost ID. In addition to the changed information, because the individual insurance account number is assigned once.

Features of the application

Without a corresponding application, they will not restore any document to you. It is written in any form addressed to the head of the branch of the Russian Pension Fund in your region.

The application must reflect the reasons for the loss, as well as a request to restore the certificate, put down the number and signature.

If you are an officially employed pensioner, you can contact management or the accounting department, where they will definitely tell you how to correctly write an application for the restoration of a pension certificate.

Required documents

Restoring a lost pensioner ID is quite simple. All information is stored in the electronic database of the Russian Pension Fund. The main thing is to submit documents. Only then will you be able to obtain a duplicate ID.

You will need:

Russian citizen passport.
Four photographs, size 3*4.
Statement.
Power of attorney.

The latter applies to cases where the petition is submitted by a person you trust to restore the document. In the power of attorney, you transfer to him the right to draw up documents and represent your interests in the Pension Fund branch.

Submission deadlines

Since this issue is quite important, we decided to dwell on it again. The minimum period for issuing a certificate is two weeks, the maximum is one month. The countdown starts from the day the application for the issuance of a new pension is submitted.

Lost your pension - how much do you need to pay to restore it?

Today you have to pay for everything. Especially for issuing this or that document. Tax legislation sets the amounts of government fees and duties for the provision of state and municipal services.

Based on current legislation, there is no need to pay for re-issuance of a pension certificate. In addition, you cannot be fined for losing this type of document.

You can restore a document online

The online document recovery service is very popular. After all, there are no queues and there is no need to leave the house. Just a couple of minutes and the application is submitted.

Although there is a Unified Portal of State and Municipal Services, to restore a pension certificate via the Internet. Here you can only find information about which branch of the Pension Fund you belong to in order to submit applications.

At the same time, the Unified Portal service will allow you to determine the exact location of the Pension Fund branch, as well as contact phone numbers where you can get advice.

Source: https://vse-lgoti.ru/kak-vosstanovit-pensionnoe-udostoverenie-ili-inn

Documentation

When it becomes necessary to order a duplicate document confirming your right to a pension, you will have to collect the documents required by the Pension Fund:

passport;
SNILS.

To obtain a certificate you must provide a passport and SNILS

If the interests of a citizen receiving pension payments are represented by a trustee, then the list of documents is supplemented:

passport of the authorized representative;
a document giving this person the right to perform such actions.

Important ! We would like to say that in some cases, employees may ask you to collect other documents, extracts, and evidence.

Where to restore a pension certificate if lost - Law

Price

The law stipulates that if a pensioner has lost his ID, no fine will be imposed on him for this. Pension Fund employees do not have the right to force you to pay for the loss of your pension certificate, and there are no state fees for processing this document. Thus, the process of issuing a duplicate document indicating the right to receive a pension is completely free for any citizen of our country.

A duplicate of the document is issued free of charge

Changes in Russian legislation

Lost your pension certificate? How to get a new one? The answer to this question worries many citizens. It is worth noting that recently new rules for issuing pension certificates have been introduced in the Russian Federation.

This document has been abolished. Now citizens are issued not certificates, but certificates of the established form. It is called a “pension certificate”. Such a document is printed on an A4 sheet. It does not have any state marks or coat of arms. In addition, the pension certificate does not have space for a person’s photograph.

Such a document does not prove identity. It is only used in conjunction with a passport.

Registration deadlines

So, we have found out most of the nuances of restoring a pension certificate in the event of its loss. Now we need to understand how long this event will last. Typically, the time required to issue a pension certificate is one day.

Important ! Any information about the pensioner - the type of payment received, the amount of the pension, the time of payment processing, etc. - can be found in the corresponding PFR database.

In other words, a fund employee can easily find information about a pensioner if he provides all the necessary documentation. After this you can get a certificate.

As a rule, the certificate is issued within 24 hours

Terms of service provision

How to restore a pension certificate if lost? The answer to this question will no longer put a person in an awkward position. We found out how to request a pensioner’s certificate if it is lost. They do not charge money for such services. It's simply illegal.

How quickly will an extract in the prescribed form be issued? Typically, this document is produced within 15 to 30 days. More accurate information can be obtained either on the website of the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation or from the selected authorized body.

Certificate of pension instead of a certificate

A pension certificate is in fact synonymous with a certificate. It gives you the same rights and benefits as a certificate, and their legal significance is the same. To prepare this document, the pensioner must contact the Pension Fund independently, or ask his authorized representative about it:

by visiting the PF establishment directly;
by logging into your account on the official PF portal.

Remember that the document issued to you is not capable of acting as a main identification document, which includes a passport, military ID, etc. After all, not all your data will be written there. In other words, you cannot use a pension certificate if you want to get a loan, buy a ticket, and so on.

A pension certificate cannot replace a passport.

Despite this, a pension certificate, along with a similar certificate, confirms a citizen’s right to pension payments. It is used to obtain:

various types of benefits;
discounts in stores;
some medicines;
category "labor veteran".

The pension certificate is valid until the death of the owner. But if the category to which a citizen belongs changes (received or changed the degree of disability, acquired dependents, etc.), then the document will have to be changed.

Important ! A certificate of receipt of a pension is restored in the same way as lost certificates.

The certificate can be restored similarly to pension certificates

Pension Fund certificate replacing the pension certificate

Nowadays, a person who applies for a pension and has all the conditions for the assignment of such a social benefit (length of service for a pension, IPC) is issued a certificate instead of a pension certificate.

But all previously issued pension certificates were not withdrawn and remain valid. That is, if a previously issued document is lost, no replacement is made. The Pension Fund at the place of residence will issue such a pensioner a certificate. But only with a personal application from a pensioner or another person when providing a power of attorney to receive documents.

The Pension Fund certificate must contain the necessary information, as previously in the pension certificate. To whom it was issued, when and by whom, when the pension was issued, its type, the amount of the pension. It is issued absolutely free of charge and is valid for all authorities and organizations, wherever it is presented. By the way, if you are denied benefits based on a certificate, you can use a complaint to a government agency, the prosecutor’s office, write a pre-trial consumer complaint, etc.

Thus, a pension certificate, received or replaced before 2020, remains valid, and after this date, in order to obtain a certificate, an application to the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation is required, where the pension file is kept.

The SNILS personal account number is provided to each citizen only once. Even if certain data changes, for example the citizen’s last name, the number will remain unchanged.

Why are citizens not issued pension certificates?

Legislation recognized this form of document as impractical, so it was no longer issued. In fact, a pensioner’s ID could never act as a full-fledged identity document. That is, if you want to apply for a loan, some documents, and so on, you will have to use a passport.

If you think about it, such a radical measure was intended to save the budget allocated to the Pension Fund. Every year the number of pensioners receiving payments of various kinds increases, so it was necessary to print a lot of documents, which was quite expensive.

Important ! Alas, a certificate is also not an ideal option. When a person constantly shows it in stores or pharmacies, and always carries it with him, then its condition will inevitably deteriorate. And you have to apply to replace the certificate. The fund's money is also spent on this, because they do not have the right to charge pensioners for a duplicate.

The certificate, if its appearance has deteriorated, can be replaced

If you have a pension certificate, you have the right to use it, despite the fact that certificates of a new type are now being issued. There is no need to replace one document with another, since they are legally equivalent. Both of these documents are valid throughout Russia.

How to restore a lost pension insurance certificate?

If the certificate is lost, it cannot be restored; instead, a certificate will be issued that will confirm the status of a pensioner.

Thus, today it is impossible to obtain or restore a document - a pension certificate in its previous form, and a certificate can be easily obtained either in person at the Pension Fund or ordered online on the website of the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation in your personal account. The pensioner will receive a notification by email that the certificate is ready, after which it can be obtained from the Pension Fund at the place of residence.

While in another city, a citizen has the right to receive a certificate - confirmation of his status in any branch of the Pension Fund on the basis of a passport, since all data on pensioners is concentrated in a single all-Russian database.

Any regional PF has access to the database based on the citizen’s personal data.

Despite the fact that the certificates were abolished as of 01/01/15, they continued to be issued in Pension Fund branches of many regions for some time. This is explained by the fact that a large supply of book forms was preserved, and therefore it was necessary to use them before it was completely exhausted.

Answers on questions

When did they stop issuing pension certificates, replacing them with certificates?

Our government decided to stop issuing these certificates from the beginning of the 15th year. The reason is the following: the process of producing this documentation was very expensive, and there was a huge waste of the budget. And since pensioners were not charged money for issuing the certificate, the Pension Fund suffered heavy losses. A certificate in this regard is cheaper, although printing also takes a lot of money.

Pension certificates ceased to be issued in 2020

Why am I not allowed to replace documents confirming my identity with a pension certificate or certificate?

The documents you named provide incomplete personal data of the citizen, so they are unacceptable when applying for loans, train or air tickets, and other things. If you look at the question from the point of view of the law, then in Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 232 of March 13, 1997 “On the main document identifying the identity of a citizen of the Russian Federation on the territory of the Russian Federation” and in regulation No. 828 “On the passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation” the information that interests you is presented . You can use your pension documentation to receive discounts in stores, pharmacies and other establishments, but for many other transactions you will have to use your passport.

Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 232 of March 13, 1997 “On the main document certifying the identity of a citizen of the Russian Federation on the territory of the Russian Federation”

If I want to exchange my ID for a similar certificate, do I need to write an application?

Yes, you need to contact the nearest Pension Fund and fill out an application there. You must write why you need a replacement. There is no strict application form; it is issued to the head of the territorial department of the Pension Fund.

They didn’t issue me a pensioner’s certificate from the Pension Fund and told me to visit the passport office. Why might this be?

All reasons should have been communicated to you by the Pension Fund. Upon careful study of the official portal, we see: “To confirm the fact of assignment and the amount of the pension, if you wish, you can obtain the necessary certificate if you contact a client service specialist of the local management of the Pension Fund or the MFC. In addition, you can order the required document in your personal account on the Pension Fund portal (“Personal Account of the Insured Person”) or in the section “Electronic services / Pre-order documents/certificates of the Pension Fund”. That is, in order to understand in detail the question you asked, it is better for you to visit the PF again and find out everything there.

The pensioner’s certificate must be issued by the Pension Fund, MFC

The Pension Fund gave me a certificate to replace my damaged pension certificate. However, in this document they wrote the amount of the pension, but nothing was stated about my disability! And how can I now prove that I really am a disabled person of the second group if, for example, my car with the appropriate sign is stopped by traffic police officers? Should you take your disability certificate with you at all times? But if I carry it with me forever, it will simply go bad in a couple of months!

According to the Traffic Rules, a person driving a vehicle is required to have with him documentation that confirms his disability in the case of using the “Disabled Person” identification sign. It is clearly stated that such a document can only be a certificate issued by ITU. A pension certificate or ID cannot confirm your disability. Therefore, yes, you will have to take the certificate with you if you plan to go somewhere by car.

The right to a pension, not benefits

By the way, it should be noted that pension certificates are also subject to confiscation and destruction in cases of their damage, the death of a pensioner or his transfer to another type of pension. Restoring a lost document It happens that a pensioner loses his pension certificate. How can I restore the necessary document in this case? If the pension certificate is stolen, lost or has become unusable, the pensioner must contact the Pension Fund Administration at the place of residence.

Here he will write a corresponding application, fill out a questionnaire in the prescribed manner and provide a color photograph.

Surprising but true! Many of us lose documents, in particular our pension certificate. It is worth drawing the attention of readers to the fact that in this case we are talking about the restoration of an insurance certificate, and not SNILS - it is impossible to lose the personal account number, since it is assigned to the unified pension base until the death of the owner or renunciation of Russian citizenship.

Based on these documents, within a period of time, which usually ranges from two weeks to a month, the pensioner will receive a new certificate free of charge... Sometimes situations arise that for some reason the pensioner himself cannot receive a new pension certificate. In this case, according to paragraph A, if the pensioner is a minor or incapacitated person, then his guardians or parents receive the new document by signing in the pension certificate register.

At the same time, they must present a passport and relevant documents confirming guardianship or family relations with the pensioner.

Sample application for restoration of a pension certificate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs

completed application form;
photo in 4x3 format;
citizen's passport;
insurance certificate;
work book;
marriage certificate (if available);
birth certificate of each child;
certificate of income from the employer;
a certificate from the educational institution (if your studies are completed, you must present a certificate or diploma);
a document that confirms the fact of opening a bank account where funds will be transferred;
other documentation that may be required by employees of the territorial body of the Pension Fund.

In order not to miss out on part of the pension payments due, retired employees should prepare documents in advance. But it’s even better to seek advice from a Pension Fund specialist. In any case, former and current employees who faithfully defend citizens are required to receive additional benefits and guarantees.