Proof of life: INSS is now responsible for seeking information from policyholders; understand | Economy

With the measure, the INSS will have 10 months, starting from the beneficiary’s birthday, to prove that the holder is alive. If the agency fails to provide proof within this period, the insured person will gain two more months to prove that he is alive.

In this case, the beneficiary will be notified by the Meu INSS application, by telephone by Central 135 and by the banks to identify themselves and inform the government.

Although it is no longer mandatory for the beneficiary, unless after crossing data it does not reveal anything, proof of life can continue to be provided by the insured. All he has to do is follow the traditional procedures, going to a bank branch or updating through the Meu INSS application.

This year, the agency will have to prove the situation of around 17 million benefits, including retirement, death pension and disability benefits.

See below the INSS questions about the proof of life.

The proof of life is an annual procedure to prove that the person who receives some long-term benefit from the INSS is alive.

As of 2023, the INSS will be responsible for proving whether the person is alive or not. Briefly, this will be done using a system to compare information in different databases.

The following data will be considered valid as proof of life:

The INSS will receive this data from partner agencies and will compare it with the data it already has registered in its base.

A person takes a flu vaccine at a public health center. Upon receiving this information, the INSS has the beneficiary’s life indicator and this will serve to compose an “information package” about the person.

This “package of information” will gather different actions of the person, recorded throughout the year, in the different databases of the partners. When the total number of actions registered in the partner databases throughout the year is sufficient, the system will consider that the proof of life has been carried out, guaranteeing the maintenance of the benefit until the next year.

Yes. From the benefit holder’s birthday, the INSS will have 10 months to prove the person’s life.

If the INSS is not able to gather enough information to prove life in this period, the insured person will still have another 60 days (two months) to prove that he is still alive.

The person can access My INSS or call 135 to check the date of the last confirmation of life made by the INSS.

Although it is no longer mandatory, the person will be able to provide proof of life as in previous years, that is, by going to a bank branch or using My INSS

The beneficiary will be automatically notified via remote channels (My INSS and Central 135) and/or bank notification to perform some act so that it is identified in any database of ordinance 1408.

The insured person will have 60 days, after the issuance of the communication, to carry out some of the acts described in the Ordinance, such as, for example, carrying out the Proof of Life through My INSS.

If within this period no action is identified in the database or even if the person fails to reach a minimum “package of information” to carry out the proof of life, the INSS will automatically schedule an external search, which will be carried out by an INSS server to Beneficiary location.

For this external survey to be successful, it is important that the insured person’s address and contact details are always up to date in My INSS.

The external survey is the visit of an INSS server to the place where the insured person resides. It is important that the insured’s registration data are always up to date, especially the home address.

The benefit will only be blocked if the citizen does not prove life within the 60-day period and if the address registered in the INSS databases is insufficient to locate the person.

In these cases, the citizen will be notified and the benefit will be blocked for a period of 30 days.

During this period, the person can still carry out proof of life by going to the banking network in person, using the biometrics of ATMs, or even going to an INSS unit in person.

If the beneficiary does not appear in person at the bank or at an INSS agency within the remaining 30 days, the benefit will be suspended. After six months of suspension, the benefit will cease.

For 2023, the INSS should prove the lives of around 17 million beneficiaries.

All active long-term INSS benefits require annual proof of life. For example, pensions, death benefits and disability benefits.