What is the procedure for obtaining a pension certificate, is it issued...

According to Part 4 of Article 44 of the Law of Ukraine "On Mandatory State Pension Insurance", the bodies of the Pension Fund of Ukraine issue pension certificates to persons who have been assigned a pension.

To receive it, you need to contact the Pension Fund of Ukraine in one of the following ways:

• Offline: to any territorial body of the Pension Fund of Ukraine (according to the principle of extraterritoriality – regardless of the place of residence on the register as a pension recipient);

• Online: through a personal account on the web portal of electronic services of the Pension Fund of Ukraine (portal.pfu.gov.ua) or using the "Pension Fund" mobile application.

After that, you will need to fill out the appropriate application:

• If offline: Present the passport, registration number of the taxpayer's account card and add a photo;

• If online: in the personal account on the web portal of electronic services of the Pension Fund of Ukraine in the section "Regarding pension provision". After authorization - with the help of Diya.Signature or a qualified electronic signature, or by means of the Integrated Electronic Identification System ID.GOV.UA, including using Bank ID technology. You should also upload a photo of the person for the production of the document;

• or using the mobile application "Pension Fund" in the attachment "To PFU": section "Communications to PFU" - "Application for production of a pension certificate".

Please note that a photo must be added to the application by uploading it through the application.

The pension certificate can be obtained at the service center of the Pension Fund of Ukraine selected (when submitting the application).