Cabinet allows displaced persons and residents of temporarily occupied territories to receive pensions at any bank

The Cabinet of Ministers has allowed displaced persons and residents of the temporarily occupied territories to receive pensions at any bank.

This is stated in a message by the Ministry of Social Policy, the Ukrainian News agency reports.

The government, together with the Ministry of Social Policy, the Pension Fund of Ukraine, with the support of public organizations, have implemented a number of changes to simplify receiving pensions and passing physical identification.

This applies to citizens who left the temporarily occupied territories (TOT) and live in the territory controlled by Ukraine, Ukrainians who live directly in the TOT, and those who are temporarily abroad.

One of the key changes is expanding the possibilities of receiving pensions for citizens who left the temporarily occupied territories and live in the territory controlled by Ukraine or who remain in the TOT.

From now on, they can receive a pension at any authorized bank, not just Oschadbank.

This applies to all pension recipients, regardless of the date of relocation or the presence of an IDP certificate.

You can receive a pension at any authorized bank in Ukraine or at a Ukrposhta branch/with home delivery.

You can change your bank in one of the following ways: in person at the PFU, online via the PFU web portal, or by submitting an application to a new bank.

For pensioners living in the TOT or temporarily staying abroad, there are additional conditions:

- undergo physical identification (the procedure for establishing the identity of the pension recipient) annually by December 31;

- carry out expenditure transactions using the pension account bank card at least once every six months.

For pensioners who have left the temporarily occupied territories or remain in the TOT, it is imperative to notify the Pension Fund of Ukraine that they do not receive a pension from the russian federation.

This is done in the application for the assigning / renewal / extension of pension payment or in an application in any form.

All detailed information about the procedure for passing identification in various ways, requirements for different categories of pensioners (including those who left the TOT for the controlled territory, those who remain in the TOT, and those who are abroad), ways to change banks, necessary documents, contacts for registering for video identification, and answers to frequently asked questions are collected on the official web portal of the Ministry of Social Policy.

As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, the Cabinet of Ministers approved the procedure for confirming and counting periods of work of a person in another state towards the insurance period (work experience) for the purpose of assigning an old-age pension.

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