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Life certificate

If you live outside Sweden and receive a pension from the Swedish Pensions Agency or compensation from the Swedish Social Insurance Agency, you need to provide a life certificate every year. The easiest way to do this is online.

If you live outside Sweden and receive a pension from the Swedish Pensions Agency or compensation from the Swedish Social Insurance Agency, you need to provide a life certificate every year. The easiest way to do this is on the web.

The information provided by you in the life certificate will ensure that you are receiving the compensation you are entitled to.

Every summer the Swedish Pensions Agency therefore sends out a letter with a life certificate to anyone who beforehand cannot be identified electronically.

Approve your life certificate digitally

You can use your Swedish electronic ID and digitally approve your life certificate for faster service. By doing it digitally, you don't have to wait for the form to be sent to you.

If you do not have an electronic ID, and don't want to wait for the form to be sent to you, you can print it from the Swedish Pension Agencies website and then have it signed and stamped by an authorised agency. 

Submitting a life certificate - Swedish Pensions Authority's website

Have your life certificate stamped and signed

An approved authority or institution must certify that you are alive by stamping and signing the life certificate.

The following authorities and institutions can sign and stamp the life certificate.

  • the Swedish Embassy
  • the Swedish Consulate
  • the Church of Sweden
  • a social insurance institution
  • a notary public
  • a police authority
  • a population registration authority.

In order to have your life certificate stamped and signed at the Embassy in Manila you need to visit the Embassy in person and be able to identify yourself by presenting any of the following documents:

  • valid swedish ID
  • valid philippine passport
  • valid passport from the country of citizenship.

You need to schedule an appointment at the Embassy before your intended visit. You can schedule your appointment by phone or e-mail. If you wish to have your Life certificate signed and stamped at the Honorary consulate in Cebu, please contact them directly. Contact information below.

You should be able to have your life certificate by any of the other authorities in case you are not able to have it stamped and signed at the Embassy or the Honorary consulate.

Send your Life certificate to the Swedish Pensions Authority

Send the stamped and signed Life certificate to the Swedish Pensions Agency either digitally or by regular post.

Related information

More information about pension abroad och Life certificate on the Swedish Pensions Authority's website.

Your pension when you move from or live outside Sweden - Swedish Pensions Authority's website

If you have any questions regarding your pension or the life certificate, please contact the Swedish Pensions Authority directly.

About the Swedish Pensions Agency and contact information - Swedish Pensions Authority's website

Last updated 24 Sep 2024, 11.11 AM