In Ukraine, the government has approved a new procedure for crediting periods of work abroad to the insurance period for granting an old-age pension, UNN writes with reference to the relevant government resolution No. 562 of May 16.
When is work experience abroad credited to the pension?
If a person has worked in a country with which Ukraine has concluded an international treaty, this period may be included in their insurance record. This allows determining the right to receive an old-age pension in accordance with the law.
What is required to credit work experience abroad?
Persons who do not have sufficient insurance experience in Ukraine (according to Article 26 of the Law "On Compulsory State Pension Insurance"), but have worked abroad, must submit an application for a pension together with supporting documents.
In the absence of supporting documents, or if the documents do not allow to accurately confirm the crediting of periods of work, the Pension Fund of Ukraine (within 5 working days after receiving the application for pension with all necessary documents) applies to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in turn, sends (within 5 working days) an official request through diplomatic channels to the relevant pension authority of the foreign state for the provision of supporting documents.
How is information exchanged?
If the exchange of information between the Ukrainian Pension Fund and the relevant foreign institution is impossible, the request is sent after the possibility of such exchange is restored.
Supporting documents received from abroad are recognized as valid in Ukraine, provided they are legalized, unless otherwise provided by an international treaty.
When is work experience credited?
After the supporting documents are received by the territorial body of the Pension Fund, the periods of work abroad are credited to the total insurance period in calendar calculation. This allows determining the right to an old-age pension.
If documents from another country are received later than three months after the application for a pension is submitted, the date of receipt of documents from the foreign party is considered the date of acceptance of such application.
If the Pension Fund has received confirmation of foreign experience, but the person has not yet applied for a pension, they are informed of the need to apply for payments.
What else did the government approve?
The government also approved the procedure for confirming the non-payment of pensions by another state to persons residing in Ukraine for periods of employment until January 1, 1992 outside Ukraine in the republics of the former USSR for crediting them to the insurance record.
Excluded from the procedure for confirming the available length of service for granting pensions in the absence of a work book or relevant entries in it, paragraph 22 regarding the confirmation of the length of service of Ukrainian citizens outside its borders.
The Pension Fund of Ukraine is instructed to ensure the review of decisions adopted for the period from the date of entry into force of Law 3674-IX to the date of entry into force of the above-mentioned procedures, regarding persons who worked before January 1, 1992