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Deal with unpaid pension after the deceased

Was your spouse, mother or father receiving a pension before they died? If so, you may be entitled to an unpaid pension payable on the date of the insuree's death. Social Insurance Agency pays such unpaid pension to the deceased's closest relatives.

Am I entitled to an unpaid pension after the deceased?

The entitlement to an unpaid pension after the deceased commences if the pensioner did not receive the pension or if the pension was awarded to them before their death, or if the insuree fulfilled the qualifying conditions to a pension, applied for its payment and then died. In such a case, the Social Insurance Agency will gradually pay the unpaid pension to the husband/wife, children and parents of the deceased, regardless of whether they lived in the same household or not.

How to apply for unpaid pension after the deceased?

You apply for unpaid pension after the deceased as follows:

  • If you are the husband/wife of the deceased, you can make a claim when applying for a widow's/widower's pension. (See also How to apply for a widow's pension or How to apply for a widower's pension.)
  • If you are a child, you apply for the payment of the amounts due on the pension benefit after the deceased parent, in which you also declare that you are the only child of the deceased or (in the case of several children) acknowledge that the unpaid pension is a joint entitlement of all the children of the deceased.
  • If you are a parent, you apply for the payment of the amounts due on the pension benefit after the deceased child, in which you also declare that you are the father/mother and the only direct heir of the deceased child.

Choose a method to apply for the unpaid pension after the deceased:

  1. electronically via the slovensko.sk portal with an electronic identity card here: Application for payment of amounts due on the pension benefit after the deceased parent/child (SK).
  2. in writing, using the form here: Application for payment of amounts due on the pension benefit after the deceased parent/child (SK), which you then send to the address: Sociálna poisťovňa, ústredie, Ul. 29. augusta 8, 813 63 Bratislava 1, Slovakia.

The application must be signed and the authenticity of the signature officially certified (by a notary, municipal or district office employee). An official certificate is not required if the application is signed after presenting a proof of identity in front of an employee of the Social Insurance Agency branch, the Information and Advisory Centre of the Social Insurance Agency, headquarters or the relevant social insurance institution, if the applicant resides in a State of the European Economic Area (EEA), the Swiss Confederation, or a State, with which the Slovak Republic has concluded an international agreement on social security.

After assessing the application, the Social Insurance Agency will transfer the unpaid pension to your bank account or by postal payment voucher (depending on the method you specify in the application) along with a written notification.

More information about the issue related to the transfer of pension entitlement after the death is available here: Transfer of pension entitlement after death (SK).

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

You can also apply for an unpaid pension after the deceased in person at a Social Insurance Agency branch. It is enough if you provide the necessary data in the minutes written by a branch employee, before which you sign it. In that case, the signature does not need to be officially verified.