INSS policyholders who vote in the elections next Sunday, October 30th, may have an extra “gain” for their attendance. With the vote, it will not be necessary to go to an INSS agency to carry out the proof of life.

Since February, the institute has been using the public database and acts, such as voting during elections, for example, to prove that it is alive. 

The new rules came into force this year and therefore the mandatory proof of life for INSS policyholders is suspended until December 31, 2022, without the need to leave home to prove their right to the benefit.

Due to the fact that proof of life at an INSS agency is not mandatory, the insured does not need to worry about documentation until the beginning of 2023.

The process is done electronically, by crossing the Federal Government database, in which the institute is aware that the retiree or pensioner is alive.

However, if the government cannot verify that the person is alive, the beneficiary must be summoned for further verification next year.

According to the INSS, voting in the 2022 presidential elections will be one of the ways to demonstrate the right to receive the benefit. Other ways to prove that the insured is alive are:

Proof of life through facial biometrics carried out using the database of the National Traffic Department (Denatran) and the TSE (Superior Electoral Court) is also still active.

The digital modality will be another alternative so that citizens do not need to go to an agency.

If the government does not locate any movement by the insured person between one birthday and the next, the beneficiary will receive a notification in the month before his birth about the need to carry out proof of life.

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