Each citizen of Russia must necessarily have several documents to confirm his identity. One of the most important documents today is the certificate of state retirement insurance (SNILS). For what it is needed, how SNILS is received and replaced, we will find out further.
What is SNILS and why is it needed?
SNILS is the insurance number of the individual personal account of a citizen. Each person has his own person and is required for identification in the pension insurance system. There are no two identical numbers.
This account is assigned to every citizen at birth. It stores all the information about the length of service a person has, how much and what contributions are transferred by the employer to the insurance system, as well as all other information that is taken into account when calculating the labor pension.
What exactly is indicated in the insurance certificate?
As a confirmation of registration in the pension insurance system, a certificate is issued that looks like a small green rectangle. It indicates the surname, name, patronymic, place and date of birth, gender of the insured person, the number itself and the date of registration in the system.
Why do I need to replace SNILS when changing my last name?
When you change your last name, you need to change this document. Here it is understood that it is SNILS that needs to be changed, by obtaining a new one with other data.
As for the number itself, when re-issuing SNILS is carried out, it remains unchanged, because numbers are assigned once for life.
For the reason that insurance certificate - this is the most important document for every person, when changing any data, also the last name, it should be replaced so that the information is current and matches the passport.
After the replacement of SNILS is made, it can be provided at Pension Fund (state and non-state), to a polyclinic or any other medical institution, to work and to social protection for benefits.
Replacing SNILS when changing a surname - documents
To replace the certificate, you must provide:
- new passport;
- the document on the basis of which the data was changed (married or, on the contrary, terminated, then provide the appropriate application);
- old testimony.
Where is the replacement done?
To submit documents for the design of SNILS, you can contact two organizations.
- With the collected documents you need to come to the FIU by registration. This is given two weeks from the moment you receive a new passport. Within 10 working days, a new insurance certificate will be prepared with the data already replaced, and an amendment will be made in the personalized accounting system.
- If you are officially employed, you can at the same time with all the documents come to work in the personnel department. In this case, the surname will be replaced in SNILS a little later. The policyholder assumes the obligation to transfer documents to the pension fund no later than two weeks later. After this, the production of a new certificate will take as much time, and it will also take a little more to transfer it from the pension fund back to the place of work.
What will happen if not changed on time?
In a situation where SNILS was not replaced on time, you should not worry, as no penalty is provided.Here it is necessary to make a reservation that with a long delay of such an operation, there may be a mismatch between the information that the employer transmits and that which is listed in the database. This can lead to incorrect accounting of the premiums paid for you.
The old document is not withdrawn from you, therefore, when receiving a new one, it is necessary to verify the correctness of the number and other information. Everything except the number must necessarily be the same with the passport.
If you found that the replacement of SNILS was made with an error, then be sure to contact the pension authority for a reissue.
How to change SNILS through public services?
Unfortunately, they do not provide such a service as the replacement of SNILS. About this there is even official information posted on the website of the pension fund.
But even regardless of this, there is a very widespread opinion among people that this can still be done. But at the moment, such a service has not yet been activated, so replacement will not work.
How to take into account all the nuances when changing SNILS?
Most citizens live with confidence that it is not necessary to collect documents to replace SNILS, because if you have a number, this is not such an urgent need. But this is a very gross error.
As practice shows, and as we said above, it may happen that the transfer of insurance premiums by the employer fails, and the funds are not credited to the account. In addition, there will be a strong discrepancy in information.
The application for changing the certificate according to generally accepted rules must be filled in by its owner. But under objective circumstances, for example, while on a business trip or because of illness, this trustee or employer can produce it. But in this case, when the documents are submitted, the Pension Fund should be notified.
When replacing the last name of a child who is not yet 14 years old, an application is not written, because he does not yet have an insurance certificate, but only a number. To date, SNILS is issued immediately after the birth of a child. When issuing the certificate, a new surname will already be indicated. If the child has already received insurance, then the replacement is made on a common basis.
Thus, SNILS must be replaced within two weeks, but this is not absolutely necessary. This can be done by contacting the Pension Fund or the employer. The document is produced no more than three weeks.
How to get an IP certificate?
Individual entrepreneurs receive an insurance certificate in accordance with general rules, that is, there is no difference between an individual entrepreneur and an ordinary citizen, unless the entrepreneur pays his own contributions.
How to get a certificate of military personnel?
As a rule, military personnel are not required to obtain an insurance certificate. This can be explained by the fact that their pension is drawn up in a different order, separately from the system. compulsory pension insurance.
Along with this, the availability of such a document may also be useful to the military man.
First of all, this will make it possible to take into account all pension rights, because together with the service, he can also engage in other prohibited activities. For example, start teaching at a university or engage in scientific development. In addition, due to the presence of a certificate, ordinary work experience can also be taken into account.
Moreover, the SNILS number acts as an identifier on the public services portal. Accordingly, a serviceman can use it only upon receipt of SNILS. Registration is carried out by personal appeal to the pension fund and filling out the questionnaire.
Conclusion
So, we have found out that to get a new insurance certificate you need to collect a package of documents (passport, marriage certificate and its dissolution and an old document to be replaced).In addition, after receiving a new passport, you must contact the FIU or the employer within two weeks to apply for a new document.
Remember that you should not delay the procedure in order to avoid problems with the transfer of insurance premiums.
