Obtaining SNILS through State Services - myth or reality

What is SNILS and where can I get it?

SNILS is a unique account number for every Russian citizen insured by the Russian pension fund. You receive it along with a small green ID. You can use your SNILS number on the Internet by entering your personal account number on the appropriate website. Every year, about 5 million Russians register their own SNILS, among them teenagers and children. Every citizen needs a SNILS number in order to get a job, receive social benefits or check their own pension accruals.

Obtaining SNILS

You can get a SNILS number in several ways, each of which will be described below. Basically, registration is carried out through the Pension Fund of Russia, local governments or through the website of public services. If you are applying for a job for the first time, your employer will help you register. It is important that you have information about your own insurance number and be its unique user.

Through the Pension Fund

You can apply for SNILS at any branch of the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation. This is the only officially authorized representative. If you are currently not at your place of permanent residence, just visit the nearest branch of the Pension Fund, and they will definitely help you there.

Through State Services

It is currently impossible to issue a SNILS through the State Services portal for a personal account. But the portal can significantly simplify this task: there you can fill out an application for obtaining SNILS for yourself or for your child, and then contact the nearest branch of the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation to issue the original 11-digit code. You can also exchange your certificate online or request a duplicate.

Through MFC

You can request an insurance certificate by personally contacting the MFC. To do this, you should choose the nearest center and make sure that they really provide such a service. The service will be available in the section intended to serve individuals. If the MFC is ready to offer its help, then download the form, arrange a visit to the center, grab the documents and issue a SNILS right on the spot.

Registration of SNILS by a foreigner in Moscow in person

Foreigners with a temporary residence permit receive SNILS in Moscow in accordance with the established procedure, like all Russian citizens. There are no separate conditions and rules for them. There is no need to pay for the service.

The insurance certificate issued to a foreigner includes the date of registration and assignment of SNILS, as well as personal data of its owner:

1. FULL NAME.
2. Date of birth (day, month, year).
3. Place of birth (country, locality).
4. Floor.
5. SNILS.

The insurance number assigned to a foreign citizen does not change under any circumstances.

Required documents for obtaining SNILS for adults

An adult Russian or a person representing him can receive an insurance certificate. This is usually the employer who hired the employee for his first job. To complete the document, you need a passport, the details of which must be correctly reflected in the application form:

• FULL NAME;
• gender (male, female);
• Date and place of birth;
• citizenship;
• place of residence - permanent and actual;
• work phone number.

An employee of the institution will check the questionnaire data using your passport, so do not forget to take it with you.

Where to get SNILS for children, and what documents are required

Previously, SNILS was necessary only for adult citizens - most often it was required when applying for a job. But the emergence of the online services market has significantly expanded the possibilities of using an electronic document and now even newborns need it. You can obtain a certificate for a child using all the methods described above, but this requires additional documents.

If you plan to obtain an insurance certificate for a child through the State Services portal. You can use the capabilities of your own account and go to the “My Documents” section. Upload scans of documents there and indicate for what purpose you are carrying out this operation.

Newborns

Children born this year received SNILS automatically. Immediately after the registry office issues a birth certificate, copies of the documents are sent to the Pension Fund. After receiving notification of a newborn, pension fund employees issue a SNILS. This takes up to 5 working days. Two weeks after registering a child, parents can visit the local branch of the Pension Fund and pick up their child’s SNILS.

Children under 14 years old

Children who were born before 2020 were not automatically able to receive SNILS. Therefore, parents of a minor should visit the PFRF branch with the child’s birth certificate and issue an insurance certificate for the young citizen. The presence of the child in the state institution is not necessary.

Children from 14 years old

According to the laws of our country, at the age of 14 children can obtain their own passport. After receiving the main document, the child can go to the Pension Fund himself and apply for SNILS in the same way as all adults do.

How to apply for SNILS

At the moment, several methods are available to people to obtain an insurance certificate, but first of all they should consider the option of contacting the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation.

When submitting the application form to the Pension Fund, the certificate is issued within the same period. You can find other information on other portals, but this information is available on the Pension Fund website and is relevant for 2020.

To obtain a certificate number, the following documentation is required:

1. Passport.
2. Birth certificate.
3. Questionnaire of an insured citizen.
4. Employment agreement or open-ended contract.

The form is filled out in advance by downloading the form from the Internet or doing it during a visit to the unit. Replacing an ID when changing your full name and restoring a green card is carried out online. Previously, this process took several weeks.

MFCs are located in almost any locality and the list of services they provide is large. You can get help by contacting the center directly to obtain a SNILS or OPS insurance certificate. In this situation, you do not need to count on the fact that the certificate will be issued on the day of the visit, as is done in the Pension Fund of Russia.

The center is considered only an intermediary, and the issuance of an insurance certificate will be carried out by the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation. In the situation of submitting an application to the center, the period for issuing a green card will be 5 days. Similar conditions apply when acquiring an insurance certificate through a director.

The procedure for acquiring SNILS at the MFC:

1. You need to visit the center at your place of residence with your own passport details.
2. Fill out the form of the insured individual.
3. Wait for a notification about the need to pick up your ID.

Conditions for obtaining SNILS by foreign citizens or citizens without registration

In our country, every foreign citizen has the right to receive SNILS and become a participant in the domestic insurance pension system. This may include children, the unemployed, foreign citizens working under an employment contract, permanently residing in our country, or temporarily staying in Russia. The only exceptions are foreigners - highly qualified specialists. If a citizen does not plan to find a job in Russia, obtaining a SNILS is not mandatory for him. After receiving an insurance certificate, a foreign citizen has the right:

• get a job legally;
• receive social payments and benefits (unemployment, survivors, etc.);
• receive free medical care (if you have a health insurance policy).

If a citizen works in our country, SNILS guarantees him a pension, but only after obtaining a residence permit or obtaining Russian citizenship.

To obtain SNILS, a citizen of a foreign country will need an identification document and a correctly completed application. If a foreigner does not have a permanent place of registration, he can indicate his actual residential address in the application form.

Please note: the period of stay of foreigners in our country is not endless. After a certain time, citizens who have not legalized their residence in Russia may be fined or even deported.

Questions and answers about SNILS

How to find out your SNILS number?

A foreign citizen can find out the SNILS number in several ways: 1. The SNILS number is indicated on the state pension insurance insurance certificate, which looks like this:

2. The SNILS number can be found by contacting the Pension Fund at your place of residence with an identification document. 3. The SNILS number can be found in the personnel service of the organization where the foreign citizen is officially employed. What to do if SNILS is lost?

If a foreign citizen has lost SNILS, you must contact the Pension Fund for a duplicate.
You can do this yourself or through your employer. Is it possible to change SNILS?
No, it is impossible to change the SNILS of a foreigner, since the number is assigned once and for life, just like for citizens of the Russian Federation.

Obtaining a new SNILS if you lose or change your last name

If, due to circumstances, a citizen changes his last name, the insurance certificate must be redone. You can do this yourself or through your employer. SNILS can be changed only upon a personal visit to the Pension Fund or MFC. You should take with you:

1. passport;
2. old SNILS;
3. a completed application (it can be printed on the State Services website or in your PF personal account);
4. a document confirming the change of surname (marriage certificate, adoption certificate, etc.).

If you change SNILS yourself, take the original documents with you. If through your employer, provide him with copies, and in a few days you will be provided with the original certificate with a new name.

If you lose your ID, it will need to be restored. Without presenting it, it will be difficult for a person to prove that he is the person who has been transferring money to his own pension account over the years. The duplicate of the lost certificate will contain the same code as was originally issued. It is impossible to change your SNILS number throughout your life.

The procedure for obtaining a duplicate is the same as when you first issued a certificate. In the same way, you should come to the pension fund branch or the government services center with the original passport. The application form can be printed and filled out at home, or at the institution itself. In a couple of weeks, the finished document will be available to pick up.

What documents are needed

To order SNILS online or submit an application during a personal visit, you will initially need to collect a package of certain information. The general list includes the following items:

• passport of the representative: mother, father, employer or other authorized person;
• child's birth certificate. Additionally, you will need a minor’s passport, if available;
• application completed in accordance with the requirements.

Important! An employee of the Russian Pension Fund has the right to request additional information if doubt arises about the applicant’s ability to act as a representative of the child.

Production time for SNILS in MFC and Pension Fund

The production time for this document depends on where exactly you applied and what address you indicated for forwarding (if you cannot go in and receive the document in person). Issuing a certificate through the MFC takes five working days. If sending by mail is required, the period the letter is in the postal department is added to this time. When applying to the Pension Fund, SNILS is issued within two weeks. These deadlines also apply when issuing a duplicate document in place of a lost one.

The law establishes that the deadline for registration of SNILS is 30 calendar days.

Possibility of receiving payments according to SNILS

You need to understand that SNILS is needed only to obtain information about the status of your own pension account. Through it you can also control the receipt of contributions to the Pension Fund from the employer. The use of this document does not provide any other functions.

SNILS can tell you about insurance payments received to the account of a citizen of the Russian Federation. This:

• direct payments for calculating labor pensions, as well as old-age or survivors' pensions;
• pension accruals based on length of service (formed for citizens who were born before 1976).

To find out about your own savings in the Pension Fund, you can:

• visit the Pension Fund branch or order a certificate by phone. The statement will be issued in paper form and in order to receive it, you must present your SNILS and passport;
• through your personal account on the State Services website.

This document is also necessary for processing other payments, but it serves mainly as another identification document and no payments (except pension payments) are made using it.

Fraudsters and SNILS

Remember that there are no SNILS payments via the Internet!

Fraudsters, through social networks and instant messengers, tell people about fantastic payments that the state allegedly pays them. Among the most popular myths are VAT refunds, direct “presidential” payments for children, “quarantine” assistance, etc. The amounts can be quite large, and to receive them, as the scammers claim, it is enough to transfer them a certain amount and provide your passport details. After receiving the deposit and passport and SNILS data, the scammers disappear into thin air...

Please don't trust crooks! Take care of your confidential data and do not provide it on suspicious sites. Use SNILS only for its intended purpose.

Is it possible to apply for SNILS through State Services?

With the advent of the State Services portal, citizens have the opportunity to process most personal documents using electronic applications. But, unfortunately, SNILS does not apply to such documents. Due to the confidentiality of information regarding citizens’ personal pension accounts, it is impossible to obtain SNILS through State Services. It should also be taken into account that to register on the State Services portal you must already have a SNILS. Therefore, it is unlikely that the Pension Fund will open access to document execution online, because this will require modification of the entire authorization system.

Important! If on third-party sites you are offered to register for SNILS without leaving your home, you should not provide them with your personal data. The Pension Fund does not allow the possibility of registering SNILS via the Internet.