How to find out your SNILS number - 5 best ways

How to find out SNILS by TIN

Many people are interested in the question: is it possible to find out SNILS online?
There is a clear explanation on this matter on the official website of the Pension Fund: it is not possible to find out the SNILS number via the Internet, since this information is classified as confidential data. SNILS is the personal account number of a citizen insured in the pension insurance system. This personal account contains all the information regarding the citizen’s insurance record and all transfers received from the employer.

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This information is available only to Pension Fund employees and citizens upon receipt of the relevant statements. Third parties cannot access this information, since the Pension Fund issues all data only upon presentation of an identity document of the citizen - the insured person.

How to find out SNILS? To do this, you need to look at your pension certificate. If it is not there, then read our article further.

How to get SNILS for a child?

Most often, new parents are concerned about the answer to the question, how to get SNILS for a child through State Services. The procedure for registering an account is the same for all children who do not have a passport. The application for the document is submitted by one of the parents or guardian.

Documents for opening a personal account are submitted to the MFC or Pension Fund. Step-by-step instructions for opening a child’s personal account:

1. The child’s mother or father contacts any territorial Pension Fund office with a birth certificate and their own passport. If a cooperation agreement has been signed between the regional MFC and the Pension Fund, then all documents are allowed to be submitted to the MFC. If an official guardian applies, you will need a document confirming guardianship of the child.
2. At the appropriate institution, parents fill out a questionnaire, sample ADV No. 1.
3. A registration document is issued upon visiting the office.

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On a note! If the child is already 14 years old, then he can apply independently by contacting the Pension Fund authorities with his own passport.

Documents for SNILS for a child

Before receiving SNILS for a baby, parents prepare the following papers:

• Any document confirming your identity. For a child under 14 years of age, a birth certificate must be submitted. Older children apply with a passport.
• A document confirming the identity of the person representing the interests of the child, for example, one of the parents, guardian or adoptive parent. It is submitted only if an account is opened for a child under 14 years of age.
• If the papers are submitted by an official representative of one of the family members, then a notarized power of attorney will be required.
• Also, at the appropriate authority, the applicants fill out a form in which they indicate their full name, citizenship, and information about the document provided that confirms their identity. They also indicate the address where the person permanently resides.

How to find out the SNILS number from your passport

How to find out the SNILS number from your passport? It’s very simple - contact the Pension Fund branch at your place of residence with this question. After presenting your identification document, Pension Fund employees must provide you with information about your SNILS number.

Once again, we draw your attention to the fact that it is officially impossible to find out the SNILS number from a passport online, since all data about this document, namely the general SNILS database, is stored in the Pension Fund, which does not provide Internet access to this information. Therefore, the question “how to find out SNILS via the Internet?” disappears by itself.

How to get SNILS for an adult?

An adult can open a personal account through an employer when applying for a job, in the State Services Center by going to the “My Documents” section, or in a Pension Fund branch. When obtaining SNILS on your own, you have the following options:

1. It is allowed to entrust the execution of the certificate to a trusted person who has a notarized document.
2. When visiting the MFC in person.
3. Any individual and even a foreign citizen can obtain a personal number through the Pension Fund. To do this, he must provide a completed application form and a passport.

It is not possible to obtain a certificate via the Internet, since this will require you to indicate confidential information that is prohibited from being transmitted over the network. The only thing you can do on the State Services website is to download a form to apply for opening an individual account.

Documents for obtaining SNILS

As in the case of obtaining a certificate for a child, when contacting the relevant authorities, adult citizens provide a form in which they indicate all the necessary personal information. You must have your passport with you.

If the application is submitted through State Services, then you need a document confirming the identity of the person applying, his authorized representative or legal representative (guardian). In the second case, you need a power of attorney certified by a notary.

Important! If an account is opened through an employer or a branch of the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation, nothing other than a questionnaire is needed. All of the above documents are submitted only if they contact the State Services Center.

What to do if you lose SNILS?

Sometimes there is a need to obtain a document again, so it is useful to know how to obtain a duplicate SNILS. Since the number in the certificate is unique and is assigned to a person once and for life, if the card is lost, they receive a duplicate.

Moreover, a duplicate document is issued in the following situations:

• In case of loss, the applicant fills out ADV form number 3. In essence, this is an application for the issuance of a duplicate. After the issuance of a new certificate, the number previously assigned to the citizen still remains unchanged. To issue a duplicate, contact the Pension Fund.
• A new certificate is obtained when personal data is changed, for example, first name, last name or patronymic. The necessary changes are made to the new document, but the digital invoice remains the same. When applying, fill out ADV form number 2. This is an application to change SNILS. Initial data and new information are indicated here.
• If errors or inaccuracies are found in a previously issued document, it is replaced with a new one with the correct information.

Before receiving a duplicate SNILS in case of loss, prepare a package of the following documents: a completed form, an identity document. To obtain a duplicate, one application to the relevant authorities is enough. A new document is issued in 10-15 minutes. A duplicate can be obtained through the employer or the State Services Center.

How to find out SNILS number by last name

How to find out your SNILS number online? You can use a little trick. We will use the help of the Unified Portal of State Services.

Using your password and login, go to the site and select the “Pension savings” tab. Perhaps the continuation will disappoint you: there is no such thing in government services.

But if you use, then in addition to the status of your personal account, the information sent to you will also contain your SNILS number, which is identified with your last name.

But this option is available only to those who are already registered on the portal, since you can register there only using your SNILS number.

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Is it possible for a foreign citizen to receive SNILS?

Now let’s figure out how to get SNILS for a foreign citizen. Not only citizens of the Russian Federation can receive an insurance certificate. If a citizen of another state works in Russia under an employment contract concluded for a period of more than 6 months, then he is required to obtain a document. This also applies to all foreigners who do not belong to the category of highly qualified specialists.

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SNILS is issued to foreigners only at the Pension Fund branch. Moreover, a foreign citizen can draw up the document either independently or through an employer.

For this, the following documents are prepared:

• passport (if it is in a foreign language, a notarized translation is needed);
• a copy of the employment contract;
• migration card indicating the place of registration in Russia;
• indicate information about the employer (his registration number, tax identification number and name of the organization).

All foreigners working in the Russian Federation and having a temporary residence permit or residence permit must register with the Pension Fund. The same applies to foreign citizens working under the following types of contracts: author's order, labor, alienation of rights, civil law.

Obtaining SNILS through an employer

When registering a personal number through an enterprise, a person writes an application in any form, on the basis of which the personnel officer fills out the ADV form No. 1. After filling it out, the employee who receives SNILS must sign the form. It indicates the full name, passport details, citizenship, information about the date and place of birth of the person applying, place of permanent registration and actual residence.

The employer also submits a completed ADV form No. 6-1, which indicates information about the enterprise, namely its name, INN number and checkpoint. This organization currently acts as the employee’s insurer. Also in the specified form a list of transferred documentation is provided.

Important! All documents and the application form are sent to the Pension Fund within 2 weeks from the moment the person is hired. The specified authority considers the application within 21 days, and the finished document is sent to the address of the enterprise.

What is SNILS and why does a child need it?

In accordance with Russian legislation, every citizen of the country is registered in the pension system and has an individual account into which all insurance contributions are credited. The green plastic card is a physical representation of the account number. To avoid creating a precedent when receiving documents (queues, workload of Pension Fund offices, etc.), it was decided to register and issue insurance certificates from the very birth of a Russian citizen.

Gradually, SNILS is becoming increasingly relevant and in the future may replace other similar documents that are personal identifiers (TIN, passport, etc.). Currently, a child insurance certificate may be needed in the following situations:

1. Getting medical care. Despite the fact that simple registration at a children's clinic is not associated with the mandatory provision of SNILS, it is mandatory when receiving other medical services. For example, for outpatient treatment of children from low-income families or the provision of free medicines for infants. In addition, if the baby requires high-tech medical care on a first-come, first-served basis (quotas), the certificate will significantly save parents’ time and nerves.
2. Registration of social state assistance. If a child is assigned a disability group due to health reasons, he is entitled to certain social guarantees from the state. Their list includes: the provision of free medicines, subsidies for food, vouchers for sanatorium and resort treatment, and benefits for travel on public transport.
3. Registration of a universal electronic card. In some cases, a minor citizen needs an electronic document granting the right to use state and municipal services. For example, a student’s social card, a universal travel card, etc. To register, you will need to provide your insurance certificate number.
4. Providing public services online. If a parent is an authorized user of the State Services portal, he has the opportunity to remotely enroll his child in a kindergarten, school or club.

Important! An individual insurance certificate number is assigned to a citizen once and does not change throughout his life. The number is not affected by a change in last name, first name or patronymic, place of residence, etc.

How to check SNILS for authenticity?

Sometimes you need to check the authenticity of a personal number. You can do this in several ways:

1. Contact the nearest Pension Fund office and submit an application to verify the authenticity of your individual account. When applying, the person submitting the application must have with him a document that proves his identity.
2. You can independently understand the method of generating a personal code using the example of another document, for example, your own. After this, you can check its authenticity yourself using simple calculations. However, only a few managed to use this method, since understanding the method of forming an 11-digit number is not so easy.
3. Personally check the authenticity of the number using the person’s last name on the State Services website. But to do this, you first need to register on the portal.

On a note! The easiest way to pass SNILS verification is if you have an insurance document.