Administrative procedures

Submitting your pension application

Pensions are granted only on formal application by the person concerned. The application form can be downloaded and must be returned by post.

Cross-border workers should apply either to the competent institution in their place of residence or to the institution of the last member state under whose legislation they were previously covered. If the person concerned has never been subject to the legislation applied by the institution of the place of residence, that institution will forward the application to the institution of the last member state whose legislation was applicable. See Insurance record abroad

The processing time for pension applications depends on the reliability and availability of the basic data and may therefore vary from one application to another. If you worked in more than one country, the processing time also depends on how quickly the foreign pension institutions provide CNAP with the required data.

Award or rejection of the pension

All pension applications are followed by a presidential decision to award or reject, which may be appealed. See General points - Appeal procedures