Conditions of entitlement - insurance periods for a married woman (married to a person covered in old-age insurance) and to a widow who receives a survivors' pension or a dependents' pension

The following periods are considered as periods during which you were insured in old-age insurance in track no.2, and you therefore may be eligible for an old-age pension at the ^20^ (a person who is not eligible for a pension at the retirement age may be eligible at the age of entitlement to old-age pension:
 

• If you were born in Israel and got married after the age of 18 – the period during which you were single from age 18 up to the day of your marriage (whether or not you worked during this period)
• If you immigrated to Israel before the age of 18 and got married after the age of 18 – the period during which you were single from age 18 up to the day of your marriage (whether or not you worked during this period)
• If you immigrated to Israel after the age of 18 and got married after the age of 18 – the period during which you were single from the day of your aliyah up to the day of your marriage (whether or not you worked during this period)
• If you worked while married – the periods of your work while married
• If you were divorced before you married – the period beginning a month after your divorce, for as long as you were divorced (whether or not you worked during this period)
• If you were a widow before you married, and you did not receive a survivors' pension or dependents' pension from the National Insurance Institute for this period – the period during which you were  a widow, for as long as you did not receive a survivors' pension or dependents' pension from the National Insurance Institute (whether or not you worked during this period)
• If you were a widow before you married, and you received a survivors' pension or dependents' pension from the National Insurance Institute in this period – the period of your work only

This age is 70 for men and ranges from 65 to 70 for women, in accordance with their date of birth. At this age one is entitled to the old-age pension without a means test (irrespective of income).