Old-Age - How to submit the claim

To receive an old-age pension, you must submit a claim at the National Insurance Institute branch closest to your place of residence, on the Old-Age Pension Claim form, near the time that you reach the age of entitlement to an old-age pension, and no later than 12 months from that date. If your birth month is not recorded on your identity card, you will be deemed to have been born on April 1^st in the year of your birth.

If you submit the claim after the time in which you became entitled to the pension, the National Insurance Institute is entitled to pay you the pension for a maximum of 12 months retroactively.
You must enter all the required details on the claim form and provide the claims officer with any document that proves your entitlement to the pension or increment. The claim form can be sent to the NII by mail.

For those receiving other benefits from the National Insurance Institute:
When you reach retirement age, you must submit a claim for an old-age pension.
Ttransition from receiving another benefit to receiving an old-age pension.