Process description
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Service requests
The pension must be claimed from the date of identification of the disability or the date on which the specified retirement age has been reached. If the application has been submitted later, the pension rights shall be not earlier than 6 months prior to the date of submission of the application.
In order to claim a pension, a specific form of application addressed to the SSIA must be completed.
May submit a submission:
• on the www.latvija.lv portal;
• on-site (if requested for service, a personal identification document (passport or ID card) must be produced);
• electronically (the application must be signed with a secure electronic signature containing the time stamp).
An application may be submitted in person to any VSAA customer service centre or to the unified customer service centres of the State and local governments.
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Receipt of services
A decision regarding the granting or conversion of a pension may be received in person, by post, in the official electronic address or in the portal www.latvija.lv, in accordance with the type of receipt of the decision indicated in the application.
The service shall be transferred to the account of the Latvian credit institution or postal settlement system (PNS) at the choice of the recipient.