The right to receive two types of pensions simultaneously in 2020

A double pension for an ordinary pensioner seems like something fantastic, but it exists. The pension system forces the population to choose the most acceptable payment option for them, however, there are several categories that are entitled to receive two payments at the same time. Who are these people, why are they entitled to a double pension and how to arrange it?

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Who can receive two pensions

Pension is a regular payment of funds provided on such grounds as:

1. Achieving the appropriate (for gender and profession) retirement age,
2. State of health, i.e. disability
3. Loss of a breadwinner.

Most often, pension fund payments are issued for one of these reasons, but there are citizens who have the right to receive two pensions. These include:

• People who have become disabled due to combat injury or injury in the service;
• WWII participants who became disabled;
• any person awarded the Order “Resident of Siege Leningrad” and at the same time having one of the disability groups.

Consequently, payments to such people are made on two grounds at once: old age and disability.
For both, an insurance part is implied. In this case, disability can be obtained not only during the Great Patriotic War, but also in any other years. The amount of the pension is calculated taking into account the individual pension coefficient of the citizen, as well as the disability group. When calculating a pension for a serviceman injured while performing military duties, only the insurance part is taken into account. Years of service and work experience do not matter.

Who has the opportunity to receive multiple pensions?

The persons specified in Federal Law No. 166, Federal Law No. 4468, and who have the right to receive 2 options for benefits, include:

1. Those who participated in the Great Patriotic War, receiving:
   state disability subsidy;
2. labor (by age);
3. Parents of military personnel who died (died) under certain circumstances may receive:
   state assistance for the loss of a breadwinner and an old-age insurance pension;
4. survivor benefits and government subsidies;
5. Those who received disability due to injury while in military service:
   age subsidies;
6. on disability;
7. Widows of certain categories of deceased military personnel who can count on:
   assistance for the loss of a breadwinner and age;
8. for the loss of a breadwinner and social benefits;
9. Those who lived in besieged Leningrad during the Second World War and were awarded a special commemorative badge to which a transfer is assigned:
   for disability (if any);
10. by old age;
11. Disabled relatives (family members) of veterans and disabled people who received diseases due to radiation exposure during the elimination of the disaster (at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant) receive:
    assistance for loss of a breadwinner and disability (old age);
12. for the loss of a breadwinner and the state part;
13. Family members of astronautics workers are entitled to payments:
    for the loss of a breadwinner;
14. according to the age;
15. Persons holding a rank (officer) who have the right to apply for
    long-service benefits;
16. on disability;
17. Civil servants of federal enterprises with at least 5 years of work experience (official) can receive:
    amounts based on length of service;
18. funds from the funded portion of the labor pension.

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Law of the Russian Federation dated 02/12/1993 N 4468-1 (as amended on 05/01/2017) “On pensions for persons who served in military service, service in internal affairs bodies, the State fire-fighting system...”

Long service pension

There is another category of persons who are entitled to two pensions. These are government and military workers who have been working for more than 20 years. This group includes:

1. Officers
2. test pilots
3. astronauts.

These people are paid pensions for length of service along with insurance coverage. If a person from this pension category has a disability received during service or in combat, then they can replace the long service payment with disability payments, which is provided at their choice.

State pension for military pensioners

Military personnel and employees of law enforcement agencies (Ministry of Internal Affairs, Federal Penitentiary Service, National Guard, Ministry of Emergency Situations, etc.) under certain circumstances are awarded a state pension for long service or disability.

A military pension for long service is assigned on one of the provided grounds (Article 13 of Law No. 4468-1):

• If a citizen on the day of dismissal from military or other equivalent service has at least 20 years of service ;
• If a citizen resigns due to deterioration in health directly related to the service, or was laid off due to organizational and staffing measures. In this case, the following conditions are established: having a total work experience of 25 years , of which 12.5 years are military service;
• serviceman's age ≥ 45 years.

Military personnel and security forces who become disabled during service or within 3 months after dismissal from service are provided with a military disability pension . This type of support can be assigned even if the disability occurred later than 3 months, but if the cause of this was a wound, injury or contusion received directly in the service itself.

Survivor's pensions

Two pensions can also be received by people who have disability (or old age) payments and have lost the only earning person in the family, i.e. breadwinner These include:

1. parents of a military man who died during military action due to conscription or was injured during service.
2. the wife of a serviceman who died during military operations due to conscription or was injured during service, who did not remarry.
3. family of a deceased person working as an astronaut or pilot (test pilot).

When receiving payments on this basis, it is necessary to provide evidence of the death of the breadwinner, as well as documented disability

Payments for Chernobyl victims

The explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant created another category of the population that can receive 2 pensions. These include:

1. people who suffered from radiation sickness or suffered any other damage to their health during the liquidation of the consequences of the disaster.
2. people who became disabled due to the incident.
3. those who worked as liquidators in the exclusion zone.

For more detailed information on this issue, you can contact your local PF branch or carefully study the relevant Federal Law. But it is the pension fund that will consider your application for a second pension.

Additional documents required to receive two pensions

As already mentioned, each of the above categories requires special documents and certificates. During your consultation at the Pension Fund, immediately check with the employee which documents should be included in your individual package.

Disability pension

This state of your health can only be confirmed by a certificate from the medical and social examination bureau. The document is issued only after passing the necessary medical examination and requires annual re-examination. If the repeated commission shows that one or another disability group can be removed from you, then you will lose the right to a pension.

Survivor loss

To receive payments on this basis, it is necessary to document the relationship with the deceased or the fact of marriage. In the event of a person’s death, a certificate is provided that confirms the fact of the person’s death (death certificate). Or if the breadwinner goes missing, then you will have to file a lawsuit in court, which will confirm the fact that such status has been assigned so that you can receive a payment.

Military pension payments

To receive a second pension for military personnel, it is necessary to prove both the civil service record and the date of assignment of the military pension with periods of service, etc., by providing the relevant certificates.

How to formalize receiving two amounts in 2020

The assignment and transfer of all pension options is carried out by the territorial divisions of the Russian Pension Fund in strict accordance with the grounds specified in the law.

1. The registration procedure for those who are entitled to simultaneously receive two pensions begins with the collection of certificates. After preparing the information, the person applying for benefits applies to the Pension Fund branch at the place of actual residence.
2. Within 10 days after the application is received by the Pension Fund, the applicant is given a response.
3. If there are no comments on the data provided, the applicant is assigned subsidies and a certificate is issued indicating the benefits due.
4. If the provided package of documents is not complete, or there is a need to provide additional information to clarify certain circumstances, then the applicant is given a certain period (up to 3 months) to eliminate the comments.

The assignment of payments in the absence of comments on the prepared documents occurs from the date of the citizen’s written application to the Pension Fund department, otherwise - from the moment the full set of necessary documents and certificates is provided.

The duration of transfer of funds to the recipient is:

• for old age - indefinitely;
• for disability - for the period the recipient of the money is recognized as disabled;
• for the loss of a breadwinner - for the duration of the recipient’s inability to work, in some cases - indefinitely.

A citizen, at his own request, receives the funds due through a branch of the Russian Post, through a bank branch (in the office or by transfer to a card), with home delivery. Money is issued upon presentation of the recipient's passport. It is allowed to receive funds by a trusted person if there is a duly executed power of attorney.

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What documents should be provided

Depending on the reasons for which assistance options are assigned, the set of required certificates and confirmations will differ.

The requirement to provide:

• a corresponding application from the subsidy applicant;
• confirmation of the citizen’s identity in the form of a passport or other identification document;
• confirmation of work activity in the form of a certificate of wages received for recent periods (5 years), work book;
• form of a participant in the insurance system in the form of a SNILS certificate.

When applying for old-age payments, stateless persons and foreign citizens must document the fact of residence in the territory of the Russian Federation.

When applying for disability benefits, the opinion of an expert medical commission is required to confirm the degree of incapacity. The medical certificate is valid for 12 months.

Assistance for the loss of a breadwinner is assigned in the presence of a certificate confirming the relationship and its degree between the applicant for benefits (dependent) and the deceased citizen, as well as an original form of death certificate.

Is additional government support possible?

When several benefits are simultaneously assigned to a citizen, the option of receiving funds with a deduction for social assistance is also available, that is, one person receives state assistance in the form of money and in kind.

Upon reaching the legal age, recipients have access to the following social assistance options:

• visiting a specialized sanatorium;
• travel on public transport (except taxis) free of charge;
• free medications received (according to a doctor’s prescription).

A citizen must notify the territorial branch of the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation about his desire to receive social benefits. The right to use benefits arises from the beginning of the calendar year following the date of receipt of the application by the Pension Fund.

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Terms of payment of two pensions at the same time

You can receive such payments for an unlimited amount of time. So, for example, an old-age pension has no term; disability benefits begin from the moment of receipt of disability and end at the moment the person is removed from the status of disabled person by the medical board, except in cases where the disability is assigned to the person for life. Payments based on the loss of a breadwinner can be either permanent or temporary. For example, if a military widow remarries, the payments will stop. Attention! If a citizen receives two pension payments and is in prison or other places of deprivation of liberty, then the money goes to a personal account from which the state takes money for the maintenance of the prisoner.

Right to receive a second pension for military personnel

Military personnel, after leaving military or equivalent service, often continue to work in “civilian” positions. Employers are required to pay insurance contributions to the Pension Fund for such employees. Accordingly, if certain conditions are met, military and security officials have the right to receive pension benefits through the Pension Fund .

In order for contributions for the time a serviceman worked in civilian institutions to be taken into account when forming a second (insurance) pension, the pensioner must be registered in the OPS system .

• Information about length of service, salary, insurance premiums and periods of work in civil institutions is displayed on the person’s individual personal account in the Pension Fund and determines the right to an insurance pension.
• The number of this personal account is indicated on the insurance certificate of compulsory pension insurance - SNILS.

Conditions for receiving a second civil pension for military pensioners

The second civil pension that a military pensioner can receive is called old-age insurance. The conditions for receiving these payments for military personnel are the same as for civilian pensioners.

The minimum requirements necessary to assign an old-age insurance pension are adjusted every year . For example, to receive a second pension for military personnel in 2020, you must:

• Accumulate 10 years of insurance experience not taken into account when assigning a military pension;
• Have 16.2 pension points , formed from pension contributions paid to the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation;
• Reach retirement age - 60.5 years for men and 55.5 for women . If the pensioner has the right to early registration, then reach the age established for a specific type of preferential pension.

A prerequisite for receiving a civil pension is the presence of an already issued military pension - for length of service or for disability.

The listed standards are not final - they change annually during the established transition period. According to Art. 8 of Law No. 400-FZ of December 28, 2013, annual adjustments will be completed when the following standards are established:

• retirement age - 60 years for women and 65 years for men (from 2023);
• IPC - 30 coefficients (from 2025);
• insurance experience - 15 years (from 2024).

Additional benefits for pensioners

A citizen receiving benefits can choose additional benefits with the deduction of the cost of social benefits. package. These include:

• Free receipt of prescription medications for personal illnesses in pharmacies.
• Travel on city public transport is free (excluding taxis and private minibuses)
• Restoring health in a sanatorium.

The right to receive such benefits is granted only from the beginning of the year following the year in which two pensions began to be received!
So, receiving two pensions in the Russian Federation can be carried out for many reasons with the right to choose, but the right to such payments must be documented.