How to
Life certificate for pension and disability benefit recipients abroad
Nav may require that you submit a life certificate when you are living abroad and receive pension or disability benefit payments.
When do I need to submit the life certificate by?
Life certificates for 2025 will be sent in early April to pension recipients living abroad. The deadline for submitting the life certificate is 3 June 2025.
The life certificate check for 2025 includes recipients over the age of 80, who are registered as living in countries outside the EEA.
These countries are exempt:
- Great Britain, Switzerland and Ukraine
- countries to which mail cannot be sent (posten.no)
Can I request an extension?
We cannot grant any extensions. Nav has automated routines for sending out and receiving life certificates.
If you have not submitted your certificate by the date specified, you will receive a reminder with a new date from us. The letter will include the life certificate form.
Even if you have notified us of a delay, you will receive a reminder from Nav.
What happens if I do not submit my life certificate?
If you do not submit your life certificate in time, or if your form has no attestation or signature, payments will stop after one reminder. We will not stop payments until the new date has expired.
Form
Submit a life certificate
Use the form you receive from Nav. It has already been prefilled with your name, national identity number and address. In addition, it has a bar code, which will make it easier for us to register your form.
You must sign the form personally. In addition, two witnesses (two people who are of age) or a public authority where you live must attest that you are alive.
If you are registered in the Contact and Reservation Register in Norway, you will receive your life certificate digitally.
You will be notified by e-mail or SMS that you have received a letter from Nav. Log in to nav.no and find the letter in the Services section of Your Pension or Disability Benefits, depending on whether you receive a pension or disability benefits.
Do you need a new life certificate form?
If you have lost the life certificate you received or for other reasons need a new one, you can fill out the form here:
You must fill in the form, including your name, national identity number and address, and submit the signed and attested form to Nav.
How to submit life certificates?
Submit your signed and attested life certificate to Nav. So far, there is no digital solution for life certificates.
Use regular mail
When you send us the life certificate, please send it using regular letter mail. We cannot accept registered letters, letters send by courier or other types of shipments that require a signature.
Ordinary e-mail is not a secure channel. For privacy reasons, we cannot accept your life certificate via e-mail.
What happens when Nav receives your life certificate?
Nav sends out life certificates to thousands of recipients of pension and disability benefit every year. If you do not hear from us, it means we have received your life certificate and have approved it. We will contact your if we need more information.
If we do not receive your certificate, or if it has been delayed in the mail, you will hear from us. You do not need to contact Nav to confirm that we have received your life certificate.
If you have received the life certificate form from Nav, you must sign it, have it attested and return it. This applies even if you recently confirmed to Nav that you are alive.
If you submit a life certificate on your own initiative outside of the annual review, you must still submit the life certificate we send you. This is because the processing life certificates has been automated.
Have you received a life certificate from another country?
Nav is not responsible for pensions paid by other countries. If you are submitting a life certificate to another country, you may contact any district court or Oslo County Court for help with signatures or attestation (domstol.no).
Updated 03/28/2025