Apply for an old-age pension

Check when you can apply, an indicative amount and the documents. Pensions are paid at Irad Pochtasy counters from the 10th.

Responsible body: Social Fund of the ISEZ; payments through Irad Pochtasy

Guide to this service

The old-age pension is paid by the Social Fund of the ISEZ from the age of 63. It is made up of a base amount and an amount for each year of recorded service, up to 40 years. Apply in the month before your 63rd birthday at the Social Fund office of your district or city, on form SF-1.

Who can apply

Residents of the ISEZ who have reached 63, with at least ten years of recorded service.
With fewer than ten years of service a social pension is paid from the same age.
Service before 1992 in the tribal regions or in other Soviet republics counts if it is confirmed by records; statements of clan councils are not accepted as proof of service.

What to bring

Form SF-1
Your identity card and residence registration
Your work record book
A certificate of earnings for any 60 consecutive months before 2000, from the employer; if the employer no longer exists, from the State Archives
Your military service record, if any
For service in another Soviet republic: confirmation from an archive of that state, requested by you

Fees and state duty

Base amount	IS 1,150 a month
For each year of service, up to 40	IS 18 a month
Social pension (fewer than 10 years)	IS 850 a month

There is no fee for the application. The amount is set by the Social Fund when the documents have been checked.

How long it takes

Apply in the month before you reach 63, not earlier: applications made earlier are returned.
The decision is made in ten working days once the documents are complete; archive confirmations can take much longer and are the usual cause of delay.
Pensions are paid from the 10th of each month.

Where to go

The Social Fund office of your district or city, Monday to Thursday, 9:00–16:00.
Payment: at the Irad Pochtasy counter of your registered address, or into a Talasbank account. Someone else can collect your pension with a power of attorney on form P-27.

Common reasons for refusal or return

The application was made earlier than the month before the 63rd birthday.
The work record book has corrections without a stamp.
The certificate of earnings covers fewer than 60 consecutive months.
Service is confirmed only by a statement of a clan council.

Online submission (pilot)

This service is in the e-Irad online submission pilot. Form SF-1 can be submitted on the Applications online page instead of at the counter; the receiving body's term is 10 working days. Originals are presented when the result is collected.

Forms for this service

Application for an old-age pension SF-1 · PDF
Power of attorney to collect mail and pensions P-27 · PDF

Print on A4 paper and complete by hand in block capitals, in black or blue ink. Forms printed from e-Irad are accepted at every counter.

Legal basis

Tax Code of the ISEZ 2009 (№ 09-11) payroll contributions that fund pensions
Executive directive of 2009 on the pension supplement for Afghan veterans supplement for members of the Afghan veterans' union