Applications and data communication

The pensioner must communicate any of the following changes to their management body within 30 days of them happening:

• Changes of address: usual or tax residence.
• Beginning of work
• Changes in economic situation: awarding and/or receipt of other benefits or pensions, either national or foreign, or any other type of income.
• Changes in family situation: marital status, birth, deaths...

If the pensioner lives abroad, they must also send the certificate of proof of life within the first calendar quarter of each year to prove that they are living abroad so that they can continue to receive his or her pension and avoid having it suspended.

Likewise, and always before the 1 March each year, pensioners that have been awarded minimum supplements in their pension and who have obtained gross income from work income, capital or other items (above the annual established amount), must expressly declare this income.

To report these changes, the pensioner can do so through the Social Security e-Office or the Your Social Security Portal, in the "Manage your benefit" section. To do so, you must have a digital certificate, electronic ID or cl@ve. If this is not possible, the pensioner has a series of forms available to them that can be found on this web page. Once the pensioner has completed and signed the form, it can be sent by ordinary mail or presented at any of the Social Security Assistance and Information Centres (CAISS).

To report the changes, the pensioner can do so through the Social Security e-Office or through the Your Social Security Portal, in the "Manage your benefit" section. To do so, you must have a digital certificate, electronic ID or cl@ve. If the pensioner does not have any of these means, they can use a form called Changing bank and address details.

If the pensioner resides abroad, they must complete the bank details by adding the BIC or SWIFT depending on the country of residence.

Once the pensioner has completed and signed the form, it can be sent by ordinary mail or presented at any of the Social Security Assistance and Information Centres (CAISS).

The death must be notified in any case, providing the pensioner's death certificate, through the Social Security E-Office ( for which you must have a digital certificate, electronic ID card or cl@ve) or in person at any of the Social Security Attention and Information Centres (CAISS).

If the pensioner resides abroad, the Provincial Directorate of the INSS that manages his or her pension must be notified of the death, or failing that,  to the Labour Council of the Spanish Embassy of the place of residence.

• If you have a digital certificate, electronic ID or cl@ve, you can directly obtain the certificate certifying that you receive a pension or, if applicable, that you are not a holder of a public pension through the e-Office service called "Benefit certificates" or through the Your Social Security Portal.

• If you have none of these, in order to request the certificate proving whether or not they are receiving the Social Security pension, they can use the form known as the "Certificate Application". Once the form is completed and signed, it can be sent by ordinary mail or submitted to any of the Social Security Assistance and Information Centres (CAISS).

• If you live abroad and do not have a digital certificate, you can obtain the certificate directly from the Provincial Directorate of the INSS that manages your pension.

• If you have a digital certificate, electronic ID or cl@ve, you can obtain information directly on the status of your benefit application through the e-Office service called "How is my benefit going?" or through the Your Social Security Portal, in the "Your Details – Formalities" section.

• If you do not have any of these means, you should contact any of the Social Security Assistance and Information Centres (CAISS) to obtain this information.