INSS payroll, vaccination and IR will be valid as proof of life

The INSS (National Social Security Institute) published the new rules for proof of life this Thursday (3). The ordinance determines that proof of life will be carried out only when the agency is unable to confirm that the retiree or benefit holder performed any movement recorded in federal, state or municipal government databases or private institution.

The ordinance determines that they become valid as proof of life:

• Access to the Meu INSS app with the gold seal (for those who validated the biometrics in the app) or other apps and systems of public bodies and entities that have certification and access control, in Brazil or abroad;
• Carrying out a payroll loan, carried out by biometric recognition;
• Face-to-face service at INSS agencies, or by biometric recognition at partner entities or institutions;
• Conducting medical expertise by telemedicine or in person, in the public health system or partner network;
• Vaccination records;
• Registration or re-registration in transit or public security agencies;
• Updates in the Cadúnico (Single Registry), only when made by the person responsible for the family group;
• Voting registration in elections;
• Issuance or renewal of passport, identity card, driver’s license, work permit, military enlistment or other official documents that require the physical presence of the user or their biometric recognition;
• Receipt of benefit payment with biometric recognition;
• Income Tax Return as a holder or dependent

The new ordinance also suspends the blocking and suspension of payments for lack of proof of life throughout 2022. It revokes the INSS ordinance No. life was not carried out and established a schedule for those in arrears to carry out the verification by April 2022. The schedule was therefore suspended.

The INSS has determined that it will notify the beneficiary when it is not possible to prove life through the records in the databases. He must then carry out the proof of life preferably through electronic attendance with the use of biometrics. You can also perform any of the acts listed as valid for proof of life, such as taking a vaccine or declaring your income tax.

After notification, if the beneficiary is not identified in any of the bases, the INSS must provide means for carrying out the proof of life without moving the beneficiary from his home.

how it was done

Until now, proof of life was made at the banks responsible for the payment, whether in personal service, through an ATM (with biometrics) or in apps (for some institutions).

Elderly people aged 80 and over and beneficiaries with limited mobility could request a visit at home or at an informed location. Scheduling was done by phone 135 or Meu INSS. There was also the option of carrying out the procedure with an attorney previously registered with the agency.

The digital proof of life, through the Meu INSS website or application, was a restricted option for policyholders who have facial biometrics registered with Denatran (National Department of Transit) or TSE (Superior Electoral Court), that is, through the portfolio databases. driver’s license and voter registration.

Proof of life is used to prevent fraud in the payment of benefits such as retirement and BPC (Benefício de Prestação Continuada), made through a checking account, savings account or magnetic card.

Obligation becomes the INSS

The ordinance with the new rules was signed this Wednesday morning (2) in a ceremony at Palácio do Planalto, with the presence of José Carlos Oliveira, president of the INSS, President Jair Bolsonaro, Minister of Labor and Social Security Onyx Lorenzoni and Minister of Social Security. of the Civil House, Ciro Nogueira.

“From now on, the INSS’s obligation to provide proof of life is ours. We will do this by crossing data from all bases: if the citizen voted, obtained a passport, transferred a property or vehicle, obtained an RG, if he even made a private operation, we will accept this as proof of life,” said Oliveira. “If we don’t find any movement of the citizen, he still won’t have to leave the house. We offer means for the server or the Post Office to go to the residence and capture the biometric data at the door of the insured’s house, so that he doesn’t have to get out.”