All Recipients (Resident and Non-Resident of Trinidad and Tobago) of National Insurance Retirement, Invalidity and Disablement Pensions, Survivors Benefits and Employment Injury Death Benefits must complete the Life Certificate every six (6) months. You must complete the Life Certificate process in June and December of every year to ensure that there is no disruption in your payments. The purpose of the Life Certificate is to establish that the beneficiary is alive on the date of this Declaration.

To complete the process you must:

• Complete and return a copy of the Life Certificate and return it to your Service Centre, either by hand or by mail
or;
• Visit any Service Centre with a valid form of identification to complete the life certificate process.
   

Non submission of Life Certificates at the required time will result in the temporary suspension of your benefit.  Once submitted, you will suffer no loss as your benefit will be reinstated and paid.

Note: Please return the completed form to your local office or visit your local office by mid-June and mid-December of each year to ensure that payments continue.

For residents of Trinidad and Tobago the Declaration may be signed by the following:

• Magistrate;
• Justice of the Peace;
• Clergyman;
• Warden;
• Councilor/Assemblyman;
• Bank Manager;
• Medical Practitioner;
• Attorney-at-Law;
• Principal/Vice Principal of any Government/approved School;
• Head of any Government Institution;
• Police/Military officer of the rank of Sargeant and above;
• Local Office Staff or Supervisory Officer of the National Insurance board.

For non-residents of Trinidad and Tobago the Declaration may be signed by the following:

• A member of the Trinidad and Tobago Mission in the Country in which the Beneficiary is a resident;
• Attorney-at-Law;
• Notary Public;
• Justice of the Peace;
• Medical Practitioner.

Identification produced by the beneficiary should be a valid form of one of the following:

• Passport;
• Driver's Permit;
• Electoral Identification Card.

You are required to submit a Bank/Credit Union account number as stated on the form.