Life Certificate

Applicable to non-residents only.

To be completed by Non-Residents of Trinidad and Tobago receiving:

  • Retirement Pension
  • Invalidity and Disablement Pensions
  • Survivors Benefits
  • and
  • Employment Injury (Death Benefits)
  • The Life Certificate (NI.65) must be submitted every six (6) months. The purpose of the Life Certificate is to establish that the beneficiary is alive on the date of declaration.

    In order to ensure that there is no disruption in your payments, forms must be completed and submitted by June and December of every year.

    To complete the process, you must:
    Complete and submit the Life Certificate (NI.65) either by hand or email to any one of the NIBTT's 14 Service Centres,
    or
    Visit any Service Centre location with a valid form of identification to complete the Life Certificate process.

    NB. In cases where Life Certificates were submitted via email, the original document must be forwarded to a Service Centre.
    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 retroactively.

    Signing of Life Certificates

    The Life Certificates can 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.

  • Kindly note that you are required to submit a Bank/Credit Union account number as stated on the form.

    Please contact our Customer Care Centre for further information.