Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the National Institute of Social Security (INSS) had temporarily suspended the requirement of proof of life to avoid agglomerations. So that the proof was not postponed for another year, in February 2022, the Federal Government made changes to the process.
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Proof of life is exactly what its name suggests, being one of the annual obligations of INSS retirees and pensioners, which guarantees the non-suspension of the benefit. Before the pandemic, the insured had to go, once a year, to the bank agency where he received the benefit to carry out the proof of faith.
It was also possible to request a home visit if the person was over 80 years old or had limited mobility. For policyholders with facial biometrics registered with Denatran or the Superior Electoral Court, it was allowed to carry out proof of life digitally through the “Meu INSS” application.
However, on February 2, the functioning of the proof of life changed and such changes were published in Ordinance No. 1,408, in the Official Gazette (DOU). Since then, it is up to the INSS to make sure that the insured person is still alive.
Thus, the INSS now has access to data such as electoral votes, registration of transfers of goods, consultations and vaccines through the SUS and renewal of documents. This allows data to be crosschecked to prove whether the insured person is actually alive.
However, if it is not possible to identify movements in the 10 months after the insured person's birthday, he may have to go to the bank for proof of life. In addition, the INSS reported that it also plans to create a solution for proving digital proof of life, in which photos would be sent by the insured person. Such an application will be able to work from 2023.
