Request for a pension statement, contribution record or account review (Germany)
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The letter to the German statutory pension insurance (Deutsche Rentenversicherung) asking for a pension statement (Rentenauskunft), an up-to-date contribution record (Versicherungsverlauf) or a review of your insurance account (Kontenklärung) — with your insurance number, birth name and date of birth, the reason and the periods you believe are missing, such as school, university, child-raising or work abroad. The pension insurance also offers these requests free online; this letter is for those who prefer to apply in writing, cannot use the online services or live abroad. In German, ready to print, sign and send.
What you fill in
The details the document asks for.
- Insured
- Insured's address
- Phone
- Pension insurance body
- Pension insurance body's address
- City
- Date
- German pension insurance number
- What is requested from the pension insurance
- Birth surname
- Date of birth
- Reason
- Periods missing from the pension record
Preview
This document is produced for you. Your answers are typed into it and the finished PDF is yours to keep.
Common questions
- Can a German pension statement or account review not simply be requested online?
- It can: the Deutsche Rentenversicherung offers both free on its website, even without registering. This letter is for those who prefer to apply in writing and keep a copy, cannot use the online services or live abroad. For an account review the pension insurance may send its own form to fill in; the letter starts the procedure and already names the gaps.
- From what age is a German pension statement sent, and is a reason needed to ask for one?
- From 27, insured people with at least five years of contributions receive an annual pension information letter (Renteninformation), and from 55 a detailed pension statement (Rentenauskunft) every three years (§ 109 of Book VI of the German Social Code, SGB VI). Younger people, or anyone wanting one sooner, get a statement if they have a legitimate interest, such as planning for retirement; the letter has a field for the reason.
- Why should an account with the German pension insurance be reviewed early?
- The longer ago a period lies, the harder it is to find evidence for it, which is why the pension insurance asks for the account to be reviewed by the age of 43 at the latest. Insured people take part: they check the contribution record, name missing periods and provide evidence (§ 149 SGB VI). Once the account is reviewed, the pension insurance confirms the data more than six calendar years old in a formal decision.
- Which German pension insurance body should the letter be sent to?
- To the body that keeps your account: Deutsche Rentenversicherung Bund, one of the regional bodies, or Deutsche Rentenversicherung Knappschaft-Bahn-See. It is named on your last pension information letter or other letters from the pension insurance. The first two digits of the insurance number show only the body that issued the number, not necessarily the one responsible today; a letter sent to the wrong body is passed on (§ 16(2) SGB I). Send the letter by post or hand it in at a pension insurance advice centre, and keep a copy.
How you can sign this document
- Print it and sign by hand. The signature lines in the document are left blank on purpose — sign on them in ink.
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