Is it possible to find out the SNILS number via the Internet or using passport data?

Now, in the age of information technology and improving interaction between people and various structures through digitized data, many still do not know what SNILS is. This document is more important than it seems and is an insurance certificate with an individual number - an account assigned to a specific person.

Only with its presence does a number of opportunities open up that a person needs for a full existence in society: when finding a job, receiving benefits and allowances, and forming a pension. In the future, it is planned that this document will include an expanded list of information, combined into one document and necessary for every citizen of the Russian Federation.

How can I find out my insurance certificate number?

The SNILS number is a combination of numbers, assigned once and assigned to the citizen for life. The SNILS number does not change even if this document is lost or damaged. When replacing a paper copy with a plastic card, no changes occur either.

Currently, the assignment of SNILS is regulated by Federal Law No. 48 of April 24, 2019. According to it, green cards are no longer issued to citizens; everything is registered exclusively in electronic format. A person has the right to receive only a notification of registration in the pension insurance system. If a citizen has already received a plastic version of the document, then its effect is completely identical to the electronic version of SNILS. However, if it is damaged or lost, it will not be replaced; instead, electronic registration will be carried out.

If for some reason a citizen does not have a paper and electronic version of a document, then you need to find out its number. This can be done by contacting the department of the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation, as well as online through State Services and the Pension Fund website.

According to passport data

To find out the SNILS number through your passport, you should seek the help of pension fund employees. To do this, you must have a passport, driver's license, registration certificate or other identification document with you. All SNILS information of an individual is owned exclusively by the pension fund database, and the procedure for providing an account will take only a couple of minutes. By law, data is not subject to disclosure and can be provided to a citizen at will, both in written and oral form.

SNILS of the child according to the birth certificate

If you need to find out the number of your child’s insurance certificate, you must leave a request in the same way at a branch of the pension fund. You must have your father's or mother's passport and birth certificate in hand. According to the law, parents themselves are responsible for the data provided, so there is no need to take their child with them to the branch.

By last name, first name and patronymic

A request to give out data if only a first and last name is provided will be refused in any case. After all, then any attacker could obtain confidential information. As already mentioned, employees can accept a citizen only after they have verified their identity. All these precautions are observed to ensure that no one can obtain the citizen’s personal data.

For physical persons according to TIN

Some try to use the taxpayer identification number as an identification document. Again, the TIN is quite open, so anyone can use this number at the Pension Fund. Accordingly, pension fund employees refuse the request to provide SNILS data for this document.

It is also worth understanding that the tax office and the pension fund are completely different organizations, so purely legally these documents are in no way connected with each other.

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If for certain reasons a citizen cannot independently come to the Pension Fund office to obtain a SNILS number, then the person who comes in his place must have a power of attorney, which must be certified by a notary. Otherwise, services will be denied.

What is SNILS

SNILS should be understood as a special personal account number used by the pension fund.
It is assigned to every citizen of Russia. Previously, SNILS was issued only to persons who began working for the first time, or non-working recipients of various types of pension and social benefits. Later, the number began to be assigned to children from birth. Reference! A personal account with the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation is opened not only for citizens of the Russian Federation, but also for foreigners and persons who are not linked by citizenship to any state, provided that they carry out labor activities on the territory of the Russian Federation or are individual entrepreneurs.
Also, the abbreviation “SNILS” is assigned to the green laminated card, which contains the personal account number. Previously, this document was issued simultaneously with the registration of a citizen in the OPS system.

However, after changes in legislation, cards are no longer issued, but this document can be presented in cases where information about SNILS is required. If the green card is damaged or lost, a new one will no longer be issued.

Document functions

In accordance with current legislation, any organization or individual entrepreneur is required to pay special cash contributions for its employees in order to form their pension rights. As a general rule, the amount of contributions is 22% of the amount of remuneration for the work of a particular employee, however, in exceptional cases, the rate may be higher.

Funds as contributions are sent to the insurance number. Thus, the main function of the account is to accumulate funds to ensure a future pension. SNILS is also used to pay money to current pensioners.

Summarizing the above, the SNILS number is a special identifier to which information about the employee’s insurance experience (and, accordingly, the amount of insurance contributions) is linked, on the basis of which the citizen is paid pensions, as well as other social payments.

Important! With the development of the so-called “electronic government” and the transition to an electronic form of interaction between government authorities and citizens, it was planned to create a special electronic card based on SNILS, when the personal account number would be used to access most government services. The idea with the UEC turned out to be unrealized, however, the SNILS number is still partly used when accessing the Unified Identification Number.

Find out the SNILS number online, via the Internet

To find out the SNILS number online without visiting a branch of the pension fund, you must be registered on the Gosuslgug portal, then this procedure can be carried out without leaving your home via the Internet. It is worth noting that this portal is quite useful for a citizen of Russia - through it you can make an appointment with a doctor, pay fines and fees, register to receive or replace certain documents (for example, a driver's license). Based on this, it is highly recommended to consider registering with State Services.

Through State Services

To find out your SNILS at State Services, you need to:

1. Log in to your personal account or register and enter the required data.
2. At the top of the portal there is a section “Certificates / Statements” - you need to use it.
3. Among the popular ones.

4. All you have to do is click on the “Get statement” cell.

5. Next you will see the status of your request. Wait for your statement.

6. Go to the “Applications” section in your personal account and click on the notification.

7. Select the required format and read the SNILS number.

On the Pension Fund website

It is now possible to find out the number of the insurance certificate on the official website of the Russian Pension Fund. However, you should also remember that to receive this service you will need a confirmed profile on the State Services portal.

To find out SNILS on the Pension Fund website, you need:

1. Log in to your personal account.
2. Find and select “Check personal account status”

3. Leave a request using the specified form to receive an electronic notification about registration in the insurance system of the pension fund, which will show the number of the insurance certificate.

4. Within 2-3 minutes, a statement with the SNILS number will appear on the screen.

Third Party Sites

In the era of Internet resources, fraud is actively developing through various one-page sites. Despite efforts to block unscrupulous resources of the relevant authorities, many citizens are faced with deception. Therefore, it is strictly not recommended to provide any personal data, documents and account information on websites not associated with Russian government agencies. You can only trust the official website of the Pension Fund and the State Services portal, and you can only find out your SNILS number via the Internet through these resources.

Data left on third-party sites may lead to criminal actions against a citizen. You should be extremely careful with personal data and maintain its confidentiality.

Using your personal account State Services

In order not to read the instructions, you can immediately go to the page for receiving the service on the State Services website.

Get a service

You can find out SNILS if you don’t have a green card or ADI-REG notification at hand or the document is lost in your personal State Services account. To do this you need to do the following:

1. Open the main page of the State Services portal www.gosuslugi.ru.
2. You may be asked to choose how your location will be determined. If you have connected a VPN, or the IP does not correspond to your place of residence, select the second Specify locations manually and then enter the name of the locality in which you are registered. If you are logging into the site from your home IP, select the Auto-detection option. To have the site remember the settings, click the Save button.
3. Then follow the Personal Account link in the header on the right.
4. On the authorization page, enter your username and password, then click the Login button.
5. In your account, select the Service Catalog section in the header.
6. In the list of services, select Pension, benefits.
7. Next, you need to click on the Notification of the status of your personal account in the Pension Fund.
8. On the page with help information that opens, click on the Get service button.

All personal information from the Pension Fund of Russia that the notification contains will appear in the notification field. On the first page you will find SNILS. Information can be saved in electronic or paper form, but it cannot be provided to government agencies as a document, but is for informational purposes only.

Is it possible to transfer data about SNILS?

Of course, providing information on an insurance certificate is required in many structures in order to receive benefits and get a job. In the latter case, the employer makes contributions to the pension fund for the hired employee, so the presence and provision of this document is mandatory.

SNILS is not a document with which you can confirm your identity. Therefore, using this data, it is impossible for a citizen to obtain a loan or carry out similar financial transactions.

It is also important to remember that Pension Fund employees do not arrange home-based meetings and personal work with citizens regarding the registration and distribution of pensions. This is not included in the list of their responsibilities! Therefore, a citizen, when receiving such an offer from an alleged employee of the Pension Fund of Russia, needs to be wary and refuse; it is advisable to report such fraud to the police.

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Now we can say with confidence that the personal SNILS number should be used only for its intended purpose, provide information only to trusted structures and organizations and not sign any suspicious papers about transferring your pension to unknown funds.

Why do you need SNILS

The card is part of the modern Pension Fund accounting system, combining both the collection of information about work experience and the calculation of the total number of pension contributions. The employer, when requiring a card during employment, sends reports about the employee directly to the Pension Fund.

Important! The card number is tied to a person and does not change throughout life, regardless of the change of surname or documents.
With access to the card, a citizen can check the status of pension contributions, access the register or register on the State Services portal. The document is also required in clinics and hospitals when providing medical care.

How to check the authenticity of a certificate?

SNILS is as important a document as a passport, driver’s license, or TIN. When issued in paper format, the document could be falsified or damaged.

At the moment, this is almost impossible to do, because the original is electronically registered in the securely protected data system of the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation. But while paper copies of cards remain in use, the question of how to verify their authenticity is still relevant.

There are several ways to check the authenticity of a certificate or paper notification of SNILS registration:

1. Contact the PFR or NPF office, write an application and provide your passport and SNILS. If the State Pension Institution provides data free of charge, non-state funds charge a fee, considering that this service is not the main one.
2. Use an algorithm for determining the check number. It is worth resorting to the instructions indicated on the website of the Russian Pension Fund. PF employees themselves resort to this method, and it is not always suitable for ordinary users, since not all numbers can be calculated.
3. Take advantage of Internet resources. It is recommended if these are the official websites of the Pension Fund and State Services.

Many citizens are very worried when they lose information about their insurance certificate. It is very important to realize that you can find out the SNILS number for free and very quickly; the pension fund authorities are trying to simplify this procedure as much as possible

Another way to find out SNILS

Summarize. So, you can find out your insurance number in different ways:

• View pension certificate;
• visit the territorial pension fund with your passport;
• use the government services portal;
• Contact the HR department of your company where you are officially employed. When applying for a job, you must provide a copy of your pension certificate, which contains your SNILS number.

Why you may need to know your SNILS number:

• if you decide to register on the e-government website and use the government services portal;
• when receiving various types of social services and various government benefits, the individual personal account number allows you to identify the citizen in the database;
• this number is necessary during the procedure when a citizen’s electronic card is generated;
• to track your personal account of your pension income.

Thus, to obtain a number, visiting a pension fund branch is not only necessary, but also the only possible way to obtain reliable information. All other sources do not guarantee that you will receive correct information. As a last resort, you can resort to obtaining information through the government services portal.

How to get SNILS?

The document can be obtained in one of the following ways:

• in the branches of the Pension Fund of Russia - the Pension Fund of Russia;
• in MFCs - multifunctional;
• through the employer when applying for a job.

Documents to be received

• passport or other identification document (for children under 14 years of age, a birth certificate is required);
• document confirming the identity of the legal representative (parent, guardian, adoptive parent, etc.), for children under 14 years of age.

In what cases may it be necessary to check SNILS

The need to check SNILS may arise for various reasons. Usually it is carried out if desired:

• make sure that the data specified in the application form is correct;
• check whether changes have been made to the document in accordance with the submitted application;
• get acquainted with existing savings;
• receive a statement of contributions made by the employer.

They are often checked by those who have submitted an application for the issuance or replacement of SNILS. Sometimes this service is used by employers who want to verify the authenticity of the insurance certificate of an applicant for a vacant position.

Checking for readiness

To check the readiness of SNILS, it is not necessary to visit a Pension Fund branch or a multifunctional center (MFC). This can be done remotely via the Internet. Despite the fact that the State Services portal does not allow you to issue a document, you can check its readiness through the website. A convenient way to check is to visit the official website of the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation.

Parents who issue a certificate for their minor children often ask the question of how to find out whether SNILS is ready for a child, via the Internet or other means. The official website of the Pension Fund offers visitors a complete list of telephone numbers of its branches. You can find out if they are ready by calling one of them.

What to do if there is no insurance certificate or it is lost

Didn’t receive SNILS: You can only receive SNILS in person; for this you will need an original passport or child’s birth certificate. As a rule, any working citizen of the Russian Federation has a certificate; if you have not received it, you must contact the Pension Fund of Russia (PFR) at your place of residence, where you will need to fill out a special form. Three weeks after applying, you can pick up the completed certificate. If you are planning to get a job, you don’t have to waste time filling out the document yourself; when applying for a job, the organization is required to issue a certificate in your name; this issue is mainly dealt with by the HR department in institutions.

The certificate was lost: To restore the SNILS, as well as when obtaining a new one on your own, you need to contact the Pension Fund and in return for the lost document you will be given a duplicate with the same number that was originally assigned. For convenience, we advise you to write down the certificate number in a safe place, because you may need it at any time, including when registering on the State Services portal.

What to do if errors are found or deductions are not received

Any doubts or shortcomings in the extract received cannot be ignored. For any questions, please contact the Pension Fund. Take your passport and SNILS with you.

Please note when working with electronic services:

1. Data on wages and length of service are updated quarterly, but only after employers submit quarterly reports in the DAM form. The deadline for submitting calculations for insurance premiums is the 30th day of the month following the reporting month. Before this period, information is not uploaded to the extract from the Pension Fund.
2. Data on points are recalculated quarterly and at the end of the year, after employers provide the annual reporting form SZV-STAZH.
3. If technical work is underway on the site, then ask for information later or personally visit the MFC and Pension Fund.
4. If you change your personal data, you must check that your details are up to date in the system.

Solve other problems personally at the MFC or Pension Fund.

What is an individual personal account insurance number?

SNILS is a “green card” on which there is a unique number of the personal insurance account of a citizen of the Russian Federation. The entire population of the Russian Federation is required to register in the OPS system, including children, the unemployed, military personnel, and migrant workers.

Throughout a person’s life, the following information is stored in an individual insurance account:

• insurance premiums accrued and paid by the employer;
• insurance length of a citizen throughout his entire working life.

Officials will need all this information when assigning or recalculating pensions. In addition, the SNILS number allows you to:

• identify yourself through a single portal of state and municipal services www.gosuslugi.ru;
• formalize labor relations with the employer;
• monitor the state of your pension savings;
• receive social services, benefits, payments;
• register in the compulsory health insurance system and receive free medical care.

The employing organization requires the employee's insurance card data to process and transmit this information to the tax authorities and the Pension Fund. Thus, information about a person’s work experience and salary goes to his personal account.

Important!

The Pension Fund of Russia no longer issues SNILS cards to “physicists”. However, when hiring newcomers, you still need to know whether they are registered with the fund. Now it has become clear what document to require from employees. The Foundation approved the new form.

Why check your pension savings?

All obligations to pay insurance coverage and provide reporting on the insurance period lie with the policyholder. But it is also important for citizens themselves to control savings. For example, the employer pays contributions only from the minimum salary, and transfers the rest of the salary in an envelope. This is a fairly common situation that has an extremely negative impact on the amount of your pension. A citizen is able to determine this on his own; it is enough to check his pension savings online using SNILS. If you have any questions, contact your employer for clarification.

In addition to problems with white and gray salaries, it happens that the employer submits incorrect information about the length of service to the Pension Fund. This will directly reduce points and the amount of your future pension. If the error is not corrected in a timely manner, you will have to confirm your experience in court.

And finally, monitoring your savings in the Pension Fund allows you to eliminate fraudulent activities with the funded part of your pension. Unscrupulous non-state pension funds fraudulently gain access to your savings. Getting your money back is quite problematic.

Verification methods and list of required documents

As we said earlier, insurance certificates are most often checked for authenticity and correctness of data. A simpler and more reliable way is to contact the Pension Fund branch. Authority employees will check the documents provided to them and answer all questions.

One of the most popular ways to check for correctness using the database of the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation is online checking. It is usually chosen by people who value their time and are active Internet users.

You can check for reality in various ways.

• use a check number;
• conduct a visual inspection of the document;
• contact a Sberbank branch for help;
• use the State Services portal.

You can also check the authenticity of an individual’s SNILS on the website of the Federal Tax Inspectorate. To do this, fill out a special form in which you indicate your full name, SNILS, passport details or birth certificate. Then send your request.

Each of the listed methods is relevant, so let's look at them in detail.

Visit to the Pension Fund branch

In order to conduct a check through the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation, you only need an insurance certificate and the applicant’s passport. The advantages of this method are that it is possible to ask questions of interest to fund employees.

Insured persons have the opportunity to send a letter to the Pension Fund to update their SNILS. Employees of the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation must clarify the information and provide a written response within 30 days.

How to use certificate check digits

We said that the personal account number displayed on the certificate consists of 11 digits, 2 of which are used to determine the authenticity of the document. Citizens often ask about who this method is suitable for. Unfortunately, not everyone.

It can only be used by holders of certificates with a number higher than 001-001-998. The algorithm for determining the 10th and 11th numbers is similar to the calculation of TIN check digits. The calculation is performed as follows:

1. Each digit is multiplied by its position number. The countdown is from the right.
2. The resulting numbers are summed up.
3. If the result is a number less than 100, then it is the control number. But this is optional. The number may be greater than 101. In this case, the result is divided by 101. There should be no doubt about the validity of the certificate if, after the calculations have been performed, the result turns out to be 100 or 101. In such a situation, the check digits of the document will be 00.

The check number can be checked online.

Checking SNILS on the State Services portal

Government services are a service that allows you not only to order the necessary document or service, but also to obtain the necessary information. Every registered user on the website can check SNILS online via State Services by number. The portal is extremely convenient and understandable, which allows even less experienced Internet users to get a personal account without much effort.

To perform the check you need to do the following:

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1. Go to the website and select the “Service Catalog” tab at the top of the page.

1. From the list that appears, select the “Pension, benefits and benefits” tab. Pension accruals and benefits for all categories of citizens.”

1. Find the function “Notification of the status of a personal account in the Pension Fund of Russia”. After clicking on this link, registered users have the opportunity to proceed to filling out the request form.

1. After entering the requested data, press the “Request service” button. The system will check the correctness of filling out the form, and if everything is done correctly, after some time the applicant will be sent a statement of personal account.

The site also allows you to check the validity of the insurance certificate. During the registration process, users are required to enter certain personal data in the form provided. If, after entering the number and clicking the “Save” button, a green checkmark appears next to the certificate data, it means that the system has verified the entered information and you don’t have to worry about the authenticity of the insurance certificate.

However, there are times when the system throws an error. The situation may arise not only due to problems with the document, so let's look at it in detail.

What to do if the site gives an error

When checking an insurance certificate, the site may display an error or puzzle the user with the message “SNILS is invalid, please check your data.” Don’t be afraid: State Services is a portal that thousands of people use every day. During its operation, various failures may occur.

Reasons why the site gives an error:

1. Error when entering data into the form. Many users do not know that when entering a SNILS number, they need to skip dashes and spaces. This is the most common mistake when working with a website.
2. System malfunction.
3. There is a genuine problem with the evidence. Typically, such situations arise when obtaining or replacing a certificate. Errors may be made during the registration process, resulting in an invalidity message.

Changes to a citizen’s personal data are entered by Pension Fund employees into the database. Failure to update it in a timely manner may also cause difficulties during verification.

In this case, we recommend that you seek advice from the staff of the nearest branch of the Russian Pension Fund. To do this, you must have a certificate of insurance and identification with you. You can find out from PFR specialists why SNILS is not checked online and ask them to check the authenticity of the document.

Check through Sberbank of Russia

To check your insurance certificate, you don’t have to go to a branch of the Pension Fund or use online resources: the check can be done at Sberbank of Russia. To do this, the owner of the document needs to register in the information exchange system: come to the nearest branch of a financial institution with a passport and insurance certificate. After a simple registration, bank employees will provide the information of interest using the Sberbank Online system.

Visual inspection

Even the most experienced Pension Fund employee will not be able to guarantee, after a visual inspection of the insurance certificate, that he has a genuine document in his hands. An external study will only allow us to determine obvious inconsistencies between the document and the samples provided at the Pension Fund stands. Therefore, you cannot trust this verification method too much.