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If you are recognised as a displaced person or late repatriate, you should apply for clarification of your pension insurance account so that your insurance periods from abroad can be taken into account.
Ruhrstraße 2
10709 Berlin
10704 Berlin
Pieperstraße 14-28
44789 Bochum
44781 Bochum
Dieselstraße 9
86154 Augsburg
86223 Augsburg
When clarifying the pension insurance account, your contribution periods are assigned table values that correspond to what comparable insured persons in Germany have earned on average.
This means that not only your contribution and employment periods but also, for example, credit periods completed in your country of origin can be credited to your pension insurance account.
For contribution periods from 1950 onwards, the table values distinguish between qualification groups and economic sectors in order to determine your income as realistically as possible. The values are then generally reduced to 60 percent of the full value. This is primarily to adjust for insured persons who live in structurally weak areas and have earned significantly less.
If you moved in after May 7, 1996, benefits cannot exceed a certain maximum value:
The maximum value allowed is 25 earning points per beneficiary. This currently corresponds to a monthly gross old-age pension of EUR 826.25 in the old Länder and EUR 797.25 in the new Länder.
If you are married or living in a consensual union, you will jointly receive pensions totalling a maximum of 40 earning points for your periods under the Foreign Pensions Act. This currently corresponds to a gross old-age pension of EUR 1,322.00 per month in the old federal states and EUR 1275.60 in the new federal states. If you move, the amount of your monthly pension may change under certain circumstances.
For the recognition of contribution and credit periods, all documents showing the type and duration of employment or its corresponding interruption are helpful. These are primarily the original insurance documents, for example:
Additionally for the recognition of:
As proof of the status as a late repatriate serves:
Note: On the basis of the documents submitted, the pension insurance institution decides in each individual case whether a contribution period has been made credible or even proven. For a proof, there must be no doubt as to the correctness of the alleged fact. If the contribution periods have only been made plausible, only five sixths of the values determined in accordance with the previous explanations can be taken into account.
You can request clarification of your retirement account online without registration, online with registration, or in writing.
Request clarification of your pension account online without registration:
Request clarification of your pension account online and with registration:
Request clarification of your pension account in writing:
Please note: The assessment notice determines recognised periods according to the current legal situation. If the legislator changes the legal basis by the time pension payments actually start, this may mean that notices have to be adjusted to the new legal basis.
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Note: In order to avoid later delays, for example when applying for a pension, you should submit a corresponding application already after receiving the late repatriate certificate. This also makes it easier for you to obtain evidence.
Varies depending on the evidence and the extent of the clarification.
If you would like information about your future pension entitlements and your pension start date, you can request this informally at any time.
Statutory pension insurance offers protection against the risks of old age, disability and death, particularly for employees, but also for certain self-employed persons and other groups of people.