social security
Where can I find my pension insurance number?
Twelve digits and letters that only they have: this is your pension insurance number. What they bring to them, where they can be found and where you can get them from.
The pension moves the Germans from birth. At least they have been assigned a pension insurance number since 2005 directly at the beginning of their lives. This number is unique and in most cases it remains the same for a lifetime.
Where can I find the pension insurance number?
The number becomes relevant for the first time At the beginning of the first job, this can also be an apprenticeship or a holiday job. Then the pension insurance sends the insurance number specification by post, which used to be called social security card. Then you will find the insurance number, your name and the date of issue.
You should keep the proof well. If he is lost, a new one can be applied for, among other things or with your health insurance company.
You will also find your pension insurance number in other places: on the wage/salary statement, for example, it is often specified as an SV number. Or on the registration decision for social securitythat you receive annually by post. Or in the pension information that you get once a year from the age of 27 when you get five pension insurance contributions together.
What do I need the pension insurance number for?
The pension insurance number serves to clearly assign all insured persons. If you get in touch with the pension insurance, the insurance number helps with identification. This may be necessary if you apply for a partial retirement, a survivor’s pension (colloquially widow’s pension) or disability pension.
Otherwise you need the number if you apply for unemployment benefit. If you change jobs, the new employer asks your pension insurance number independently at the pension insurance, you don’t have to do anything.
How does the pension insurance number come together?
The pension insurance number is always set up and can look like this, for example: 09 200861 M 520.
What is behind the different numbers and letters can be found in the table:
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What distinguishes pension insurance number, social security number and health insurance number?
There is no social security number in Germany in this sense, but the pension insurance number is often referred to.
The health insurance number, on the other hand, is its own number, which does not serve to identify pension insurance, but – as the name suggests – to identify at the health insurance company.
Can my pension insurance number change?
Only in absolute exceptional cases: either because a mistake was made and two people received the same number, or because a false date of birth was entered. Then the existing number is blocked and a new one is exhibited. The other option is that someone will change the gender entry – even then the pension insurance number is adjusted accordingly.
What do I do if I discover an error in my insurance number?
Has the name missed or given a different date of birth? If so, you should report the error of the pension insurance. That works by post. To prove the error, you should send a copy of your ID card or birth certificate.
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Do foreigners also have a pension insurance number?
Yes, because if you work in Germany, you also need a pension insurance number. Normally, the employer is responsible for applying for the number for the foreign employee. Only if an employee is only sent to Germany for a limited period, the social security obligations of the country in which he actually works apply. Then he does not need a pension insurance number.
Source: Stern
