Submission of application

The application for a pension shall be filed by the citizen himself, at any DSSA, in Prague at any local PSSA branch. For a minor orphan, the application is field by a legal representative (or guardian), an orphan of age (after reaching 18 years of age) will file the application himself/herself.

It is also possible to submit an application for a pension in electronic form (online). An application for a pension in electronic form is submitted via the CSSA ePortal using electronic identification (e.g. data box, bank identity).

Pension applications may also be filed retrospectively. The payment shall be granted from the date on which the entitlement was acquired and the outstanding pension payments shall be paid off. The limit for the payment of the pension shall be 5 years retrospectively, after this period the entitlement to payment of individual instalments will be forfeited.

The persons residing in another EU member state or in a state with which the Czech Republic has concluded a bilateral social security agreement shall, as a general rule, apply for the Czech pension in the state of their residence through a local pension insurance institution. The latter will then forward it to CSSA.

Required documents and forms

The documents of the deceased parent (if he/she has not received a pension) and the dependent child, including but not limited to the ID card and birth certificate of the child and death certificate of the deceased parent, will be attached to the application for orphan’s pension. For children who have completed the compulsory education, documents demonstrating their dependency, e.g. certificate of studies, will be submitted. In addition to the certificate of studies, the decision of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport that the studies abroad are equivalent to studies in the Czech Republic should also be submitted for children who study abroad.