Entitlement proceedings, time limits and issuing of decisions

Once it is drawn up at DSSA (or at a foreign pension insurance institution), the pension application is transferred to the CSSA's headquarters, which are competent to decide on the pension entitlement and its amount. The statutory settlement period is 90 days (this period is extended, inter alia, by the period during which decisive facts are investigated for foreign insured persons).

CSSA will send the applicant a written decision on the pension award. The decision will indicate both the date from which the pension has been granted and the amount. The so-called personal record of pension insurance with a summary of the insurance periods and earnings included in the pension will be attached to the decision.

Where the conditions for the pension entitlement have not been met, a decision rejecting the application will be sent to the applicant that will specify the grounds for rejection.