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Life Certificate form
Guidance for people of State Pension age living outside the UK who have been asked to return a Life Certificate.
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A Life Certificate is used by the Department for Work and Pensions to check that a person living outside the UK can still get a UK State Pension.
Do not send us this form unless we have asked you to.
You must print, complete and post this form back to us as quickly as possible.
Pension Service 11
Mail Handling Site A
Wolverhampton
WV98 1LW
United Kingdom
Witnesses who can sign a Life Certificate
The person who witnesses the Life Certificate should not be related to you by birth or marriage, and should not live at the same address as you.
People who can witness a Life Certificate are:
- a member of the police force
- a teacher or lecturer
- an officer of a bank authorised to sign documents on its behalf
- a doctor, surgeon, dentist, nurse, pharmacist or optician registered under the law of the country where the declaration is made
- a care or residential home manager (if customer is resident)
- a barrister, solicitor or advocate authorised to practice in the country where the declaration is made
- paralegal (certified paralegal, qualified paralegal, or associate member of the Institute of Paralegals)
- a Notary Public or any other person allowed to administer oaths in the country where the declaration is made (commissioner for oaths)
- a civil servant or government employee
- a member of the Foreign Service of the United Kingdom or HM Overseas Civil Service or a British Diplomatic or Consular Officer
- a councillor, for example local or county
- a local government officer
- a Member of Parliament
- a magistrate or Justice of the Peace
- a minister of a recognised religion
Updates to this page
Published 5 November 2024