{"@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "FAQPage", "mainEntity": [{"@type": "Question", "name": "Can I order it for an elderly parent?", "acceptedAnswer": {"@type": "Answer", "text": "Yes — with a simple signed authorisation and a copy of both IDs. Communes are used to family members handling pension paperwork; we prepare the authorisation text for you."}}, {"@type": "Question", "name": "The fund sent its own form — can you use it?", "acceptedAnswer": {"@type": "Answer", "text": "Absolutely. Upload it with your order; the commune certifies directly on the fund’s form, which most institutions actually prefer."}}, {"@type": "Question", "name": "Does the certificate need an apostille?", "acceptedAnswer": {"@type": "Answer", "text": "Swiss funds: no. Foreign funds and insurers: usually yes for non-neighbouring countries — add it at checkout and both documents travel together."}}]}
Home › Residence & Identity › Life Certificate
🏠 Residence & Identity

Keep the pension flowing

Pension funds, the AHV/AVS abroad and foreign insurers periodically require official proof that their beneficiary is alive. Miss the deadline and payments freeze. We obtain the certificate from the competent Swiss authority and ship it wherever the fund sits.

✓ CHF 109 — official fees & registered Swiss Post included
🕊️

Pension file — Bangkok

Annual life certificate certified in Vaud · apostilled · at the Thai bank before the fund’s December cut-off.

📅

An annual ritual

Most funds ask every 12 months, some every 6. We can diarise the renewal so the next certificate ships before anyone freezes a payment.

🏛️

Who certifies

In Switzerland the commune of residence certifies; the international CIEC form or the fund’s own form can both be used — send us the fund’s letter and we match it.

✈️

Living abroad?

If you are a Swiss pensioner abroad, local consulates or notaries certify — but Swiss-side documents (and apostilles) still come from here. That part is ours.

What we’ll need from you

💡 Useful options at checkout

Apostille for use abroad (+CHF 149) · certified translation on quote · DHL Express worldwide (+CHF 49).

How it works

Order online

Flat price, secure payment by card or TWINT — the form takes five minutes.

We retrieve it officially

Our specialists request the document from the issuing authority and follow it through.

Delivered to your door

Registered Swiss Post included — or DHL Express worldwide in 2–4 days.

Questions about this document

Can I order it for an elderly parent?
Yes — with a simple signed authorisation and a copy of both IDs. Communes are used to family members handling pension paperwork; we prepare the authorisation text for you.
The fund sent its own form — can you use it?
Absolutely. Upload it with your order; the commune certifies directly on the fund’s form, which most institutions actually prefer.
Does the certificate need an apostille?
Swiss funds: no. Foreign funds and insurers: usually yes for non-neighbouring countries — add it at checkout and both documents travel together.

Related documents

Never let a payment freeze

CHF 109 all inclusive — certified, shipped, renewable on schedule.

Order now