Pensioners can check online whether they have successfully passed physical identification using the “My Identification” service on the web portal of the Pension Fund of Ukraine (PFU). Before December 31, 2026, the procedure must be completed by everyone affected by it, otherwise the payment of pensions in 2027 may be temporarily suspended. This can be done in person at the service center, through a foreign diplomatic mission, remotely using CEP or Diya. Subscribe, as well as via video conference.

The press service of the PFU reports this.. Experts note that the verification takes only a few minutes and allows you to make sure that information about the passage of physical identification has already been entered into the system. The Pension Fund explained that for this purpose there is a special service “My Identification” on the web portal of electronic services. To check the information you need to:.

If the information is displayed in the service, this means that the procedure was completed successfully, and the relevant information has already been entered into the Pension Fund database.

The key date for pensioners is December 31, 2026. It is before this period that it is necessary to undergo physical identification in order to uninterruptedly receive a pension in 2027.

If a person does not confirm his identity within the prescribed period, the payment of the pension will be suspended. After passing physical identification, payments can be resumed in accordance with current legislation.

The Pension Fund also reminds that physical identification is carried out annually. That is, even if the pensioner completed it in 2025 or earlier, in order to continue payments in 2027, the procedure must be repeated until the end of 2026.

The main purpose of this procedure is to confirm that the pensioner is alive and personally receiving the government payments due to him.

This mechanism is designed to prevent fraud, illegal receipt of pensions by unauthorized persons and ensure the targeted use of budget funds..

The Pension Fund notes that similar practices are used in other countries and are consistent with international approaches to monitoring social payments. In addition to checking identification, your personal account on the PFU web portal allows you to:.

There are several ways to verify your identity for pensioners. In particular, you can undergo physical identification:.