Each year the Fund verifies the continuing eligibility of retirees and beneficiaries to the benefits they are receiving. Each person in receipt of a benefit from the Fund must annually submit to the Fund their proof of life in the form of the Certificate of Entitlement (CE) to ensure the continued payment of their benefit. Retirees and beneficiaries can fulfill the annual CE requirement either via the Digital CE OR by submitting to the Fund a duly signed barcoded CE form. All retirees and beneficiaries should issue their DCE or submit their barcoded CE form to the Fund at the very latest by 31 December 2025 to avoid the risk of benefit suspension. For more details, please read on.
2025 Certificate of Entitlement forms
On 1 July 2025 the Fund started mailing the 2025 CE forms to all retirees and beneficiaries worldwide whose benefits were implemented before 29 June 2025 and who by that date had not already opted to complete their 2025 Digital CE using the DCE app.
As of 01July 2025, the barcoded 2025 CE forms are also available for download and printing under the Documents tab in the Member Self-Service (MSS) accounts of all retirees and beneficiaries who are not paid under the Two-Track system. Those who opt to complete the CE requirement using the CE form (rather than the DCE app) and who can access the MSS CE form can either use their MSS CE form OR the CE form mailed to them by the Fund.
For those using the mailed CE form, they should return it to the Fund either electronically via their Member Self-Service (MSS) account using the ‘Document Upload’ functionality, or, in original format, duly completed, ideally within 45 days from date of receipt of the form to avoid receiving a reminder at the end of October 2025, and at the very latest by 31 December 2025 to avoid the risk of benefit suspension.
How to submit your 2025 CE to the Fund
Retirees and beneficiaries can use one of the following ways to submit their 2025 CE to the Fund and, thus, provide their annual proof of life:
For more information, please visit the Certificate of Entitlement and the Digital Certificate of Entitlement webpages. If you have any questions, please contact the Fund via the official contact channels provided on our Contact Us webpage.
We thank our retirees and beneficiaries for their kind cooperation in this important exercise!