Understanding Payment Instructions
To change your payment instructions, you must submit to the Fund a duly completed, original UNJSPF PF.23 form, available on the Fund’s website. Please complete, date and sign the form and then submit it to the Fund. If you have a personal email address, please include it on the Form.
The Fund must receive the form with your original ink on it signature. The Fund cannot accept requests for changes in payment instruction if submitted by cable, email or facsimile. For the Fund’s mailing address please click here.
To change your payment instructions you must submit a completed, original PF.23 form to the Fund. Please note the Fund must receive the PF.23 form with your original ink signature and cannot accept photocopies or email scans. Your pension record will be updated and the change reflected in the next payroll, provided the original PF.23 form is received at least a week before the payroll closes (which is usually around the 10th day of the month). For more information click here, or continue reading.
Which Form is Which?
- Participants with less than five years of contributory service must complete, date, sign, and submit to the Fund the original copy of the E/6 form.
- Participants with 5 or more years of contributory service must complete, date, sign and submit to the Fund the original form the E/7 form. Please make sure to elect only one benefit, as well as to sign and date each of the PI pages you submit to Fund.
- Participants, who upon separation from service do not wish to make a benefit election and receive their benefit, can opt to defer their benefit election and/or the payout of their benefit under Article 32 of the Fund’s Regulations for a period of up to max. 36 months from their date of separation. In that case, they must complete, date, sign and remit to the Fund page 1 ONLY of either E/6 form or of PENS.E/7 form. If they do not rejoin the UNJSPF as a participant within the 36 months from their date of separation, they must submit payment instructions on the appropriate form before the 36 months deferment period has expired. They should also refer to articles 46 and 32 for more detailed information, as well as the informative booklets on Participation or Separation.
- Those eligible for a disability or death benefit must complete, date and sign and submit to the Fund the original form E/2 form. The beneficiary’s signature on this form must be witnessed, verified and certified as authentic by an authorized UN Officer or Governmental Authority.
- Participants who elected to defer their retirement benefit under Article 30 of the Fund’s Regulations and have now reached normal retirement age (or became eligible for an early retirement and wish to start receiving their reduced pension) must fill out and submit to the Fund 23/A form.
- Retirees and/or beneficiaries who wish to change their payment instructions must complete, date and sign and submit to the Fund the original form 23 form.
- Retirees and/or beneficiaries who wish to change their official mailing address on file with the Fund or who wish to submit a personal email address to be used for official communications with the Fund must complete and submit the original form 23.M.
All forms must be duly filled out, dated and signed. Furthermore, if you have an email address please make sure to write it on the form.
The Fund must receive the original document with the original ink signature. The Fund will not accept a cable, email or facsimile. For the Fund’s official mailing address please visit “Contact Us” on the Fund’s website or click here.
All forms can be downloaded and printed on the Fund’s website. For the list of forms on the Fund’s website, please click here. Please note that each of these official UNJSPF forms is available for download and printing in your Member Self-Service (MSS), where it will be automatically issued with your name, UID number and a bar code that will facilitate tracking upon receipt of the original form by the Fund.