Payment of Pensions
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Payment of Pensions
NOTICE TO PENSIONERS - IMPORTANT
The Sri Lanka High Commission in Ottawa is facilitating certification of Life/Residence Certificates for Sri Lankan pensioners residing in Canada, in accordance with Pensions Circular No. 01/2018 issued by the Department of Pensions, Sri Lanka.
Certificates must be submitted on or before 31 March of the year to avoid temporary suspension of pension payments, by the Pension Department.
Documents received after 31 May of the year will not be forwarded by the High Commission to the Department of Pensions and must be transmitted directly by the pensioner to the relevant department.
Submission Options
In person:
Any working day, 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the High Commission in Ottawa
By post:
Certified documents may be mailed to:
Sri Lanka High Commission
333 Laurier Avenue West, Ottawa,
ON K1P 1C1, Canada
Required Documents
1. Completed Life/Residence Certificate (download form here): PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR THE FORM - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1T7Wus9wJNzWIpF2QCNVmo55CawBVjdbP/view?usp=sharing
2. Copy of passport (Sri Lankan or Canadian)
3. Copy of Sri Lankan NIC (if available)
4. Copy of Pension Card (if available)
All forms and copies of annexures must be strictly submitted on A4 or Letter-size paper, printed on one side only.
Important Notes:
i. The High Commission does not charge any fee for this service.
ii. Do not send original documents.
iii. Postal applications must be duly certified, with an official seal, by a lawyer, notary public, or other authorized Canadian official (e.g., a physician, bank official, or accountant).
If you require certified copies returned, please include extra copies and a self-addressed prepaid envelope.
Sri Lanka High Commission Ottawa
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IMPORTANT NOTICE Obtaining of Life Certificates for Foreign Pensioners - 2018 Read in Sinhala and Tamil (in PDF format) It has been scheduled to conduct the obtaining of life certificates for foreign pensioners for the year 2018 from 01.12.2017 to 31.03.2018. Foreign pensioners should take action to submit their life certificates only through the Foreign Pension Division of the Department of Pensions or a Sri Lanka Diplomatic Mission or Post in their country of residence. 02. Specimen form of “Life Certificate 2018” should be downloaded from the www.pensions.lk website. The duly filled specimen form should be submitted to the Sri Lanka Diplomatic Mission or Post or the Foreign Pensions Division by the pensioner him/herself along with the confirmation of their identity by producing a valid passport. 03. Life certificates which are attested only by the Director General of Pensions/Director, Pensions/Assistant Director (Pensions) /authorized officers in a Sri Lanka Diplomatic Mission/Post or divisional head (Foreign Pensions) are accepted as valid life certificates. 04. Pensioners who are not able to visit a Sri Lanka Diplomatic Mission or Post due to old age or ill health, should hand over their life certificates certified by a doctor who is treating him/her to the Department of Pensions through the Sri Lanka Diplomatic Mission or Post. 05. Obtained life certificates through the Sri Lanka Diplomatic Mission or Post should be scanned the Sri Lanka Diplomatic Mission or Post and entered into the data system of the Department of Pensions using the application.pensions.gov.lk/foreignmenu. The acceptance/rejection would be done after an inspection by the Department of Pensions. 06. Life certificates of those foreign pensioners who submitted their life certificates to the Foreign Pension Division of the Department of Pensions will be entered into the data system directly after the attestation of the Director General of Pensions/Director (Pensions) /Assistant Director (Pensions) or Divisional Head (Foreign Pensions). Notifying to pensioners on the life certificates entered into the data system and life certificates rejected due to incomplete information provided will be done through the Department website from 01.04.2018 to 30.04.2018. 07. Pensioners who are abroad for less than three (03) years and obtain their pensions via the Divisional Secretaries should submit their life certificates through their Divisional Secretaries. 08. Action will be taken to suspend pension payments temporarily from May 2018 of pensioners who have not submitted their life certificates by 31.03.2018. A relief period to re-submit the life certificates will be granted from 01.04.2018 to 30.04.2018 to pensioners who had already submitted their life certificates but the certificates were rejected due to incomplete information. Action will be taken to suspend the pension payments temporarily from May 2018 to those pensioners who have not submitted their life certificates during the stipulated period. Arrears of pension payments on behalf of pensioners who have not submitted life certificates would be notified later. 09. Your cooperation in the submission of life certificates for the year 2018 would be highly appreciated, as the pension payment process is depended on the confirmation of the identity of the pensioners.
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Suspension of monthly pensions for pensioners who had not submitted the life certificates for the year 2017 This High Commission has been informed by the Assistant Director/ Foreign Pensions of the Department of Pension that the Department of Pensions has decided to suspend the monthly pension payment of all overseas pensioners who had not submitted the duly filled life certificate during the period between 1st December 2016 to 31st of March 2017. |
All pensioners living outside Toronto and Greater Toronto Area should process their Data Entry forms through the High Commission in Ottawa.
Foreign Pension Applications/Data Entry Forms
| New Circular dated 01/2018 -Payment of pension to Sri Lankan pensioners resident abroad | ||||||
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Amended Pension Circular 16/2009 of 06.04.2010 (Data Entry Forms] |
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Date for Payment of Pensions |
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Life Certificate for Pensioners |
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| Transfer of pension of overseas pensioners to another account | Bank of Ceylon | |||||
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People's Bank | |||||