Documents are different: some of them are stored at home for years and are not pulled out of folders, while others need to be carried with you constantly. In my purse there are always three documents: passport, medical policy and SNILS. It is clear that a passport is needed to confirm a person’s identity, without a policy it is impossible to get free medical care, but what is SNILS needed for?
It’s not a secret for anyone that SNILS is the person’s
personal account number in the mandatory pension insurance system, which is indicated on the green plastic card. This account accumulates all the data on seniority, contributions and contributions
to the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation, which will be needed in calculating and calculating the pension. But so far, many people cannot understand why SNILS is needed for people who not only have not reached retirement age, but who still do not plan to start working? After all, it needs to be issued even to newborn children.
The fact is that SNILS is the “key” to many state and municipal services. The number written on the card is the personal identifier of the citizen. It consists of eleven digits and is unique. Currently, it is not necessary to upholster the thresholds of numerous authorities, making an appointment with a doctor or queuing up for kindergarten through the Internet. If you need to register at the place of residence, apply for a passport or replace a driver’s license, then it is not necessary to spend time in long lines. It is enough to fill out the necessary forms on the portal "State Services", and then come to the right organization at the appointed time. But without a number with a green plastic card, you won’t be able to enter this site. SNILS is your login on this Internet portal.
The authorities plan to soon create a universal electronic card for citizens, which will replace such documents as TIN, medical policy, pension certificate. All privileges will be provided on it and benefits will be transferred to it. And the number of universal citizen card will be SNILS.
How to find out the number of SNILS if there is no green plastic card at hand? To do this, you need to go to the same Gosuslugi portal and enter your passport data, after which the system will report the number of the insurance certificate, which is SNILS.
Thus, it becomes obvious that SNILS is a document that you must have on hand. The scope of its application has long gone beyond the pension sphere. Working citizens who do not yet have an insurance certificate can apply for it through the personnel department of their organization. Pupils fill out the necessary forms in the educational institution, younger children in the kindergarten. All other categories of the population need to fill out an application for a document at the Pension Fund registration office.
An insurance certificate is issued once and for a lifetime, the reason for replacing SNILS is a change of surname. If you lose your certificate, you must also contact the PF branch of the Russian Federation and apply for a new card. SNILS is made and changed within a month.