Pension Administrator Directory Brazil
Meu INSS and the CNIS contribution record
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Recorded today as Meu INSS and the CNIS contribution record, alongside PREVIC (closed pension funds) on the same record; the official route into this system today is Meu INSS and the CNIS contribution record.
The CNIS is the master contribution record and carries statutory evidential force under Article 29-A of Lei 8.213. It is read through Meu INSS, which needs only a gov.br bronze account created online, keyed to the CPF. The free official route for Brazil is Meu INSS and the CNIS contribution record.
- Source: meu.inss.gov.br, read
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Totalization agreements are in force with the United States (2018), Japan (2012) and Portugal (1995), alongside the Iberoamerican Convention. FGTS and PIS or PASEP are separate pots, including for heirs. Survivor pension arrears are retroactive only where the application is filed within 90 days, or 180 days for children under 16. Closed funds supervised by PREVIC and PGBL or VGBL products have no per-person central lookup. A former member living abroad starts at the official source, checked on 10 August 2026. Access note on record: Requires a CPF and a gov.br bronze account, both obtainable from abroad; telephone 135 (international reachability not confirmed).
Identity
- Current recorded name
- Meu INSS and the CNIS contribution record
- Earlier names, mergers and transfers
- Not on record here.
- Country
- Brazil
- Official source
- https://meu.inss.gov.br (checked 10 August 2026)
- Also on record for this system
- PREVIC (closed pension funds)
Doing this yourself, from where you live
Not stated by the authority
- What the authority demands
- Requires a CPF and a gov.br bronze account, both obtainable from abroad; telephone 135 (international reachability not confirmed)
- Evidence
- Not on record here.
- Source
- https://meu.inss.gov.brChecked on the authority's own page,
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Contact route for a former member abroad
- Public government portal, open to anyone: Meu INSS and the CNIS contribution record (checked 10 August 2026)
- Contact fields on record
- 1
- Sourced rules on record
- 4
- Last checked
- 10 August 2026
Verified contact detail on record
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On the record
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Country rules on record
An appeal against an INSS decision must be lodged within 30 days of learning the result.
What is lost: the source does not state what happens if this is missed
Official source, gov.br (checked 1 September 2026)
An ordinary appeal (recurso ordinario) to the Conselho de Recursos da Previdencia Social (CRPS) must be filed within 30 days of being notified of the INSS decision.
What is lost: the source does not state what happens if this is missed
Official source, gov.br (checked 1 September 2026)
A death pension is paid from the date of death only if it is applied for within 90 days of the death (180 days for children under 16).
What is lost: The source states this in item II of the same Art. 74: "II - do requerimento, quando requerida após o prazo previsto no inciso I" - [PensionHunter translation, not the source's own English] "II - of the application, when applied for after the period provided for in item I." Where the application is made after the 180/90 days, the pension is due from the date of the application instead of from the date of death.
Official source, planalto.gov.br (checked 1 September 2026)
A requerimento for pensao por morte is backdated to the date of the segurado's death only if it is filed within 90 days of the death (180 days if the dependent is a child under 16).
What is lost: Per inciso II, when pensao por morte is requerida after the deadline set out in inciso I, the benefit is due a contar da data do requerimento (from the date of the request) rather than from the date of death
Official source, planalto.gov.br (checked 1 September 2026)
Dated obligation on record
An appeal against an INSS decision must be lodged within 30 days of learning the result.
What is lost: the source does not state what happens if this is missed
Official source, gov.br (checked 1 September 2026)
Questions and answers
- Who holds these pension records in Brazil today?
- Meu INSS and the CNIS contribution record. The CNIS is the master contribution record and carries statutory evidential force under Article 29-A of Lei 8.213. It is read through Meu INSS, which needs only a gov.br bronze account created online, keyed to the CPF. Totalization agreements are in force with the United States (2018), Japan (2012) and Portugal (1995), alongside the Iberoamerican Convention. FGTS and PIS or PASEP are separate pots, including for heirs. Survivor pension arrears are retroactive only where the application is filed within 90 days, or 180 days for children under 16. Closed funds supervised by PREVIC and PGBL or VGBL products have no per-person central lookup.
- What does a former member living abroad do first?
- Start at the official source for Meu INSS and the CNIS contribution record. Access note on record: Requires a CPF and a gov.br bronze account, both obtainable from abroad; telephone 135 (international reachability not confirmed).
- When was this entry last checked?
- 10 August 2026, against the official source.
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