How to get your Brazil pension statement

Extrato CNIS (Cadastro Nacional de Informações Sociais)

Known in English as the Contribution history statement. Look for this name on the site — it may not be translated.

• Your CPF (Brazilian tax ID) and, if you have it, your NIT/PIS/PASEP number.
• A gov.br account — the single sign-on for all Brazilian government services. Account levels matter: some INSS services need a verified (prata or ouro) account, which can be raised through a Brazilian bank or facial recognition.
• Your Brazilian employers and dates, including any period as a self-employed contributor.

1. 1
   Create or upgrade your gov.br account

   gov.br is the gateway. A basic account will let you in but not necessarily to everything; facial recognition against the electoral or driving-licence database is the usual way to raise the level from abroad.

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2. 2
   Open Meu INSS

   INSS administers the general social security regime. Meu INSS is the self-service portal for records and claims.

   Open this page ↗
3. 3
   Download your CNIS extract

   The CNIS is the national register of social information and the definitive record of your contributions: every employment link, every contribution month, every salary it was based on.
4. 4
   Check for gaps and unlinked periods

   Missing or wrongly attributed periods are common, particularly for older employment. INSS has a procedure for correcting the CNIS, and your carteira de trabalho (work card) is the primary evidence.
5. 5
   Save the extract

   Keep the PDF. If you claim from abroad, the CNIS extract plus identity and civil documents are what INSS will ask for.

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You cannot raise your gov.br account level from outside Brazil

Brazilian consulates assist citizens with gov.br and INSS matters, and INSS operates an international service channel. A representative in Brazil with a power of attorney can also act for you.

Employment appears in your work card but not in the CNIS

This is the classic Brazilian problem, especially pre-1990s. The carteira de trabalho is accepted evidence; request an acerto (correction) with it rather than assuming the period is lost.

You do not know your NIT/PIS number

It appears on the work card and on payslips. Meu INSS can also locate it from your CPF.

Which gov.br verification routes currently work for someone with no Brazilian address or bank account.

Upload the statement to your vault and we'll read the figures out of it — balances, benefits, vesting and retirement ages — and tell you what changed since your last one.