How to get your Portugal pension statement

Extrato de remunerações / carreira contributiva

Known in English as the Contribution and earnings record. Look for this name on the site — it may not be translated.

• Your NISS (Número de Identificação da Segurança Social).
• A Segurança Social Direta password, or Chave Móvel Digital. The SSD password is issued by post, so allow time if you need one sent abroad.
• Your Portuguese employers and years; if you were a civil servant, your record is with CGA rather than Segurança Social.

1. 1
   Open Segurança Social Direta

   SSD is the authenticated portal for the Portuguese social security system.

   Open this page ↗
2. 2
   Sign in with your NISS and password

   Chave Móvel Digital also works and can be associated with a foreign phone number, which helps after moving.
3. 3
   Open your contribution career

   The record shows registered earnings by month and employer. Portuguese pensions depend on the best years of a long reference period, so the earnings figures matter as much as the count of years.
4. 4
   Check CGA if you were a public servant

   Caixa Geral de Aposentações administers civil-service pensions and keeps its own records.

   Open this page ↗
5. 5
   Save the record

   Download the PDF and keep the reference of any correction you request.

You never received an SSD password, or it lapsed

Request a new one through the portal; it is posted to your registered address, so update that address first. Portuguese consulates also assist citizens abroad with social security matters.

Earnings are missing for a period you worked

Employers declare monthly; omissions happen with short contracts. Payslips are the evidence, and Segurança Social has a formal correction request.

You do not know your NISS

It appears on Portuguese payslips and social security correspondence. It can also be requested with your identification documents.

Whether an SSD activation letter is currently posted to non-Portuguese addresses.

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.