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The Treasury Department now requires a life certificate from each pensioner resident in Barbados.
This is in an effort to ensure that everyone who is entitled to a pension continues to receive it; the public has full confidence in the integrity of the pensions system, and the standards insisted on by the Auditor General are observed.
As a result of this change, individuals who live in Barbados and who receive a pension from the Treasury Department are now required to complete and return their local life certificate by Friday, March 17, 2023.
After completing the form, pensioners can either have it signed by an authorised person (as indicated on the form), or visit the Treasury Department to have it certified.
Those persons whose pension is paid by the Treasury Department but have not yet completed a certificate, or received notification by mail, should download one at www.treasury.gov.bb, or visit the department at the National Housing Corporation building, Country Road, St. Michael, between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.
Since the Treasury Department does not wish to see any of its pensioners disadvantaged or inconvenienced, it is urging all affected persons to complete and return the certificates by the required date. Failure to do so will result in the suspension of pension payments until the department receives proof that they are alive.
Government pensioners who reside outside of Barbados must continue to submit quarterly overseas life certificates in order to receive their payments.
The Treasury Department also reminds all pensioners that it is in their interest to notify the Treasury of any changes to their address, contact and banking information, and looks forward to serving them with even greater efficiency in 2023.