Certificate of Existence

Mike307

I am in receipt of a small pension form a company in South Africa called Liberty Life. Recently I have received a request from them to complete a Certificate of Existence and return it. The Certificate has to be signed by a Commissioner of Oaths/Police Officer/ Postmaster? etc. My local solicitor wants to charge £80 and so I’m trying to find a cheaper alternative, any ideas anyone?

Valli

Can you LIST acceptable persons to sign please - we can't suggest who might be cheap/free if we don't know who's acceptable.
Have you phoned your local nick to see if one of them would sign? (subject to proof of ID no doubt)

Debt_Free_Chick

Mike307 wrote: »

I am in receipt of a small pension form a company in South Africa called Liberty Life. Recently I have received a request from them to complete a Certificate of Existence and return it. The Certificate has to be signed by a Commissioner of Oaths/Police Officer/ Postmaster? etc. My local solicitor wants to charge £80 and so I’m trying to find a cheaper alternative, any ideas anyone?

What a rubbish system! Unfortunately, it's common. They want you to prove that you're still alive and that they are not paying your pension to a fraudster. It's a rubbish system as any fraudster would just fraudulently complete the Certificate :mad:

I suggest you return the form with a recent utility bill and confirm that you are the person entitled to the pension. See what they say after that.

sandsy

I Googled this for you because I'm likley to face the same one day (I have retirement funds in SA). Try the Post Office:

http://www.postoffice.co.uk/portal/po/content1?catId=63400715&mediaId=105000818.

Cook_County

Your bank or GP may do this for free.

EdInvestor

Mike307 wrote: »

My local solicitor wants to charge £80 and so I’m trying to find a cheaper alternative, any ideas anyone?

Try a few more?My solicitor charges a fiver to people who walk off the street.

castle96

County Court will swear Oaths, etc for free, so assume they will do this free as well

arunadasi

My husband needs one of these as well. According to this site there does seem to be a standardised form. http://www.ruleworks.co.uk/cgi-bin/TUaz.exe?Guide=Pensions&XL=C&t=Pensions%20Knowledgebase%20and%20Glossary

But it doesn't tell you where to get one from. Anybody know?

Debt_Free_Chick

arunadasi wrote: »

My husband needs one of these as well. According to this site there does seem to be a standardised form. http://www.ruleworks.co.uk/cgi-bin/TUaz.exe?Guide=Pensions&XL=C&t=Pensions%20Knowledgebase%20and%20Glossary

But it doesn't tell you where to get one from. Anybody know?

There is no standardised form. You need to supply what the pension scheme wants (or challenge this).

dzug1

Debt_Free_Chick wrote: »

What a rubbish system! Unfortunately, it's common. They want you to prove that you're still alive and that they are not paying your pension to a fraudster. It's a rubbish system as any fraudster would just fraudulently complete the Certificate .

Well it makes the fraudster a conscious one, rather than someone who has 'inadvertently forgotten' to advise of the death.

What would you suggest as a better system?

Debt_Free_Chick

dzug1 wrote: »

Well it makes the fraudster a conscious one, rather than someone who has 'inadvertently forgotten' to advise of the death.

What would you suggest as a better system?

Run an electronic check against the death registers every quarter