Life certificates may generally be endorsed by the following authorities:

• Local authority at your place of residence 
• Liaison unit of the local social insurance office
• Swiss representation abroad which has a consular section
• Doctors, retirement homes and hospitals on the following condition: mandatory medical certificate and only for single benefit recipients who are not able to travel.

Please note that the Swiss representations in Luanda, Gaborone, Lilongwe, Quatre Bornes, Lusaka and Harare do not have a consular section or a public counter. Life certificates should therefore always be endorsed by the relevant local authorities and not by the representation. If you have any questions, please contact the Regional Consular Centre Southern Africa in Pretoria.

Notaries and the police may also confirm that a person is alive, but they may not under any circumstances confirm their civil status. The life certificate form will therefore be incomplete.

The life certificate form of a Swiss citizen, on which a recognised authority confirms that the person is alive but not their civil status, may still be accepted if the civil status given on the form corresponds to the entry in the register of the relevant Swiss representation. In such cases, the Regional Consular Centre Southern Africa in Pretoria must sign the form additionally.

The Swiss Compensation Office and the disability insurance unit for insured persons abroad, both of which are units within the Central Compensation Office, are the bodies responsible for voluntary AHV/IV arrangements.

For further information on contributions, please contact:

Central Compensation Office CCO
Swiss Compensation Office SCO
Voluntary Insurance Contributions
Avenue Edmond-Vaucher 18
Case postale 3100, 1211 Geneva 2
Tel. +41 (0)22 795 91 11
Fax +41 (0)22 795 98 55
 csc-af@zas.admin.ch
 Central Compensation Office

For further information on AHV (Old-Age and Survivors' Insurance) benefits, please contact:

Central Compensation Office CCO
Swiss Compensation Office SCO
Voluntary Insurance Benefits
Avenue Edmond-Vaucher 18
Case postale 3100, 1211 Geneva 2
Tel. +41 (0)22 795 91 11
Fax +41 (0)22 795 97 03
 sedmaster@zas.admin.ch
 AHV/IV (de/fr/it) 

For further information on IV (Invalidity Insurance) benefits, please contact:

Central Compensation Office CCO
IV Office for Insured Persons Living Abroad IVST
Avenue Edmond-Vaucher 18
Case postale 3100, 1211 Geneva 2
Tel. +41 (0)22 795 91 11
Fax +41 (0)22 795 99 50
 OAIE@zas.admin.ch
 AHV/IV (de/fr/it)

Soliswiss Ltd., located in Berne, Switzerland, was founded in 2006 as an independent wealth management company and as an affiliate of the Cooperative Society Solidarity Fund for Swiss Nationals Abroad. This association has been supporting its members in establishing their personal provisioning outside Switzerland since 1958. Its members come from all over the world.

Soliswiss Ltd. and the Association Solidarity Fund together escort customers along the path towards establishing responsible financial security. Soliswiss’ know-how is rooted in long years of experience together with an active information network spanning the globe.

In cooperation with its partners, Soliswiss provides you with a package of services which offers you and your next ones protection and security for living abroad.

For further information, please visit the website of Soliswiss or contact them directly :

Soliswiss
Gutenbergstrasse 6
3011 Bern
Tel. +41 (0)31 380 70 30
Fax +41 (0)31 381 60 28
 info@soliswiss.ch
 Soliswiss

 Federal Social Insurance Office