Proof of Life
If you need to establish proof of life and give instructions for Social Security checks to be sent to an authorized party, please follow these instructions:
• Download the
Format Letter.
• Please indicate the address where your check should be forwarded: For example:
• In the United States: address where it should be mailed.
• Bank in Panama: indicate the name of the Bank.
• To be picked up by an authorized person: indicate full name of the person and cedula number. The authorized person must obtain a card from the Social Security Department entitled “Autorización de Entrega de Cheque”. The card should be completed and signed by you and sent together with a Proof of Life to the Consulate of Panama.
• If you can’t go to the Consulate in person, you have to go before a Notary Public to get the Proof of Life duly notarized, and then mail it to the Consulate.
• After being certified by the Consulate, you can send the document directly to the Social Security Department (Tel: 011-507-261-4413) by courier to this address:
Caja del Seguro Social de Panamá
Depto. de Pagos de Prestaciones Económicas
Edificio Los Mosqueteros, Transistmica
Panamá, Rep. de Panamá
Atención: Lic. Marcela Sánchez
• There is no fee for this service.
• Please remember to send a self-addressed stamped envelop to return the document to you.
NOTE: THE DOCUMENT OF PROOF OF LIFE SHOULD BE IN SPANISH AND HAS TO BE RENOVATED EVERY 6 MONTHS.
