To receive a pension, you must express your wish to retire. The pension application should be submitted to the Social Insurance Board on time and with the additional documents needed.
Retirement age
To receive an old-age pension, a person must have reached retirement age and whose pension qualifying period earned in Estonia is at least 15 years.
To receive a pension, you must first file an application. You can file the application during nine months: during six months preceding the pensionable age, or
in three months after attaining the pensionable age.
