Are you going to retire? In turn entered the new ID – Interfax

each year the Social Insurance Department gives 350-400 thousand. new retiree certificate-rencisty. Until the end of January of the old, light-green pattern (with graphic elements in the background), since 2004.

New retiree certificate

February 1, 2017. The Department of Social Insurance, seem to have only the new white-green ID.

From the old, but bright colours and features they also a few other details. First, the identity contains a label “LER” (the identity of the pensioner rencisty), written in Braille, which facilitates recognition of documents, persons, impaired vision and niewidzącym. The new id is not a field “certificate number”, replaced them with the field “privileges”, where will be given if you take the pension or employee compensation.

can I use my old ID?

Old certificates are valid and will not be automatically replaced by ZUS. However, people with vision problems, for which the ticket is stamped with Braille, it is a great relief, can at any time to take an old document and get a new one – ensures Wojciech Andrusiewicz with the Warsaw PKP ZUS

Thanks to the legitimacy (on the basis of separate laws) we can use the discounts or benefits, for example, local transport, railway STATION buying tickets to the cinema or theater.