ARmy Rumour SErvice

Sounds like a 'life certificate'. Although these are usually sent to ex service personnel with preserved pensions. I would call them on the free phone number to ask them to explain this.

It strikes me SPVA, if the letter is bona fide would hold those details already.

Originally Posted by old_bloke

Anybody recieved a letter from the SPVA after 5 years being out requesting proof of Name, NI number and confirmation that I am who I say I am proven by
Dr, Lawyer, Banker, Priest Civil Servant etc?

Also if not provide they say that the pension will be stopped after 3 months?

Is this a normal 5 yearly check.?

Just got mine, filled it in, got it proven by a mate who is a lawyer, sent it back in self addressed, stamped envelope. Took all of 10 minutes.

Quite a few occupational pensions are being paid to people who never had that occupation. They simply adopted the identity of that person after their death, or even whilst still alive in increasing number of cases.

Originally Posted by bokkatankie

Just got mine, filled it in, got it proven by a mate who is a lawyer, sent it back in self addressed, stamped envelope. Took all of 10 minutes.

Me too but it smells a short cut to stop paying pensions. Say if old forgotten tom ex RAOC had moved on from his last known address (and what percetage of homeless are ex Army this month?) Well no reply in 3 months and the pension is stopped and another one slips through the safety net.

Originally Posted by old_bloke

Me too but it smells a short cut to stop paying pensions. Say if old forgotten tom ex RAOC had moved on from his last known address (and what percetage of homeless are ex Army this month?) Well no reply in 3 months and the pension is stopped and another one slips through the safety net.

But then the pensioner rings to find out why their pension has been stopped, provides evidence they still breath & pump purple piss and bobs your uncle the army pension is back in your bank with the back pay!

Originally Posted by old_bloke

Me too but it smells a short cut to stop paying pensions. Say if old forgotten tom ex RAOC had moved on from his last known address (and what percetage of homeless are ex Army this month?) Well no reply in 3 months and the pension is stopped and another one slips through the safety net.

Say old Para Tom had moved and had not given, for a variety of reasons, his new address to SPVA and for reasons only known to him and the almighty, he still expected SPVA to send him a cheque each month, they would be negligent in the extreme to keep on sending it forever to the last known address. You have to understand that SPVA is doing it's best with a bunch of people who for reasons, only known to them, seem to be avoid providing even the basic level of information. Five Year are you alive checks are the very least they can do. Then you have Daxx who assumes(without having seen the letter and, therefore, spouts bollocks) that it must be a Nigerian Scam, I really do despair.

brits who emigrate to aus or nz ,and recieve a mi. pension usually receive the same type of letter at the end of march every year