Apply in person:

1. To obtain a Life certificate the applicant has to approach in-person to the nearest Pay and Accounts Office.
2. In the Pay and Accounts office the applicant is required to place their signature in a register and an application form for Life Certificate will be provided.
3. If the applicant is not in a position to physically appear to sign in the register, Applicants relative on his behalf can represent.
4. The applicant has to complete the Life Certificate application form and get it attested from a gazette officer (a person working in government organization and has the authority to attest) near your location.
5. The gazette officer attested Life Certificate application form is used as a Life Certificate.
6. Following link provides contact details of Pay and Accounts office in Tamilnadu: Contacts List

Through Jeevan Pramaan:

1. One can register in Jeevan Pramaan to get access for Digital Life Certificate for Pensioner
2. Link for Jeevan Pramaan: Online Link
3. Jeevan Pramaan uses the Aadhaar platform and biometric authentication of the pensioner.
4. A successful authentication generates the Digital Life Certificate which gets stored in the Life Certificate Repository. The Pension Disbursing Agencies can access the certificate on-line

• Aadhaar card
• ID card of the applicant
• Proof of age
• Residential Proof
• Pan card (For Monthly Pension above Rs.15,000 per month)
• Application form Template :Application form

Regional Joint Director of Treasuries and Accounts:
Chennai – 600 035.
Phone: +91 044 – 24338291
E-mail ID: rjdchn@nic.in
Link for contact information: List of Regional Joint Directors

• Those, who benefits the government schemes through government and other agencies
• Pensioners of Central Government, State Government or any other Government organizations can take benefit of this facility.

For getting attestation from gazette officer / medical officer one has to pay the applicable charges as claimed

Valid for one year and has to be renewed every year

Application form

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Once the application is filled in, the attestation can be obtained on the same day.

Tamil Nadu - Obtain A Life Certificate
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This procedure provides you information related to obtaining a life certificate in India. This certificate is normally used as a proof to make sure the person mentioned in the Life Certificate is alive.

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