IMSS pension: how to increase my monthly payment by 10%?
The pensions granted by the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) are one of the most important economic supports received by retirees, they represent economic support after working for years or when an accident has occurred. and that they have been disabled as a result and although the money received monthly is proportional to the years worked, this amount is often not enough to cover the basic needs of those who receive it.
This is how many people are looking for a way to increase the money they receive for their pension and although it has been said a lot that it is a fixed amount, the reality is that there are two options implemented by the IMSS to be able to increase it and although conditions must be met In order to obtain this increase, there will be people who can apply them since they meet the necessary requirements.
The two cases to be able to increase your pension
According to the information published by the IMSS on its official website, the two cases in which the pension received can be increased are: Revision of the weeks of contributions or declaration of the beneficiaries. Both procedures must be performed in person at the offices closest to your home and the requirements for each are:
Listed Weeks Review
On many occasions, it happened that the calculation of the weeks contributed was incorrect, so that the amount of the pension did not correspond to the time worked. In case you think this is your case, you can ask for a more detailed examination to verify it, in case it is proven that there were contribution periods which were not taken into account , the pension can be changed according to the new calculation, in addition, it is quite possible to collect arrears of wages for missed periods.
Beneficiary report
The second way to increase the received pension is to declare that there are one or more beneficiaries who depend on the pensioner. According to information from the IMSS, if when filing the pension application, the person did not declare any beneficiaries such as spouse, concubine, minor or disabled children, or dependent ascendants, the corresponding update may still be performed.
If this is the case, it is necessary to prove the kinship or the economic dependence of the persons to access the increase; In accordance with the IMSS, the increase will remain until the death of one of them, or in the case of children, until they are 16 years old, or until they have 25 years, as long as they study at an incorporated campus. National education system and the corresponding supporting document is presented.
Source: El Heraldo De Mexico
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