Second-Round Vote Will Count as INSS Prova de Vida for Beneficiaries

Overview

• Beneficiaries who go to the polls in the Oct. 25 second-round vote will have their annual prova de vida recorded automatically by the INSS, and this applies even to people who skipped the first round.
• The INSS confirms the result by using voter attendance files that the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) supplies, which are cross-checked with other public databases to verify a beneficiary is alive.
• If the INSS cannot confirm life status from electoral or other records, the beneficiary will receive a formal notice and must regularize the prova de vida via the Meu INSS app or site, the paying bank, or by calling 135.
• The INSS warns that prova de vida is unrelated to approval of consignado loans and cautions beneficiaries to ignore unsolicited messages or links, since fraudsters have used fake prova de vida notices to try to steal bank data.
• The policy rests on Law No. 13.846/2019 and INSS Portaria No. 1.408/2022, and it matters more now because Brazil’s electorate aged 60+ grew substantially between 2022 and 2026, reducing travel and queues for older and mobility‑limited beneficiaries.