Form Br1 at a glance
What it is: The United Kingdom (UK) State Pension claim form is for claiming a UK State Pension if you reached UK State Pension age on or after 6 April 2016.
Who signs: Sign in Your signature, enter Your full name in CAPITAL letters and enter the Date.
What to bring and attach to Form Br1
You must complete and return an International Pensions Direct Payment form with this claim form. If you do not have one you can get a copy of this form by going to www.gov.uk/guidance/claim-state-pension-if-you-live-abroad or calling +44 191 218 7777.
Include all the documents that have been asked for. These could be your birth certificate, your marriage certificate, your civil partnership certificate, your decree absolute or decree of divorce, your dissolution of civil partnership document, certificate of annulment or death certificate.
A filled-in Form Br1 example: a claimant fills out the About you page
How to fill out Form Br1, box by box
About you
In 01 Title, enter Mr, Mrs, Miss, Ms or other.
Enter your First name in 02, your Middle names, if you have any, in 03, and your Last name in 04.
Enter your National Insurance (NI) number in 05. If you do not know your NI number, mark Yes or No: have you ever had one or used one at any time?
More information about your claim
In 06 Permanent address, include full address and country.
In 07, enter all other last names or family names you have been known by or are using now. Include maiden name, all former married names and all changes of family name.
In 08 Phone number, add your national and local area code.
In 09 What is this number?, mark Home, Work or Mobile.
In 10 Date of birth, enter D D / M M / Y Y Y Y.
You may need to send your birth certificate.
Mark Yes or No: are you sending your birth certificate with this form?
More rules for Form Br1
Read the notes that come with this form before you fill in the claim form.
If you fill in this form using a pen, use black ink and CAPITAL LETTERS.
Answer all the questions as fully as possible, and send all the documents that have been asked for. This will help decide quickly if you can get a UK State Pension claim or not.
If your situation is different
Widowed or surviving civil partner
Send your late husband's, wife's or civil partner's death certificate and your marriage certificate or civil partnership certificate.
Married or civil partner
Send your marriage certificate or civil partnership certificate.
Divorced or civil partnership dissolved
Send your decree absolute or confirmation of dissolution of civil partnership and your marriage certificate or civil partnership certificate. In Scotland a decree absolute is called a decree of divorce.
Marriage or civil partnership annulled
Send the certificate of annulment and your marriage certificate or civil partnership certificate.
Contribution, National Insurance record cards or notices
If you have any contribution, National Insurance record cards or notices that show you were employed in the UK, send the original documents, not photocopies.
When to claim UK new State Pension
In 49, if you want to claim your UK State Pension from the earliest date possible, mark Yes and go to question 50. If not, mark No and enter the date you want to claim your UK State Pension from.
Living or working outside the UK
Enter any time you have lived or worked outside the UK. If you have lived or worked in more than 2 countries, enter it in the section named Other information.
Other information
Use this space for anything else you think is needed. You can continue on a separate piece of paper if you need to. If you continue on a separate piece of paper, make sure you write your full name, address and NI number on it and sign and date it.
Declaration
If you knowingly give false information, you may be liable to prosecution or other action.
By signing you declare that the information you have given on this form is correct and complete as far as you know and believe.
Common questions about Form Br1
Where do I file it?
Send this form, the International Pensions Direct Payment form and any documents to International Pension Centre The Pension Service 11 Mail Handling Site A Wolverhampton WV98 1LW United Kingdom.
When is this form not the right one?
If you reached State Pension age before 6 April 2016, do not fill in this form.
Sources
[1] Form Br1 (IPCBR1NSP 12/25), United Kingdom (UK) State Pension claim form, Department for Work and Pensions (the Official source link on this page).