Applying for pensioner membership

Required certificate

A certificate verifying the retirement must be delivered for the application. Attach one of the following to your application:

• A copy of your retirement decision
• A copy of the index increment notification of your pension

A picture or screenshot of the proof is also sufficient. Before processing, you may be requested to send additional information regarding the application.

Applying for a discount

You can apply for a membership fee discount and potential pensioner membership after receiving the pension decision.

When you apply for pensioner membership, please also report your discontinuation of your unemployment fund membership through the Union of Professional Engineers in Finland. Discontinuing your membership of the fund through the Union of Professional Engineers in Finland is a requirement for pensioner membership. Membership of the unemployment fund is automatically discontinued at the end of the calendar month in which the member turns 68. 

Also state your membership number in the application.

You can apply for pensioner membership by submitting a free-form application with the aforementioned proof to the Finnish Union of Professional Engineers in Finland’s Customer Service at asiakaspalvelu@ilry.fi.

For example, the application can be in the following format:

I will retire on January 1, 2026. You can find a copy of my pension decision in the attachments. I wish to continue as a pensioner member. I hereby terminate my unemployment fund membership on December 31, 2025. My membership number is 123456