Zakład Ubezpieczeń Społecznych — Social Insurance Institution of Poland (ZUS) Edition ERPO, ZUS file of January 2026 (printing order 3021/25) 4 pages

ZUS ERPO — Request to recalculate a pension or disability pension (Poland)

The ZUS form to ask for your pension (emerytura) or disability pension (renta) to be calculated again, for example with later contributions or other earnings years.

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ZUS ERPO pension recalculation request · Wniosek o ponowne obliczenie świadczenia emerytalno-rentowego (ERPO)
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What is ZUS ERPO pension recalculation request?

ERPO (Wniosek o ponowne obliczenie świadczenia emerytalno-rentowego) asks the Social Insurance Institution (ZUS) to recalculate a pension or disability pension it has already granted - or one granted by an insurance institution of an EU or EFTA state, the UK, or a country with which Poland has a bilateral social security agreement. On zus.pl it is listed as wniosek-zus-er-wps-01.

The form lists the ways a benefit can be recalculated: with contributions recorded after it was granted, with a recalculated initial capital, by adding periods, by using earnings from the most favourable or chosen years, with the minimum wage for undocumented periods, with an extra pay component, with foreign insurance periods, with the most favourable life expectancy, under the new rules for people born before 1949, or with periods of political imprisonment or repression. You tick each one you want.

FileIt explains each option in plain English, checks your PESEL and the years you choose, makes sure each free-text answer fits its box, and prints everything in capitals into ZUS's own PDF. The finished form is saved in your vault. You print, sign and hand it in yourself.

Who fills it
Someone who already receives a pension or disability pension
Given to
ZUS (a ZUS office, in person or through an authorised person)
Extra documents
You can deliver them within 14 days of the request, as the form says
Signatures
You sign it by hand ('Czytelny podpis')
Edition
ZUS file of January 2026 (printing order 3021/25)
Pages
4

Who needs to fill out ZUS ERPO pension recalculation request?

  • Pensioners who kept working after retirement and want later contributions counted.
  • People whose initial capital (kapitał początkowy) has been recalculated.
  • People who have found documents for periods or earnings that weren't counted.
  • People with insurance periods abroad, or a benefit from a foreign institution, to be taken into account.
  • People born before 1949 who may get a higher pension under the new rules, and people who suffered political repression.

When to use ZUS ERPO pension recalculation request

  • When you have new contributions, documents or periods that could raise your benefit.
  • When you want earnings from 10 consecutive years out of the last 20, or any 20 years of your career, used - the form's own rule.
  • When a foreign institution has decided a benefit that should be recalculated with your Polish periods.
  • Each time you want ZUS to look again at how your benefit was calculated.

What you need before you start

  • Your PESEL number (or an identity document if you have none) and address.
  • The kind and number of your benefit and the ZUS unit that pays it, or for a foreign benefit its number, country and institution.
  • The calendar years whose earnings should be used, if you choose them.
  • The country of your last insurance abroad, for a foreign recalculation.
  • Supporting documents, such as earnings certificates (ZUS Rp-7), employment certificates or decisions on repression.

What’s on ZUS ERPO pension recalculation request

The 2026 edition has 4 pages. FileIt asks for it in 7 parts:

  1. Your details (Dane wnioskodawcy)Applicant
  2. Home address (Adres zamieszkania)Applicant
  3. Last address in Poland / place of stay (Adres ostatniego miejsca zamieszkania w Polsce / adres miejsca pobytu)Applicant
  4. Correspondence address (Adres do korespondencji)Applicant
  5. The benefit concerned (Dane dotyczące świadczenia)Applicant
  6. What you ask for (Zakres wniosku)Applicant
  7. Attachments, reply and date (Załączniki, sposób odbioru odpowiedzi)Applicant

How to fill out ZUS ERPO pension recalculation request, step by step

1 Your details and addresses (Dane wnioskodawcy)

PESEL, first name, surname, optional phone number, home address, your last address in Poland if you live abroad, and a correspondence address only if ZUS should write elsewhere.

2 The benefit concerned (Dane dotyczące świadczenia)

The kind and number of the benefit and the ZUS unit that pays it. For a foreign benefit, its kind and number and the country and institution that decided it.

3 What you ask for (Zakres wniosku)

Tick each way you want the benefit recalculated. For earnings, choose the most favourable amount or list the years: 10 consecutive years from the 20 just before the year you apply, or 20 years from your whole career before that year.

4 Foreign periods (zagraniczne okresy)

If you ask for foreign periods to be counted or a foreign benefit recalculated, give the country of your last insurance abroad - an EU / EFTA state or the UK, or a country with a bilateral agreement.

5 Special cases

Born before 1 January 1949 with a pension under the old rules: you can ask for the new rules, if the conditions on the form apply. Political imprisonment, repression or internment: you can ask for the average wage for those periods.

6 Attachments, reply and signature (Załączniki, sposób odbioru odpowiedzi)

Give the number of documents attached. If you will deliver more, say which ones - the form says within 14 days, after which ZUS decides on what it has. Choose how ZUS replies, date it and sign by hand.

Common mistakes to avoid

  • Listing earnings years that don't follow the form's rule: 10 consecutive years from the last 20, or 20 years before the year you apply.
  • Forgetting the country of last insurance abroad when asking for foreign periods.
  • Promising further documents and not delivering them within 14 days.
  • Not ticking any recalculation option.
  • Leaving out the benefit number.

After you fill it out

Print the form, sign it by hand and hand it in at a ZUS office, or have someone authorised do so. You can ask for ZUS's reply in your PUE / eZUS account. FileIt never sends anything to ZUS.

Attach the documents your request depends on, or deliver them within 14 days as you declare on the form.

A copy stays in your FileIt vault under the person you filled it for.

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  1. Pick the person. Choose someone from People and FileIt fills in their name, date of birth, address and other details it already knows.
  2. Answer plain-language questions. One part of the form at a time, with the official help text beside each question — 47 fields in all. Your answers save as you go.
  3. Check the live preview. Watch your answers land on the real Zakład Ubezpieczeń Społecznych — Social Insurance Institution of Poland (ZUS) form, and let FileIt do any worksheet arithmetic.
  4. Generate the official PDF. FileIt prints your answers into the agency’s own PDF and files it in that person’s folder in your vault.

FileIt fills the form — it never files or submits anything for you. Deliver the finished form to whoever asked for it, the way the form’s instructions say.

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ZUS ERPO pension recalculation request: frequently asked questions

Which earnings years can I choose?

The form says: 10 consecutive calendar years chosen from the 20 calendar years just before the year you apply, or any 20 calendar years from your whole working life before that year. FileIt checks the years you list against this.

Can I ask for several recalculations at once?

Yes. Tick every option you want; ZUS considers each.

Is ERPO the same as wniosek-zus-er-wps-01?

Yes. zus.pl links the file as wniosek-zus-er-wps-01, and the PDF itself prints the code ERPO.

Does it work for a foreign pension?

Yes, for a benefit granted by an institution of an EU / EFTA state, the UK or a country with a bilateral social security agreement with Poland, as the form says.

Will my pension go up?

Not necessarily. ZUS recalculates and decides. FileIt doesn't estimate the result.

Do I sign by hand?

Yes. The form has a box for a legible handwritten signature.

Official sources

FileIt is not affiliated with or endorsed by Zakład Ubezpieczeń Społecznych — Social Insurance Institution of Poland (ZUS) or any government. This page explains the form in general terms and is not legal, tax or immigration advice. Always read the official instructions, and check that you are using the edition the recipient accepts. Page last reviewed 2026-10-25.

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