The employer can use the service to apply for certificate A1 for its employee.
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If you send your employee to work in another country on a temporary basis (up to 2 years), you are required to pay for the employee during their secondment the social security contributions provided by Estonian laws and the employee will continue to have their country’s health, pension and unemployment insurance.
Applying for Form A1 as an economic operator
Form A1 must be applied for each employee being seconded to determine the country where the employee is insured. The employee seconded can use this Form to prove to the authorities in their host country that they are already subject to the social security laws of another country (Estonia).
To apply for the Form use the relevant service at eesti.ee: Applying for A1 (E101) certificate for employee of enterprise or of sole proprietor
NB! The employer applies for the Form on behalf of the employee but the Form is always personal and issued in the employee’s name.
If you want to apply for Form A1 for yourself as a self-employed person, use the service “Applying for A1 (E101) certificate as sole proprietor”.
You can view applications and issued Forms through the eesti.ee service “Applications for A1 (E101) certificate filed by and certificates of entrepreneur”.
N.B. As of 18 March 2019 Forms A1 are effective without being signed or sealed and the Estonian Social Insurance Board does not issue paper forms by mail any longer. Issued Forms A1 can be viewed and printed through the service “Applications for A1 (E101) certificate filed by and certificates of entrepreneur”.
If you are unable to file an application through the state portal, you can use paper application forms to apply for A1 (E101). A filled-in application must be signed digitally and sent to the e-mail address [email protected]. If you are unable to give your signature digitally, you can mail your application signed by hand to the Social Insurance Board at the address Endla 8, Tallinn 15092.
If you cannot print Form A1, contact the Social Insurance Board via e-mail address [email protected] or go to the nearest customer service point.
Time limit for processing applications for Form A1
If you file an application electronically in the state portal, Form A1 will generally be available within the following business day.
Applications filed on paper and incomplete applications are reviewed no later than within 30 days as of the registration of the relevant application.
Cancellation of Form A1
As an employer you are required to inform the Social Insurance Board of all changes in the circumstances while Form A1 is in effect. Such changes include termination of the employee’s employment contract, suspension of the employee’s activities in a foreign state, or the employee’s new country of residence.
You can cancel existing Forms A1 through the service “Revocation of A1 (E101) certificate filed by entrepreneur”.
Filed applications can be cancelled through the service “Revocation of application for A1 (E101) certificate filed by entrepreneur”.
Receiveing medical care in the country of posting
In case of long-term postings, the worker himself or his employer may apply to EHIF for an S1 certificate application forms.
This certificate provides the worker with the right to register in the health insurance system of the country of posting and, once registered, enables the posted worker to receive medical care in the country of posting on the same terms as insured persons there (the scope of medical care is wider than just emergency medical care received under the European Health Insurance Card). In this case, the person's country of affiliation is still the sending country - Estonia.
An S1 certificate shall be sent to the address indicated in the application.
If a worker on a long-term posting takes his or her dependent family members to another country, these family members are entitled to an S1 certificate.
Further information on receiveing medical care in the country of posting can be found on the website of Estonian Health Insurance Fund.
References
Laws
- Occupational Health and Safety Act
- Working Conditions of Employees Posted to Estonia Act
- Directive 96/71/EC of the EP and of the Council