{"id":867582,"date":"2025-08-24T00:11:53","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T05:11:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/24\/when-and-why-italy-may-want-you-to-prove-youre-still-alive\/"},"modified":"2025-08-24T00:11:53","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T05:11:53","slug":"when-and-why-italy-may-want-you-to-prove-youre-still-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/24\/when-and-why-italy-may-want-you-to-prove-youre-still-alive\/","title":{"rendered":"When and why Italy may want you to prove you’re still alive"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n You’ve heard of a death certificate, but what about a life certificate? In the world of Italian bureaucracy, being asked to prove that you are, in fact, still alive is more common that you might expect.\n <\/p>\n

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\n Good morning, yes but it’s not just in Italy that a living cert is asked for, his is normal in other countries too. I have to prove this regularly for my UK pensions too. Obviously they don’t want to carry on paying out if you are deceased.\n <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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