If the missing person is a foreigner who holds a CPF account, the following documents have to be submitted at any of our CPF Service Centres:
i. the original presumption of death certificate;
ii. the missing person’s original passport (if any);
iii. an original letter from the relevant authority confirming the missing person’s identity number (if the presumption of death certificate does not bear the missing person’s identification details);
iv. documentary evidence of your relationship with the missing person; and
v. your original identity card/passport and contact details.
If the death reporting is submitted via post from outside of Singapore, all the documents mentioned above have to be certified true by an official from a Singapore Overseas Mission with their official seal/stamp duly affixed.
Once the missing person is officially reported as deceased, his CPF savings will be distributed to his appointed nominee(s) if he has a valid nomination. Otherwise, his CPF savings will be forwarded to the Public Trustee’s Office for distribution according to intestacy or Muslim Inheritance laws.
