Published: 22.01.2021.
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Disabled child benefit shall be paid to a person who takes care for a child to whom the State Medical Commission for the Assessment of Health Condition and Working Ability has determined disability and has issued an opinion on the necessity of special care due to serious physical and functional disorders.

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Process description

  1. Service requests
    In order to claim the benefit, a specific form of application addressed to the SAA must be completed.
    May submit a submission:
    • on the www.latvija.lv portal;
    • on-site (if requested for service, a personal identification document (passport or ID card) must be produced);
    • electronically (the application must be signed with a secure electronic signature containing the time stamp);
    • by post;
    • through the competent foreign authority.
    An application may be submitted in person to any VSAA customer service centre or to the unified customer service centres of the State and local governments.

  2. Receipt of services

    If the official electronic address account (hereinafter the e-address) is activated, the decision will be sent by the SSIA to the e-address regardless of how the application is submitted.

    If the e-address is not enabled and:

    • completed for e-submission on portal Latvija.gov.lv, the decision will be available for viewing on portal Latvija.gov.lv in the “SSIA information and services” e-service under the “logged-in services” section;

    • the application has been submitted to the SSIA in person, electronically (signed with a secure electronic signature) or sent by post - the decision may be received according to the type of receipt of the decision indicated in the application: on the portal, Latvija.gov.lv, face-to-face, or by post.

    At the choice of the recipient, the SSIA shall transfer the service to the account of the Latvian credit institution or postal payment system.

The benefit may be received by a person:

  • who, along with their child, permanently resides in Latvia (Latvian citizens, non-citizens, foreigners, and stateless persons);
  • who, along with their child, has been assigned a personal identity number;
  • whose child has been determined to have a disability by the State Medical Commission for the Assessment of Health Condition and Working Ability and has been issued an opinion on the need for special care.

 

The childcare allowance for a child with a disability is granted to:

  • one of the parents,
  • a guardian,
  • a person who actually raises the child, including a foster family.

 

The benefit is not granted to a person who:

  • has received a temporary residence permit in Latvia.

The amount of the childcare allowance for a child with a disability is €413.43 per month (until 31 December 2024, it was €313.43 per month).

The childcare allowance for a child with a disability:

  • is granted from the day the opinion on the need for special care is issued;
  • is discontinued when the period for which the disability and the need for special care have been determined expires;
  • is disbursed no longer than until the child reaches the age of 18;
  • is disbursed once a month for the current month (e.g., in May for May).

 

The disbursement of the benefit is suspended:

  • for the period during which the benefit recipient or the child for whom the benefit is granted is under full state maintenance or placed in a state, municipal, or private care institution;
  • if the benefit recipient or the child for whom the benefit is granted leaves the Republic of Latvia for permanent residence abroad.

 

The benefit can be received:

  • by transferring it to the benefit recipient’s account in a credit institution of the Republic of Latvia or the postal settlement system (PSS)

 

 

Translation prepared with a machine translation tool

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