Process description
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Service requests
The allowance must be requested not later than 6 months from the date of birth of the child or the date of establishment of custody. If this period is overdue, no allowance shall be granted.
In order to claim the benefit, a specific form of application addressed to the SAA must be completed.
May submit a submission:
• on the Latvija.gov.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, the State and Local Government Unified Customer Service Centres or the Riga City Dzimtsaraksts departments at the time of registration of the birth fact.
The submission shall indicate the preferred method of receiving the decision. - 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.