Price
Free
Execution deadline in working days
22
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Recipient
Individual person
Receiving restrictions
-

Indemnity is paid to the guardian for the performance of the guardian's duties from the day of establishment of guardianship until the child has reached the age of 18 or the day of revocation of guardianship. The amount of indemnity does not depend on the number of children in custody.

Process description

  1. Service requests
    Reimbursement must be requested within 6 months from the date of establishment of the guardianship. When requesting reimbursement at a later date, it shall be granted only for the previous 6 months before the date of the request for reimbursement.

    In order to claim the remuneration, 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.
    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.

    The submission shall indicate the preferred method of receiving the decision.

  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 right to receive remuneration for the performance of a guardian’s duties shall be granted to a person:

  • who has been appointed as the guardian of a child by a decision of the Orphan's and Custody Court;
  • who is a citizen of Latvia, a non-citizen, a foreign national, or a stateless person, and to whom and to the child under guardianship a personal identity number has been assigned.

Remuneration shall not be granted to a guardian if the guardian or the child under guardianship has been granted a temporary residence permit in the Republic of Latvia.

The remuneration for the performance of a guardian’s duties is 54.07 per month, regardless of the number of children under guardianship.

Remuneration shall be granted and disbursed:

  • from the date the guardianship is established,
  • until the child attains the age of majority or the date the guardianship is terminated.

Remuneration shall be disbursed once a month for the current month (for example: in May for May).

Disbursement of remuneration shall be suspended:

  • if the guardianship is terminated;
  • if the child under guardianship is adopted;
  • for the period during which the recipient of the allowance or the child for whom the allowance is granted is in full State care or placed in a State, local government, or private care institution, or placed in a foster family.

Disbursement of remuneration shall not be suspended if the guardian and the child for whom the remuneration is granted move abroad for permanent residence.

 

The allowance may be received:

  • to the account of the recipient of the allowance in a credit institution of the Republic of Latvia or the postal settlement system (PSS)

 

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