From 1 July 2026, the State Social Insurance Agency (SSIA), when determining a person’s eligibility for the parental benefit, will assess the country of the child’s habitual residence. The parental benefit will be granted in Latvia to a socially insured person for a child: who permanently resides in the territory of Latvia; who has been assigned a personal identity number; who has an active status in the Register of Natural Persons. This is stipulated by amendments to the Law “On Maternity and…
From 1 July 2026, the State Social Insurance Agency (SSIA), when determining a person’s eligibility for the parental benefit, will assess the country of the child’s habitual residence. The parental benefit will be granted in Latvia to a socially insured person for a child: who permanently resides in the territory of Latvia; who has been assigned a personal identity number; who has an active status in the Register of Natural Persons. This is stipulated by amendments to the Law “On Maternity and Sickness Insurance”. The changes do not apply to a person socially insured in Latvia whose child resides in another Member State of the European Union, a Member State of the European Economic Area, or the Swiss Confederation. In such cases, as…
