1. Service requests
The benefit must be claimed within 6 months of the date of death of the deceased person. If this time limit is exceeded, no benefit shall be granted.
In order to claim the benefit, a certain form of application addressed to the SSIA must be completed.
May submit a submission:
- Latvija.gov.lv on the portal
- present a personal identification document (passport or ID card) when requesting a service;
- 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 SSIA Customer Service Centre, State and local Government Unified Customer Service centres or Riga City Land Registry offices at the time of registration of the fact of death.
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:
- a completed e-application on the portal Latvija.gov.lv- the decision will be viewed on the portal in the Latvija.gov.lv section SSIA information and services.
- 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: 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.