Granting and disbursement of benefit to the spouse or partner of the deceased pension recipient

Process description

1. Service requests
   The allowance must be claimed within 6 months of the date of death of the deceased person. If the application has been submitted later, the entitlement to the benefit shall be not earlier than 6 months prior to the date of submission of the application.
   The benefit of the deceased spouse, who is paid in accordance with the service pension law of the institution concerned, must be requested within 12 months from the date of death of the deceased spouse (except in the case of the death of a safety official or emergency medical service in the event of the death of the employee in the provision of emergency medical assistance, in the event of the death of the recipient of a service pension - must be claimed within 6 months).
   
   In order to claim a pension, a specific form of application addressed to the SSIA 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 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.