Description of the benefit application process
1. Application process
The benefit must be claimed within 6 months of the first day of leave granted on account of the birth or adoption of the child.
In order to claim the benefit, a certain form of application addressed to the SSIA must be completed. May submit an application:
- using the portal Latvija.gov.lv
- in person by presenting 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;
- through a foreign competent authority.
An application may be submitted in person to any SSIA Customer Service Centre or to the State and local Government Unified Customer Service centres.
The application shall indicate the preferred method of receiving the decision.
The self-employed person shall indicate in the application the period during which leave has been taken due to the birth or adoption of the child.
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 e-application 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.