Granting and payment of a benefit to a person with a disability who participated in the liquidation of the consequences of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident or to a member of his family

Process description

1. Service requests
   The allowance must be claimed within 6 months of the date of the determination of the disability or the date of death of THE member OF THE CHAISE.
   
   When applying for the benefit at a later date, it shall only be granted for the previous 6 months before the date of application for the benefit.
   
   In order to claim the benefit, a specific form of application addressed to the SAA must be completed.
   May submit a submission:
   • electronically - using the official electronic address (e-address) or e-mail (the application must be signed with a secure electronic signature containing the time stamp);
   • on-site (if requested for service, a personal identification document (passport or ID card) must be produced);
   • by post.
   The application may be submitted to any VSAA customer service centre.
   
   The submission shall indicate the preferred method of receiving the decision.
   
   If the family members of the member of the deceased Chernobyl AES in the event of a loss of benefit are requested, the following shall be presented:
   • an opinion issued by the Centre for Occupational and Radiation Medicine, a clinical university hospital, that the death of the member is caused by a disease which has been caused by a causal link with the elimination of the consequences of the accident of Chernobyl AES,
   • for a grandchild, spouse or parent, a judgment of the court on determining the existence of a dependant.

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.