Process description
Service requests
In order to claim the remuneration, 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.
In requesting damages due to an occupational disease determined, an opinion regarding an occupational disease, which has been issued in conformity with the regulatory enactments regarding procedures for the investigation and registration of occupational diseases, shall be submitted.
If the compensation for the damage is claimed by the family member in the event of the survivor's death, a statement of the treating doctor regarding the association of the cause of death with the occupational accident or occupational disease shall be submitted in addition.Receipt of services
A decision regarding the granting of compensation may be received in person, by post, in the official electronic address or in the portal www.latvija.lv, in accordance with the type of receipt of the decision indicated in the application.
The service shall, at the choice of the recipient, be transferred to the account of the Latvian credit institution or postal settlement system (PNS) or delivered at the place of residence of the recipient of the service.