Price
Free
Execution deadline in working days
22
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Recipient
Individual person
Receiving restrictions
-

The state social security benefit is paid:
• to a person who is not employed and has reached the specified age for granting a pension, if this person is not entitled to receive a State pension or insurance indemnity due to an accident at work or an occupational disease;
• to a person to whom the State Medical Commission for the Assessment of Health Condition and Working Ability has issued an opinion on disability, if this person is not entitled to receive a State pension (except for a survivor's pension for a disabled person) or insurance indemnity due to an accident at work or an occupational disease;
• to a child who has not reached the age of majority (18 years) and is not entitled to a State pension or insurance benefit for a deceased breadwinner. After reaching the age of 18, the benefit is paid if the child is studying in a comprehensive education or vocational education institution and is not older than 20 years, or is studying at a university in a full-time department (full-time) and is not older than 24 years.

Process description

  1. Service requests
    The allowance must be claimed within 6 months of the date of identification of the invalidity, the date of death of the survivor or the date of attainment of the age required for the granting of the pension. 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:
    • 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.
    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
    A decision regarding the granting of a benefit may be received in person, by post, in the official electronic address or in the portal latvija.gov.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.