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State social security benefit
Selected Organization: Valsts sociālās apdrošināšanas aģentūra
Brief description:
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.
Beneficiaries:
Individual
Maximum period (in working days):
22
Period:
The decision on the granting of the benefit to the SAA shall be taken within one month of receipt of the documents.
Process description
Documents and forms
Other information
1. solis / 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 www.latvija.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.
Payments: View payments
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Amatas Municipality State and Local Government Unified Customer Service Centre
Baldones Municipality Unified Customer Service Centre
Baltinava Municipality State and Local Government Unified Customer Service Centre
Cesis State and Local Government Unified Customer Service Centre
Cibla Municipality State and Local Government Unified Customer Service Centre
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