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

The benefit is paid to the guardian for the maintenance of the child from the date of establishment of guardianship until the age of 18 or the date of revocation of guardianship. The maintenance benefit for a child under guardianship is reduced by the amount of the survivor's pension granted to the child, the insurance indemnity for the loss of the breadwinner, maintenance from the Maintenance Guarantee Fund, or the State family benefit.

Process description

  1. Service requests
    The allowance must be claimed within 6 months from the date of establishment of the guardianship. 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.

  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.

The right to receive the maintenance for the care of a child under guardianship shall belong to the person who has been appointed as the child's guardian by a decision of the Orphan's and Custody Court.

The allowance may be received by the guardian:

  • who, together with the child, resides permanently in Latvia (including Latvian citizens, non-citizens, foreign nationals, and stateless persons);
  • who has been granted a personal identity number, as well as the child under guardianship.

The allowance may not be granted to the guardian if the guardian or the child under guardianship have been received a temporary residence permit in Latvia.

  • for a child until reaching the age of 7 – 215 per month;
  • from the age of 7 until the child reaching the age of 18 – 258 per month.

 

If the child has been granted maintenance disbursement from Administration of the Maintenance Guarantee Fund (hereinafter – MGF), the benefit for the maintenance of the child under guardianship shall be reduced by the amount of maintenance granted to the child.

 

From 1 January 2025, the amount of maintenance payments disbursed by MGF shall be as follows:

  • €125 per month for each child from birth until attaining the age of seven;
  • €150 per month for each child from the age of seven years until the child attains the age of 18 years. For an adult from 18 years until the age of 21.

 

The benefit shall be granted and disbursed:

  • from the date the guardianship is established,
  • until the child reaches the age of legal majority or the date the guardianship has been cancelled.

The benefit shall be disbursed once a month for the current month (e.g., in May for May).

Disbursement shall be suspended:

  • if the guardianship is terminated;