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

Indemnity is granted to one of the adopters after the court judgement approving the adoption has entered into force. Compensation for the adoption of a child is paid for each child who has been in out-of-home care (institution, foster family, guardianship).

Process description

  1. Service requests
    The reimbursement must be claimed within 6 months from the date on which the child was transferred in accordance with the decision of the Orphan's Court prior to adoption care. When requesting reimbursement at a later date, it shall be granted only for the previous 6 months before the date of the request for reimbursement.

    In order to claim the remuneration, 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 remuneration for the care of a child to be adopted shall belong to the adopter under whose care and supervision the child to be adopted has been transferred by a decision of the Orphan's and Custody Court before approval of adoption in a court.

If several children to be adopted have been concurrently transferred under care and supervision, a supplement in the amount shall be granted in addition for each subsequent child.

The remuneration and the supplement may be received by an adopter:

  • 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 to be adopted.

The remuneration and the supplement shall not be granted:

  • to adopters who have been received a temporary residence permit in Latvia.

 

The amount of remuneration depends on:

  • the age of the child to be adopted;
  • the employment status or the adopter (is/is not employed, or self-employed);
  • from being on unpaid leave related to the need to care for a child.

The employment status

The age of the child to be adopted

The amount of remuneration

Is not employed

from 0 to 18 years old

€171

Is employed (being on child care leave does not affect the amount of remuneration)

from 8 to 18 years old

Is employed and is not on leave related to care for a child

from 0 to 7 years old inclusive

€171

If the adopter chooses to receive the parental benefit, remuneration cannot be received.

Is employed and is on leave related to care a child

 

or else

 

works part-time up to 20 hours per week

 

from 0 to 7 years old inclusive

70% of the nationally determined average social insurance contribution wage (in the calendar year which ends one year before the year in which the remuneration is granted)

€956.61 - if the remuneration is granted in 2025

€852.28 - if the remuneration is granted in 2024

 

If the adopter chooses to receive the parental benefit, remuneration cannot be received.

If the adopter is employed for no more than 20 hours per week, the allowance applicant shall, in addition to the application, submit a certificate issued by the employer indicating the period during which part-time work has been assigned to the applicant (specifying the number of working hours per week).

The amount of the supplementary payment shall be granted in addition for each subsequent child care is 171 per month.

The remuneration and the supplementary payment shall be granted and disbursed:

  • from the day the child have been transferred under care of the adopter by a decision of the Orphan's and Custody Court before approval of adoption;
  • until the date on which the court judgment approval the adoption enters into effect.

The remuneration and the supplementary payment shall be disbursed monthly for the current month (for example: in May for May).

It is not permitted to receive both the remuneration and the parental benefit for the same child at the same time.

An adopter who is caring for a child under the age of one and a half years and is on child care leave may choose to receive either the remuneration or the parental benefit.

The remuneration and the supplementary payment may be disbursed:

  • to the account of the recipient of the allowance in a credit institution of the Republic of Latvia or the postal settlement system (PSS)

 

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