At the Social Security service counters or at the Citizen Store Desk
Free
Within six months of the first day of work
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Who can request the childcare allowance for a child with a disability or chronic disease?
Beneficiaries of the pension system covered by the following schemes:
dependent employees
self-employed
voluntary social insurance:
mariners and national watchmen who exercise a professional activity on ships of foreign companies
national mariners who exercise an activity on board of ships of common fishing companies
crewmen who exercise an activity on ships registered on the International Ships Registry of Madeira (MAR)
scientific research grantees.
Beneficiaries on a pre-retirement situation, integrated on any of the above-mentioned schemes.
Beneficiaries receiving an invalidity, old age or survivor’s pension, who are working and with a pay statememt at social security.
When can you request the childcare allowance for a child with a disability or chronic disease?
Within six months from the first day they stopped working to aid the child.
If you submit the request after this period, but still during the period in which you are entitled to receive the allowance, the days of delay won’t be paid.
What are the documents and requirements to request the childcare allowance for a child with a disability or chronic disease?
To be entitled to the allowance, the beneficiary must meet the following conditions
benefit from a warranty period of 6 civil months, consecutive or interpolated, with a pay statement to the date of impediment to work
benefit from the correspondent licenses, absences and exemptions non-rewarded on the terms of the Labour Code or of equivalent periods
have the social security contributions paid until the end of the third month immediately before the month in which they stopped working to aid a child - in the case of the self-employed or workers covered by a voluntary social insurance scheme.
To know more details about the conditions of access to the allowance, consult the Social Security’s Portal.
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