In order to get the lump-sum compensation, as well as the monthly pension or grant, you should submit your claim on the claims form for compensation for polio victims, and send it to mail or to fax to one of the four local NII branches that deal with such claims, according to the following list:
The Ramat Gan branch covers the following branches: Netanya, Ramat Gan, Bnei Brak, Tel Aviv, Jaffa, Bat Yam, Petah Tikvah, Kfar Saba, Herziliya, Ramle, Beit Shemesh.
The Hadera branch covers the following branches: Hadera, Afula, Migdal HaEmek, Tiberias, Safed, Kiryat Shmona, Merar, Nazareth, Upper Nazareth, Shfaram, Karmiel, Krayot, Haifa, Nahariya, Acre.
The Jerusalem branch covers the following branches: Rehovot, Kiryat Gat, Kiryat Malachi, Rishon LeZion, Holon, Jerusalem.
The Beer Sheva branch covers the following branches: Ashdod, Ashkelon, Sderot, Beer Sheva, Dimona, Eilat.
You can submit your form to the local branch nearest to your place of residence, and this branch will transfer the form to the relevant branch that deals with such claims.
The documents that should be attached to the claim
If you have not been examined in the past for purposes of entitlement to a general disability pension, mobility allowance or attendance allowance, please attach medical documents so that a disability percentage can be determined for you.
If you were not born in Israel, please attach documents testifying to the fact that you became ill in Israel.
If you were striken with polio abroad, pleas attach documents testifying to the fact that you were operated on in Israel due to polio befor January 1, 1970.
Handling the claim
For the purpose of handling the claim, the data on file at the NII for anyone who submitted a claim for a general disability pension, a mobility allowance or an attendance allowance, will also be examined (the NII has no records from medical committees convened for purposes of income tax).
The National Insurance Institute will request, additional, up-to-date medical documents as necessary. According to the decision of an authorized doctor, you may also be summoned for examination by a medical committee.
How to submit a claim for persons who became stricken with polio abroad
Those who became stricken with polio abroad must submit their claim in accordance with the rules stipulated above, and the guidlines indicated in the chapter "Those who became stricken with polio abroad".