Attendance allowance for the disabled - Special benefit for severely handicapped immigrants

A special benefit for severely handicapped immigrants is composed of two types of benefits:

Attendance allowance for immigrants - Severely handicapped people from 18 years of age to retirement age, from the 91^st day after immigration to the end of the first year after immigration, are entitled to an attendance allowance. Entitlement to the benefit is determined by a test of dependence on others and they are not required to pass the medical threshold test.

General disability for immigrants - from the 181^st day to the end of the first year after their immigration, they are entitled to a disability pension, provided that they were previously found to be entitled to an attendance allowance for immigrants as explained above.

At the end of the first year after immigration, their entitlement is re-examined according to the regular rules of the general disability pension and the attendance allowance.