How to submit the claim

An income support benefit is paid only as of the month in which the claim was submitted.
A benefit can be obtain retroactively for the month preceding that of the claim submission, in the following cases:
You are unemployed and have reported report to the Employment Service in the month prior to claim submission, you are in vocational training or if you work for a low wage.

The benefit is paid on the 12 of the month for prior month, to the benefit claimant's bank account - For more details regarding the change of benefit recipient, click here.
In some months of the year, the date of benefit payment may change due to holidays.
Updated days of payment are available on the benefits payments calendar.

Documents to be submitted to the National Insurance Institute

• Claim for income support
• Documents and authorizations required to be granted an exemption from reporting to Employment Service according to your situation - for a list of additional documents, click here. 

How to send the documents

You can send the claim for and the documents by one of the following means:

• Completing the claim online on the website, and sending online it with additional documents in attachment.
• Completing the claim in writing, and sending it with additional documents in attachment by means of the website.
• Submitting the claim and the documents by mail, by fax, or in the service box of your local NII branch.

Notification of changes

You must notify your branch of any change that may affect your entitlement to the benefit or its payment, within 30 days of the date of the change. For instance: change in your income or that of your spouse, change in your family status, change of address, and the likes - to contact your branch, click here.