How to submit the claim

Documents to be submitted

1. Maternity allowance claim form
2. Wage information - a salaried employee must ask her employer to complete the part of the form dedicated to employers. If your wage has been modified over a period of 6 months prior to work cessation for medical or any other grounds, you have to enclose an authorization relevant to that ground.

Additional documents to be attached:

• A woman who gave birth at home or overseas - must attach an official certification of birth.
• A woman who was undergoing vocational training or vocational rehabilitation for the last two years - must submit an authorization from the Ministry of Health or the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor regarding the location and time of the training or rehabilitation.
• A woman who has performed a military service in the 22 months preceding childbirth - must attach her certificate of release from IDF.
• A woman who has performed a national civil service in the 22 months preceding childbirth - must attach an official document from the national civil service administration if she has achieved a 12 months service, at least.
  
• A foreign worker or holder of a foreign passport who do not have an Israeli ID - must attach a bank account certificate.
• A woman who has a full or partial income tax exemption with respect to tax deduction from the allowance - must attach the appropriate income tax exemption.

How to send documents

The claim form and documents can be sent by one of the following ways:

• Filling out an online claim form on the internet site, and sending it online together with additional documents in attachment - Please note, completing a claim form online is only possible after childbirth.
• Filling out a claim form in writing, and sending it together with additional documents via the internet site.
• Submitting the claims and documents by mail, fax or in the service box of a NII's branch according to your place of residence.
• Additional documents can be sent by means of the documents transfer service on the website. 

Please note, in case you do submit the claim after 12 months have elapsed since work cessation, you may loose your entitlement to maternity allowance.

Who is not required to file a claim? (automatic claim)

If you gave birth in a hospital, and are in one of these situations below, the National Insurance Institute will pay maternity allowance to you automatically, without having to submit a claim:

• You are self-employed - you will be paid maternity allowance once the hospital sent your birth details to us. Payment will be transferred to the same bank account to which the child allowance is paid, and on a first birth - to the bank account you have indicated at the hospital.
• Your employer has an agreement with the National Insurance Institute - the employer transfers the claim for maternity allowance, on your behalf, directly to the NII, and you will receive direct payment of maternity allowance.
• You have received unemployment benefit until a month prior to birth - you will be paid a maternity allowance once the hospital sent your birth details to us. 
• You have received a pregnancy bed rest benefit until the birth - you will be paid a maternity allowance once the hospital sent your birth details to us. 
• Female employed worker, please note, after birth we will send you a SMS message which will ask your permission to contact your employer to obtain from him a report on your wage. If you approve this SMS message, you will not need to submit a claim for maternity allowance and we will handle this automatically after your employer sent us the report.
  If you have a kosher cellphone, we will send you a voice message from this number: 02-6709211, to ask us your permission to contact your employer. If you approve, you will not need to submit a claim and it will be handled automatically.