CYPRUS: When are applications for Allowances & Pensions considered

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The Social Security Services, in an effort to further serve the citizens, issue a weekly announcement regarding the date of the examination of the received applications and concern Pensions / Allowances / Aid.

1. UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT:

  • The applications of those employees whose employment was terminated and their period of unemployment began on 26/10/2020 are being examined.
  • The cases of those who already receive unemployment benefit, which concerns the unemployment period November - December 2020, are examined.

2. PAYMENT DUE TO SURPLUS: Applications submitted in December 2019 are being considered. It is noted that there are a number of applications submitted before the above date for which the examination can not be completed because the employers have not yet sent the information requested.

3. INSURANCE BENEFIT: The received applications are examined until 10/08/2020.

4. DISABILITY PENSION: Applications received in September 2020 are considered, provided that they have been sent to the Medical Council.

5. DISABILITY PENSION: The received applications are examined August-September 2020 as they have been sent to the Medical Council.

6. BODY DAMAGE ALLOWANCE: Applications received in December 2020 are reviewed.

7. SECONDARY MEDICAL COUNCIL: The hierarchical appeals of January - February 2020 are examined.

8. INSTITUTIONAL PENSION: The received applications for which the applicants acquire the right of July 2020 are examined.

9. SOCIAL PENSION: The received applications for which the applicants acquire the right of July 2020 are examined.

10. WIDOW PENSION:

  • For cases where the deceased spouse did not receive a statutory pension, the received applications for September 2020 are examined.
  • For cases where the deceased spouse received a statutory pension, the applications received in July 2020 are examined.
  • With the enactment of the Amending Law 126 (I) / 2019 on Social Insurance on 05/08/2019, the received applications, by male applicants, of 2019 and 2020 are examined.

11. FUNERAL AID:

  • For cases where the deceased received a widow's pension, the applications received in August 2020 are examined.
  • For cases where the deceased received a statutory pension, did not have a spouse and the request for funeral allowance comes from another person who undertook the funeral expenses, the received applications in August 2020 are examined.
  • For cases where the deceased received a social pension, the received applications in July 2020 are examined.
  • For other cases (eg the deceased was / was not retired and had a spouse, the deceased was not retired and did not have a spouse, the deceased was a young person, unmarried, and the application comes from the parent or siblings, the deceased was missing) applications received in July 2020 are examined.

12. ORPHANSY ALLOWANCE: Applications received in October - November 2020 are examined.

13. BIRTH AID: The received applications are examined until 17/07/2020.

14. MATERNITY ALLOWANCE:

  • For the first payment, the received applications are examined until 04/09/2020.
  • For continuous payments, applications for which the necessary information has been provided (eg birth certificate) received in September 2020 are considered.

15. FATHERHOOD ALLOWANCE: The received applications are examined until 23/04/2020.

16. Requests for institutionalized pension, widowhood and incapacity paid under bilateral agreements and the European Union Regulation 883/04:

  • Institutionalized Syntax:Applications for which responses have been received regarding data, certificates and insurance accounts from other entities, for applicants with a date of birth of 1954–1956.
  • Disability Pension: Applications received in December 2020 are reviewed.
  • Widow's Pension: Received applications received in December 2020 for which responses have been received regarding data, certificates and insurance accounts from other bodies.
  • Orphan Allowance: Applications received in May 2020 for which responses have been received regarding data, certificates and insurance accounts from other institutions are examined.

17. Criminal cases: As of November 2020 (latest figures), 517 criminal cases were pending, of which 245 concerned employers and 272 concerned self-employed persons.