The Social Security Services, in an effort to further serve the citizens, issue on a weekly basis an announcement regarding the date of examination of the applications received and concerning Pensions / Allowances / Benefits.
It is noted that the examination of the applications received at earlier dates is pending, for which additional information has been requested and is expected from the applicants.
1. Unemployment Benefit:
- The applications of those employees whose employment was terminated and their period of unemployment began on 14/04/2021 are being examined.
- The cases of those who are already receiving unemployment benefits for the period of unemployment between May and June 2021 are examined.
2. Payment for Surplus: Applications submitted in June - July 2020 are examined. 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 requested information.
3. Sickness Allowance: A pan-Cypriot campaign is underway to examine the applications.
(applications received until 17/05/2021 are examined)
4. Disability Pension: Applications received in March 2021 are examined, provided that they have been sent to the Medical Council.
5. Disability Pension: Applications submitted in January-February 2021 are considered to have been sent to a Medical Council.
6. Personal Injury Allowance: Applications submitted in June 2021 will be considered.
7. Secondary Medical Council: The hierarchical appeals of September 2020 are examined.
8. Institutionalized Syntax: The received applications for which the applicants acquire the right January - February 2021 are examined.
9. Social Pension: Applications are considered and applicants are eligible for January-February 2021.
10. Widow's Pension:
- For the cases where the deceased spouse did not receive a statutory pension, the received applications of February - March 2021 are examined.
- For the cases where the deceased spouse received a statutory pension, the received applications February - March 2021 are examined.
- With the enactment of the Amending Law 126 (I) / 2019 on Social Insurance on 05/08/2019, the received applications are examined, by male applicants of 2019, 2020 and 2021.
11. Funeral Allowance:
- For the cases where the deceased received a widow's pension, the received applications of March 2021 are examined.
- For cases where the deceased received a statutory pension, did not have a spouse and the request for funeral assistance comes from another person who undertook the funeral expenses, the received applications in March 2021 are examined.
- For the cases where the deceased received a social pension, the received applications of March 2021 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 March 2021 are examined.
12. Orphan Allowance: The received applications March - April 2021 are examined.
13. Childbirth Aid: The received applications of April 2021 are examined.
14. Maternity Allowance:
- For the first payment, the received applications are examined until 20/04/2021.
- For continuous payments, applications are considered for which the necessary information has been submitted (eg birth declaration) received in March 2021
15. Paternity Allowance: Applications received in April 2021 are examined.
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 institutions, for applicants with a date of birth in 1954–1957.
- Disability Pension: Applications submitted in June 2021 will be considered.
- Widow's Pension: The applications received in June 2021 are examined, 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: In March 2021 (latest data) 1300 criminal cases were pending, of which 893 concerned employers and 407 concerned self-employed.