Clarifications by the Deputy Ministry of Social Welfare
Following the recent approval by the Council of Ministers of the new Plan for the Support of Pensioners with Low Income, the Deputy Ministry of Social Welfare clarifies the following:
- The new Plan will be implemented from 1 January 2023. Therefore, applications that may be submitted in the period up to 31 December 2022 will be processed under the existing Scheme and should be submitted with the application form EEE5 "Application for Pensioner's Allowance and/or Minimum Guaranteed Income" (grey application form).
- Pensioners who were eligible until September 2014 and did not apply within the transitional period, i.e. until 31 December 2020, or applied late, i.e. after 1 January 2021, will be able to do so again by issuing a new application for Low Pensioner's Allowance from 1 January 2023.
- No application is required from existing recipients of Low Pensioner's Allowance, who will continue to receive the Allowance in the same way as before.
To avoid inconvenience and given that applications for the new Scheme will be processed from 1 January 2023, pensioners are advised not to visit the Welfare Benefit Service Points for this Benefit. Further details and the new application will be announced at a press conference to be held on 22 December 2022.
(MKυ)
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