If you are entitled to the child support supplement because you were previously receiving the dependent child allowance, but you have not received it automatically, you should apply for it, and it is best to do so before July 1. In general, Social Security applies it automatically, i.e., ex officio, to those family units consisting exclusively of the father, mother and minor children who are entitled to the child allowance and are registered at the same address. On the other hand, it is not applied automatically, as reported by the Social Security, to those families which, having received the dependent child allowance the previous year, have in the family unit older children or grandparents, registered in the same family domicile.
The National Social Security Institute (INSS) has already sent letters to users who are in this situation, informing them that they would be entitled to receive the child allowance. However, there may be families who do not receive this notification from the INSS. The recommendation is that they apply for the child allowance electronically, using the same application form as for the minimum living income. The INSS recommends that this be done before July 1 so that the recognition has economic effects as of February 1. For those who do it later, the economic recognition would be the month following the presentation of the application.
In addition, in those cases in which grandparents or older children are also registered in the family home, it should be taken into account that their income will be computed for the purpose of determining the family income threshold when determining their right to receive the child allowance.
SOURCE: www.familiasnumerosas.org
