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Cyprus Social Security and Insurance - Family and Maternity Benefits

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Information for Cyprus Expats on Cyprus Family & Maternity Benefits.

a) Maternity allowance
Maternity allowance is payable to pregnant employed women, pregnant self-employed insured women and pregnant women who are working abroad for Cypriot employers and are voluntary contributors, and also to any woman who adopts a child which has not reached the age of 12 or whose husband adopts such a child.
Conditions:
  • the insured woman must be on maternity leave and not receiving the full amount of her salary or wage from her employer,
  • at least 26 weeks must have passed between the day on which the woman became insured and the week in which her maternity leave began,
  • insurable earnings totalling not less than 20 times the weekly basic insurable earnings amount must have been paid or credited to the woman in the previous contributions year.
An insured woman is entitled to maternity allowance for 18 weeks, commencing from any week between the sixth and second week before the week in which she expects to give birth. If the birth occurs after the week in which it was expected, the period of 18 weeks is increased accordingly. If the application is submitted after the birth, the period of 18 weeks is fixed on the basis of the date of the birth instead of on the basis of the expected date of the birth.
In the case of adoption, the insured woman is entitled to maternity allowance for 14 weeks commencing from the week of the adoption.
The amount of the maternity allowance is determined on the basis of the weekly average of the insured woman’s paid and credited insurable earnings in the previous contributions year. Maternity allowance is made up of a basic allowance and a supplementary allowance.
In order to be paid maternity allowance the insured woman must submit a claim on a special form which can be obtained from any social insurance office and from the website of the Social Insurance Service.
For more information contact the Social Insurance Services (Tel. +357 22 40 16 00 or via the website).
b) Marriage benefit
The marriage benefit is paid to the two spouses, each receiving 50%, irrespective of their insurance category.
The conditions governing the payment of marriage benefit are:
  • Getting married.
  • At least 26 weeks must have elapsed from the date of insurance of the bride or groom prior to the date of the marriage and during that period the bride or groom has paid contributions on earnings which in total come to not less than 26 times the weekly amount of basic insurance payments.
  • The bride or groom has paid insurance or has insurance credits from the previous year’s contributions which in total come to not less than 20 times the weekly amount of basic insurance payments.
The application must be submitted within twelve months of the date of the marriage.
c) Child benefit
Child benefit is paid to the mother if she herself or her husband is insured irrespective of the category of insurance (salaried staff, self-employed, voluntary contributor).
The conditions governing the payment of child benefit are:
  • Giving birth to a child.  The child benefit is paid for giving birth to a living child or a child which is born dead after a pregnancy of at least 28 weeks.
  • At least 26 weeks have elapsed from the date of insurance of the applicant or of her husband prior to the date of birth and during that period the applicant or her husband has paid contributions on earnings which in total come to not less than 26 times the weekly amount of basic insurance payments and
  • The applicant or her husband has paid insurance or has insurance credits from the previous year’s contributions which in total come to not less than 20 times the weekly amount of basic insurance payments
The application must be submitted within twelve months of the day of the birth. 

Text last edited on: 07/2011

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