Child allowance

Hlavní informace

The child allowance is the basic income-tested benefit for a dependent child living in a family with a lower income. Lower income means that the decisive (net) income in the family is less than 3.4 times the family’s living minimum.

One application for the child allowance is submitted and subsequently only the decisive income of the family for the previous calendar quarter is documented every quarter.

If the parents of a dependent minor child are divorced, the child is assessed with the parent with whom they live. If, after a divorce, the child is entrusted to the joint or alternate care of both parents, the parent designated based on the agreement between these parents is assessed with the dependent minor child.

An adult dependent child is assessed with the parents if the parents and the child are registered for permanent residence at the same address. If this condition is not met, the adult dependent child is assessed separately.

If a dependent child is in the full and direct care of an institution (facility) for the care of children or young people, this child is assessed separately.

Týká se vás to pokud

You have/are a dependent child and you have a low income.

Kdy službu řešit

You can use this service at any time if you have/are a dependent child and have a low income.

The right to the payment of the benefit arises on the day the application is submitted and you can claim this right for a maximum of 3 months retrospectively.

Vyřízení služby

Co potřebujete pokud službu řešíte

When submitting a Child Allowance Application, you need to fill in the form Child Allowance Application together with its annexes. Specimens of the additional documents (annexes) mentioned below are available under the above-mentioned link to the form.

Please attach to the application:

• the identity card for all listed persons or the birth certificate for children under 15 years of age or if the identity card does not state the maiden name;
• confirmation of a dependent child – for dependent children after the end of compulsory schooling and always from the school year beginning in the calendar year in which the child reached the age of 15. The child’s dependency must be proved by providing one of the following certificates:
  • proof of studying,
  • proof of the state of health of the dependent child,
  • confirmation of inability to systematically prepare for a future profession or to perform a gainful activity due to illness or injury,
  • confirmation of inclusion in the Labour Office records for job seekers after the end of compulsory schooling until 18 years of age,
  • a decision to suspend higher education due to pregnancy, childbirth or parenthood.

• proof of quarterly income for each of the jointly assessed persons who stated that they have an income;
• a declaration by the persons without an income decisive for the entitlement to the benefit, if the application indicates that they do not have an income; for the duration of entitlement to the benefit, each of the jointly assessed persons must submit the relevant document by the end of the first month of the quarter for which they are demonstrating entitlement to the benefit;
• proof of maintenance provided by a jointly assessed person, if one of the jointly assessed persons received income in the decisive period as part of the maintenance obligation or similar payments provided from abroad and the provider of this income is also a jointly assessed person;
• additional information about jointly assessed persons for the purposes of benefit payment within the EU, if one of the jointly assessed persons does not reside in the Czech Republic or has an employment or other connection with another EU Member State.

Kde a jak službu řešit

Applications are to be filed with the contact office of the Labour Office of the Czech Republic applicable for the actual residential address of the natural person - dependent child.

You can find the contact details of the individual contact points on the website of the Labour Office of the Czech Republic in the section Regional branches.

Doplňující informace

Jaký má služba benefit

The child allowance is a benefit paid at monthly intervals in cash or by bank transfer to a parent’s account. In the case of an adult dependent child, the allowance is paid directly to that child in cash, unless the child determines another method of payment.

The child allowance is provided in three amounts depending on the age of the dependent child, and in two assessments depending on the type of income demonstrated by the family.

Možnosti odvolání

If you are not satisfied with the outcome of the child allowance procedure, you can appeal against the ‘Decision’ within 15 days of its delivery. Submit your appeal with the regional branch of the Labour Office of the Czech Republic that made the decision on the benefit. The Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs will then decide on your appeal.