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Senior Citizens Grant

February 05, 2016
by British Residents In Malta
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Overview

The grant is a one time payment but paid every consecutive year. The amount of €300 is paid to those elderly persons who have already reached their 75thbirthday on the 1st of January 2016, or on a pro-rata basis from the date of the 75thbirthday up to the end of the year.Eligibility

Elderly persons who

  1. reside in their own residence in Malta or Gozo;
  1. reside with their relatives in their residence in Malta or Gozo.

Procedure

Payment will beeffectedby a means of achequeaddressed to the elderly person at his / her own residence or at the residence of the relatives with whom he / she is residing. Alternatively, it could be deposited in a bank account as provided by the elderly person.

In cases where the elderly person dies, no refunds are collected from the payment pertaining to the period after death however, refund will be collected in those cases where the elderly person stops residing in his or her own residence or with his / her relatives in their residence, and starts receiving a fully funded state financed residential service or in any other residence not financed by the State, up to the end of the year.

This benefit is awarded:

(a) automatically to those elderly persons who receive a pension from the Department of Social Security (b) following a claim made by elderly persons who do not receive a pension from the Department of Social

Security

In circumstances related to (b) a claim must be submitted on the form provided by the DSS. The form may be obtained from any District Office of the Social Security Department.

You can call at any Social Security Office such as the Qawra AccessCentre  and apply there. Alternatively, you can download the application form at: www.socialpolicy.gov.mt/en/Pensions/Pages/Senior-Citizens-Grant.aspx

Once you complete the application and you have all the required documents, you can send it by post to:

Department of Social Security

Disability Pension Section

38, Ordnance Street,

Valletta VLT 2000

Alternatively, you can also drop it at your nearest Social Security Office.

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