More than 732,000 people receive some type of unemployment subsidy, . Many of them may find themselves in the position of having to extend the collection of this aid, since otherwise they will not have more resources while they find work.
For all these people, the SEPE (State Public Employment Service) has issued a warning: the extension of the unemployment benefit must be done in accordance with the term established by the regulations. Failure to do so implies the loss of the right to payment during the lost period, so following the established steps is essential to continue receiving the subsidies.
What is the deadline to request the extension of a subsidy
, the SEPE explains that the collector of the subsidy must request the extension “between the day following the expiration date of the semester period and the fifteen days following the expiration date of the payment period of the last monthly payment.” The monthly payment, reports the agency, is usually the 15th or the next business day of each month.
In case of requesting the extension of the subsidy later, that is, after the deadline, the citizen will be entitled to it from the day of requesting the extension, deducting from the amount “as many days as have passed since the day following the expiration of the period semester until the date of application, both inclusive”.
In order to request the extension of the subsidy, it is essential not to have exhausted the term of said subsidy and to maintain the conditions that serve as access to the aid, including the income requirement of the applicant or their family unit: they cannot exceed 75% of the salary Minimum Interprofessional divided by the number of members that make it up. The SEPE also explains that the method of requesting the subsidy depends on this condition.
How to request the extension of the unemployment subsidy
-In the event that the applicant has not exceeded the level of income in any month after the first application, they may request the extension of the subsidy at the SEPE Electronic Office, in the service ‘Make the semi-annual extension of your subsidy’ () and as long as it is accessed with a digital certificate (), Cl@ve ), electronic DNI or via SMS by sending a code to the citizen’s telephone number.
At the time of the application, the citizen will need to have his registration as a job seeker, an income statement, another of family responsibilities and give the green light to the processing of personal data by the SEPE for the processing of the extension.
For these people it is also possible to do it through a pre-application form, for which the previous access methods are not needed and which can be reached . Entering the DNI or NIE and choosing the procedure ‘Pre-application for individual benefit’ will access the bulk of the form.
You must choose the ‘Subsidy Extension’ sub-process and fill in the fields that appear: name, surname, DNI or NIE and its expiration date, name of the mother and father, bank account number, contact information and spouse’s information or of the other parent in the event that there are children or minors in common.
-If the citizen has not complied with the income limit in any of the months following the previous request or in that time the family situation has changed, the SEPE explains that they must request the extension of the subsidy in person at one of its offices , for which it is essential to make an appointment.
To make an appointment, the citizen has two options: through the Internet at the SEPE Electronic Office or by calling 91 273 83 84 for an appointment and 24-hour service. Here you have one in each of the two cases.
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