The Minimum Vital Income is the lifesaver for many families in a situation of social exclusion. More than 80,000 households were able to receive this benefit last year. To this day, there are still many people who need this help and the Administration allows them to access it.
However, in order to receive this benefit, a series of documents must be presented to Social Security and certain procedures must be followed.
How do I submit the application for the Minimum Vital Income?
Currently, the Administration allows you to request the Minimum Vital Income electronically with and without a digital certificate.
If you have a digital certificate, it will only be necessary to go to the Social Security electronic headquarters and identify yourself.
On the contrary, if you do not have it, you will have to use the service enabled by the National Social Security Institute for your request without a certificate, which you can access from the Electronic Office, by clicking on access without a digital certificate.
What documentation must I submit?
In order to access the Minimum Vital Income, the beneficiary must prove to Social Security his identity, that he legally resides in Spain, his address in the country, the existence of a cohabitation unit and the level of income. For this, you will have to present the following documentation:
– DNI or NIE in the case of foreigners.
– Registration in the registry.
– Certificate of the Historical Collective Register, where all the people registered at the address and the date of seniority are stated.
– Family book, birth certificate from the civil registry of the children, or registration in the registry of de facto couples.
– A responsible statement of income and assets.
However, there are a number of cases in which certain additional documents must be added:
– Judicial incapacitation: To prove it, a sentence that accredits it will be necessary.
– Foster care: You will have to present a judicial or administrative resolution.
– Judicial separation or divorce: The beneficiary must include a judicial separation or divorce decree and, if applicable, the regulatory agreement sealed by the court.
– De facto separation or if the separation or divorce is in process: To do this, Social Security requires a copy of the separation or divorce claim filed by the Court, or a copy of the report of abandonment of the family home, or regulatory agreement stamped and completed by the Court or, lastly, testimony of the judicial approval of the provisional measures in which custody is agreed upon.
– De facto couples in which there is no cohabitation: The Administration requires a judicial document that attributes the care and custody of the common children to a certain parent or to both in a shared manner.
– Gender violence: It will be necessary to present the conviction for the crime of gender violence. Protection order or precautionary measures, report from the Public Prosecutor or report from social services, specialized services or shelter services.
– Victims of human trafficking and sexual exploitation: You must include a report issued by the public services or social services in charge of comprehensive care for these victims.
– Emancipated minor: For this, accreditation will be added by means of a public document, judicial resolution or certificate from the Civil Registry.