Eligibility

In order to qualify for a child allowance, the following conditions must be met: 

• the claimant cares for a dependent child; 
• the claimant (even if a non-national) is permanently or temporarily resident in Slovakia or is a person defined by the regulations of the European Parliament and of the Council governing the coordination of social security systems in the EU. Claimants do not qualify for the child allowance if: 
• the dependent child is cared for in a facility providing child protection and social guardianship or in a special educational facility because of a court order of institutional care, or an interim measure or decision imposing protective custody or correctional action; 
• the dependent child is on remand or serving a custodial sentence; 
• the claimant and the dependent child are staying in a country which is not a Member State of the European Union, a party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, or the Swiss Confederation, and the claimant does not have public health insurance cover in Slovakia during his or her stay in that country.