Payment

Beneficiaries are paid the childbirth allowance by the local office of Labour, social affairs and family where they are permanently resident.

Rules for payment:

• the latest the allowance is paid is in the calendar month following the month in which claimants apply for it and prove that they are eligible for it;
• it is paid in cash or, at the beneficiary’s request, into a bank account in Slovakia;
• it cannot be paid abroad.