Application for children born 2021 and after

Application for a maternity/paternity grant

• Each of the parents needs to complete his or her own form.

Parental status *

As parent attending full-time educational programmes
As parent who is not active in the labour market or employed in less than 25% of a full employment position

Applicant info

1. Name *

1.1 National ID number *

2. Address *

2.1 Postal code *

2.2 Municipality *

3. Home phone / Mobile phone / Work phone *

4. Communication preferences *

I wish to receive letters/messages from Fæðingarorlofssjóður by e-mail
I wish to receive letters/messages from Fæð-sjóður by regular post
I request neutral gender registration

3.1 E -mail address *

5. Name of the other parent

5.1 National ID number of other parent

6. Birth, primary adoption and permanent foster care

a) Independent entitlement in months.

b) Transferable entitlement in days

Surrender of transfereable entitlement in days

c) One parent

d) Multiples

Entitlement

7. Stillbirth or misscarriage

8. Period of maternity/paternity grant

A parent who is entitled to a maternity/paternity grant can at the earliest commence receiving the grant in the child’s month of birth and the grant is paid from the 1st day of each month. Maternity/paternity grants can be divided a minimum of 2 weeks at a time. The right to a maternity/paternity grant expires when the child reaches the age of 24 months.

Period of maternity/paternity grant *

9. Information regarding bank account

Bank number *

HB *

Account number *

10. Required documents. (Documents can be submitted after an application has been sent by using the form for additionaldocuments. Please note that application cannot be fully processed until the required documents have been submitted ).

Notification of maternity/paternity leave arrangement (form available on the Maternity/Paternity Leave Fund website

Certificate of the expected date of delivery of the child if applicable (obtained from the midwife).

If a parent wishes to use personal tax credits at the Maternity/Paternity Leave Fund, the form "Claim for persona tax credit before the 20th day of the month it is intended to be used for

11. If parents are not married or in a registered cohabitation they need to submit:

The signature of the custodial parent as well as a birth certificate of the child issued by Registers Iceland (Þjóðskrá Íslands) which attests to the paternity of the child.

OR

An agreement on joint custody attested by the district commissioner’s office (Sýslumaður).

12. Other information that the applicant wishes to include

Other information that the applicant wishes to include.

I hereby confirm to the best of my knowledge that the information provided is true and accurate. *

I confirm that I am aware that the Directorate of Labour will gather any necessary information from the Directorate of Internal Revenue’s files in the execution of the act including calculation of payments and monitoring. *

Please note if you need to get more documents to Fæðingarorlofsjóður please use the form for additional documents.

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