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Almannaverkið

Almannaverkið plays a central role in the Faroese welfare system by administering social benefits, support services, and assistance programmes for people throughout the Faroe Islands.

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Child Supplement Allowance - Application
Serligt barnaískoyti

Tú kanst fáa serligt barnaískoyti, um tú ert einsamallur uppihaldari, ið ikki livir í parlagi.

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Child Supplement Allowance - Yearly Confirmation
Serligt barnaískoyti - Árlig váttan

Tú kanst fáa serligt barnaískoyti, um tú ert einsamallur uppihaldari, ið ikki livir í parlagi.

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Child Support - Statutory Prepayment
Barnagjald

Einsamallur uppihaldari kann biðja um at fáa barnagjald útgoldið frá Almannaverkinum, um tann, ið hevur skyldu at gjalda, ikki vil ella kann gjalda.

Tað er ein treyt fyri at fáa forskotsrindað barnagjald, at barnagjald er ásett av Familjufyrisitingini ella øðrum samsvarandi myndugleika, og at gjaldsavgerð (Skjal um barnagjald) skal viðfestast seinni í sjálvgreiðsluni.

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Family Supplement Allowance - Application
Family Supplement for Low-Income Families

Low-income families with children may be eligible for financial support by completing an application form and submitting it to the Social Services. The family must have a registered residence in the Faroe Islands.

As the payment is subject to an application and takes effect from the month in which the application is received, it is important to submit the application as soon as possible.

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Family Supplement Allowance - Yearly Confirmation
Annual Confirmation

The Social Welfare Services (Almannaverkið) requires an annual confirmation that you still wish to receive and/or remain eligible for the family allowance.

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Functional Rehabilitation
Application for training in Almannaverkið

If you are 18 years of age and up to the national pension age, if you live at home, you can apply for maintenance training from the Social Welfare Service. The service does not require a prescription.

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Life Certificate
Life Certificate and Income Certificate

As you receive an old-age pension from the Faroe Islands under the Nordic Convention on Social Security, the Social Welfare Services (Almannaverkið) must receive a life certificate and an income declaration from you each year.

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Pension, born 1. Jan 1953 or later
Umsókn um fólkapensjón

Øll, sum eru fødd 1. juli 1957 til og við 31. desembur 1962 og lúka lógarlýstu treytirnar, hava rætt til fólkapensjón, tá ið tey verða 67½ ár.

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Pension, born before 1. Jan 1953
Fólkapensjón

Øll, sum fylla 67 ár og lúka lógarlýstu treytirnar hava rætt til fólkapensjón

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Put pension on hold
Put Pension on Hold

Útgjaldingin av fólkapensjónini kann útsetast um tú ert:

  • Føddur 1. januar 1953 ella seinni
  • Arbeiðir í minstalagi 1000 tímar um ári

Umsókn um útsetan av pensjónsveitingini skal sendast saman við umsókn um fólkapensjón. Umsóknin kann eisini sendast inn seinni.

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Rent Support
Rent Support for Renting Households

A household that rents a dwelling in accordance with the Faroese Rent Act, in a self-contained apartment with its own kitchen, and that does not own any other real property that can be used as a residence, may be entitled to rent support under the Faroese Parliamentary Act on Rent Support.

A household that rents from one or both parents, or from a legal guardian, is not entitled to rent support.

Persons who rent accommodation covered by Chapter 6 of the Faroese Social Services Act are not entitled to rent support.

As the payment of rent support is conditional upon an application and only takes effect from the month following receipt of the application, it is important to submit the application as soon as possible.

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Sick Pay
Sjúkradagpeningur, tá tú ikki fært løn undir sjúku

Tú kanst hava rætt til dagpening frá 1. fráverudegi, um Almannaverkið hevur móttikið umsókn tína í seinasta lagi 60 dagar aftaná 1. fráverudag. Verður umsóknin móttikin á Almannaverkinum seinni, verður dagpeningur veittir frá tí degnum.

Ert tú arbeiðsleys/-ur og gert sjúk/-ur, men ert ikki í ALS, kanst tú, áðrenn 30 dagar eru farnir frá tí, at tú fórt úr starvi, senda Almannaverkinum umsókn um sjúkradagpening og harvið møguliga vinna tær rættin til sjúkradagpening.

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Start pension again
Set útsettu pensjónsveitingina í gongd aftur

Tú skalt seta pensjónsveitingina í gongd aftur um

  • tú arbeiðir minni enn 1000 tímar um ári
  • pensjónsveitingin hevur verið útsett í 10 ár

Um tú aftur fert til arbeiðis, ber aftur til at útseta pensjónsveitingina eina ferð afturat.

 

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Work in Nordic Countries (N101)
Umsókn um N101

Til persónar, ið fara í annað norðurland at arbeiða uttan at flyta bústað og sum velja, at verða sosialt tryggjaðir í Føroyum, og harvið kunnu fáa undantak frá at gjalda sosiala trygd í arbeiðslandinum.

Er ikki galdandi fyri Danmark og Grønland.

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Almannaverkið plays a central role in the Faroese welfare system by administering social benefits, support services, and assistance programmes for people throughout the Faroe Islands.

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