Next Wednesday, July 31st, starting at 08:00 in the morning, the electronic platform A21 – Child Benefit will be open for new applications, as announced by the Ministry of Social Cohesion and Family, along with the supervising Organization for Benefits and Social Solidarity (OPEKA).
The application that has been temporarily saved is considered unsubmitted and will not be taken into account.
Interested beneficiaries are reminded that for the child benefit to be granted, the application must be definitively submitted and approved. The application that has been temporarily saved is considered unsubmitted and will not be taken into account.
More details about the child benefit can be found by interested parties at the address: https://opeka.gr/oikogeneia/epidoma-paidiou-a21/.
Payment of the 3rd installment on July 31st
The bi-monthly installment, which concerns the months of May and June, will be paid on Wednesday, July 31st, 2024, the last working day of the month, along with other benefits.
As noted, beneficiaries of the Child Benefit can submit their application on the HDIKA platform, www.idika.gr, or through the website, www.opeka.gr, using their personal access codes for Taxisnet.
The eligible amount will be calculated based on the dependent children declared in the A21 application for the year 2024 and the total family income that the beneficiaries had for the tax year 2022.
After the submission of the Income Tax Declaration for the current year, the incomes from the tax year 2023 will be taken into account for the calculation of the eligible amount.
It is emphasized that among the prerequisites that will be checked for the granting of the child benefit are: the enrollment of dependent children in compulsory education – from pre-kindergarten to middle school – as well as educational sufficiency.
In the A21 application, it is mandatory to enter the following in the relevant fields:
- the details of the School Unit,
- the grade and the Registration Number of the child attending compulsory education.
If all the details of the student are verified, the application can proceed normally. If not verified, a relevant notice appears, and the applicant is asked to attach the necessary supporting document to the electronic A21 application.
To complete the application, it must be definitively submitted and approved. An application that has been temporarily saved is considered unsubmitted and will not be taken into account.
Beneficiaries of the child benefit are:
- Greek citizens,
- foreign nationals of Greek descent who hold a Greek descent card,
- citizens of EU member states,
- citizens of countries that belong to the European Economic Area (Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein) and Swiss citizens,
- recognized refugees residing permanently in Greece, whose residence status is governed by the provisions of the 1951 Refugee Status Convention, as amended by the New York Protocol of 1967,
- stateless persons whose residence status in Greece is governed by the provisions of the 1954 Convention on the Status of Stateless Persons,
- beneficiaries of humanitarian status,
- citizens of other countries.
Payment dates
- Payment of the first installment to the beneficiaries took place on March 29th.
- Payment of the second installment to the beneficiaries occurred on May 31st, 2024, the last working day of the month, along with other benefits from OPEKA.
- The third installment will be paid on Wednesday, July 31st.
- The fourth installment of the Child Benefit A21 will be paid on Monday, September 30th.
- The fifth installment will be credited to the accounts of beneficiaries on Friday, November 29th, 2024.
- The sixth installment will traditionally be paid before Christmas, specifically between December 20th and 23rd.