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Military and civilian service: maintenance assurance
Service Description
To meet their basic needs, conscripted military or civilian service members and their family members receive benefits under the Maintenance Act (Unterhaltssicherungsgesetz, USG). These benefits include
- reimbursement of insurance premiums (except life insurance and insurance related to keeping and driving a motor vehicle),
- Rent allowance or economic allowance for self-employed persons.
The draft notice establishes the military/civilian service relationship on the date of commencement of service specified therein. From this point on, benefits under the USG are granted for a maximum period of nine months of military or civilian service, provided that the respective conditions of entitlement are met.
With the exception of the bridging allowance, these benefits are also granted if the conscript performs voluntary additional military service following basic military service (Section 2 No. 1 USG).
Who should I contact?
Contact the county or city district in which the conscript or civilian service member had his or her habitual residence prior to enlistment.
Which documents are required?
- Copy of the notice of convocation intended for the maintenance guarantee authority.
- Evidence, depending on the requested maintenance support, upon request by the maintenance support authority (e.g. marriage certificate, birth certificate(s) of the child/children, maintenance title from the youth welfare office in the case of parents who are not married to each other, declaration of custody in the case of parents who are not married to each other, rental agreement)
What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?
The application should be filed in a timely manner so that benefits are in the account in time for the start of military service or civilian service.
The application deadline should not be missed: Three months after the end of the military service or civilian service, the entitlements expire.
Appeal
The person liable for military service or performing civilian service and his or her eligible family members are entitled to apply for benefits. The conscript/civilian service member is entitled to apply for benefits for himself/herself as well as for his/her family members. A family member may apply for benefits only for himself/herself.
Author
The text was automatically translated based on the German content per DeepL.
Source: Zuständigkeitsfinder Thüringen (Linie6PLus)
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