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Basic insurance in old age and in the event of disability (social assistance)
If your income in old age (pension) or in full disability is not sufficient for the necessary living wage, you can apply for the basic insurance.
The responsibility lies with the corresponding social office of the district and with the district-free city.
Documents may be required. Please contact the appropriate body.
There are no charges.
The benefits of the basic insurance start with the application. There are no additional payments for periods prior to the application.
The basic security benefit is regularly approved for 12 calendar months and then reviewed.
If the personal or financial circumstances change during the authorisation period, the changes must be notified. Increased benefits shall be paid at the earliest from the first of the month in which the notification of the amendment was made. That is why it is important to notify changes, such as a rent increase, immediately.
For more information, please visit the websites of the German Pension Insurance.
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.
Lower Saxony Ministry of Social Affairs, Health and Gender Equality
Source: Serviceportal Niedersachsen (Portalverbund des Bundes und der Länder)