In the RIA Novosti article, read about what maternity capital will be in Russia from February 1, 2025, and who will benefit from its indexation.
What will be the amount of maternity capital in 2025?
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Maternity capital will be indexed every year from 2022. From February 1, 2025, it will be indexed by 9.5% . Thus, the amount of maternity capital will be:
690.3 thousand rubles for the first child;
912.2 thousand rubles for the second child;
221.9 thousand rubles, if the family previously received a payment for their first child.
If the family has already spent part of the maternity bahrain mobile database capital, the remaining amount will be indexed by the same 9.5%.
How to get maternity capital and what you can and cannot spend it on
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Today, no applications are required to receive maternity capital. Usually, the certificate arrives in your personal account on the Gosuslugi portal within five days after the child is registered at the Civil Registry Office. A paper version of the certificate can be obtained at the nearest MFC if you do not have a personal account on Gosuslugi.
If the certificate has not arrived on time, you need to contact the Social Fund of Russia , where they will help you figure it out and receive the benefits you are entitled to.
You can submit an application for disposal of maternity capital through your personal account on the State Services portal. You can also do this on the Social Fund website (you also need an account on State Services for this). You can submit an application in person through the territorial body of the Social Fund of Russia. Applications for disposal of maternity capital funds are considered within ten days.
Maternity capital can still be spent on education, on improving housing conditions, on forming the mother's funded pension, on social adaptation and integration of disabled children, on monthly payments. There are conditions that must be met when using the payment.
Who can receive maternity capital in 2025
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From February 1, 2025, only the amount of maternity capital will change, everything else will remain unchanged. The payment can be received by:
Women who: gave birth to or adopted a second or subsequent child after January 1, 2007; gave birth to or adopted a first child after January 1, 2020.
Men who: are the sole adoptive parents of a second or subsequent child, if the court decision entered into force after January 1, 2007; are the sole adoptive parent of a first child, for whom the court decision on adoption entered into force on January 1, 2020;
Men, if the mother’s right to maternity capital ceases (she dies, is deprived of parental rights to the child, commits an intentional crime against the child, or her adoption of the child is cancelled).
Minor children or full-time students under the age of 23, if the mother, father or adoptive parent's right to maternity capital has ceased and if the mother's right has ceased, but the father's right has not arisen. In such circumstances, guardianship authorities are involved.