Although most of the eligible for a study grant receive the grant automatically without having to submit a claim to the NII, some parents do need to file a claim in order to receive the grant.
Those who must submit a claim for the grant
A parent living apart from his spouse.
A "Aguna" woman
A women living in a shelter for battered women
- A single or widowed parent living without a wedded or common-law spouse - only the first time.
- A new immigrant.
All the other eligible parents receive the grant automatically.
Documents to be submitted
Divorced parents or those who are living apart have to submit the following documents too:
Ways to submit the claim
The claim and required documents can be sent by one of the following ways:
Important
- We send forms to those who changed their family status to "divorced" at the Ministry of Interior.
- Those automatically entitled to the grant are kindly asked not to approach NII branches before they had checked whether the grant has been deposited on their bank account until the 11th of August.
- The claim shall be submitted within 18 months of entitlement date. Those filing the claim beyond this period, will receive payment of the grant only for the 18 months preceding the submission of the claim.