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pevi wrote:

I have received the following information about the child allowance application from the principal for the Childrens Allowance Section about 2 months ago.

You will also need to provide the following:



1)      Signed declaration showing date of cohabitation

2)      Copy of boarding passes for the whole family showing date of arrival in Malta

3)      Official document from abroad confirming the exact date up to when you received childrenÂ’s allowance from abroad

4)      Official documents showing income earned during 2011

5)      Official documents showing income earned during 2012

6)      If child was born abroad kindly provide a copy of birth certificate, if child was registered at the public registry in Malta there is no need of birth certificate copy.



The original applications can be handed in either at your nearest district office or you can send them directly to the



Childrens Allowance Section

Department of Social Security

St. Francis Square,

Victoria, Gozo VCT 1335

Dear pevi,

I recommend you forward this information about the child allowance application from the principal for the Childrens Allowance Section to: 

Radek CASTA

Radek.CASTA(at)ec.europa.eu

European Commission

Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion Directorate-General
Free Movement of Workers, Coordination of Social Security Schemes -
unit EMPL B.4
mail: J-54 2/115, B-1049 Brussels

pevi wrote:

Honestly I have not applied for the children allowance yet and I am not sure that we will, not just the hassle, but I have not made up my mind about it.

I think that's the whole point.... You get fed up with the application and give up.
Apart from some of the extra paperwork we, as expats need, many of my Maltese friends don't bother to apply...Too much poking into their income probably. There must be so much unclaimed money.

redmik wrote:

This was introduced in the uK in 1946, probably to increase birth rate after WW2. There are some who would argue that this is no longer relevant and should be withdrawn as the responsibility to have children or not should lie with parent's and their ability to finance their children.

interesting last sentence - ability to finance their family.... not going to happen anytime soon - children currently equates to free cash for thousands......sad but true...

pevi wrote:

We lived for 10 years in Czech Republic before moving to Malta. It was mean tested there as well. It is about 20-25 EUR/child depending on the age of child. Only families are eligible whose income does not exceed 2.4 times the subsistence minimum. The subsistence minimum in 2013 in CR for a family with 2 children under 6 is about 400 EUR/month.

and I thought the wages were bad here!

toonarmy9752 wrote:

redmik wrote:

This was introduced in the uK in 1946, probably to increase birth rate after WW2. There are some who would argue that this is no longer relevant and should be withdrawn as the responsibility to have children or not should lie with parent's and their ability to finance their children.

interesting last sentence - ability to finance their family.... not going to happen anytime soon - children currently equates to free cash for thousands......sad but true...

Do you not think this is a catch 22 situation....If there was no money for single parents, then perhaps the number of lone parents would reduce, as kids would not have more kids for money BUT, then the lone parents, who did have children, who were able to finance their family, who then found themselves in situations, that meant they could no longer (and there are many reasons and many thousands,) support without help?

Child benifits, don't add up to much but it does help with the small things....

toonarmy9752 wrote:

the small things being children...lol

Sparkie wrote:

I went to the Social security office in Victoria a few months ago to apply for Child Allowance. I was given the forms to fill in, which were all in Maltese so I asked my accountant friend for help with them. I took the required paper work back to the office, it was all photocopied and then I was told it would be about 2 months before I heard anything.
Still waiting but not too bothered as it is back dated to when the application was made.
But have since found the forms online in English!

Something is better than nothing, I work part time and  pay NI here so would be nice to have something back.

The next payment is due on the first Sat in October...If you don't get it by then, then the next payment is the first Sat in Jan.... I got 2 years back dated once!