If you want to know if the Continuous Payment Benefit has been released, then we will show you how consult BPC in a practical way and without bureaucracy.
To avoid making mistakes when applying, it is important to find out what the requirements are to receive this benefit.
What is the Continuous Payment Benefit?
This is an assistance benefit provided for by law Organic Social Assistance Law – LOAS, where people with disabilities can receive up to 1 minimum wage, as they are prevented from fully participating under equal conditions.
These impediments have a physical, mental and/or intellectual or sensory nature.
Therefore, people with disabilities must prove their degree of disability and, therefore, can request the benefit from the INSS if they are part of the group below:
● Chagas disease;
● Crohn's disease;
● Huntington's disease;
● Parkinson's disease;
● Refractory epilepsy;
● Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS);
● Multiple sclerosis;
● Ankylosing spondyloarthrosis;
● Advanced stage of Paget's disease
It is important to remember that BPC and LOAS are not the same thing, LOAS is the law that governs social assistance, BPC in turn is the benefit that is granted by this law.
How to consult the BPC? Step by step
We can consult the BPC in a few ways, as shown below:
My INSS
To check the BPC on My INSS, you can download the application, then click on “enter gov.br”, enter your CPF and enter the password, after entering click on “My Benefits”.
Through central 135
We can also carry out this consultation by telephone, however, it is necessary to provide the holder's CPF to obtain information about their benefit.
Consult in person at INSS
To get in touch in person, you must make an appointment via the website, telephone or app. It is important to be patient, as INSS employees are on strike.
What documentation is required?
To apply for the benefit, in addition to checking whether you meet the requirements, it is essential to present the documents below at any INSS agency, or at CRAS with the following documentation:
● Single Registry – CaDÚnico;
● Individual Taxpayer Registration (CPF);
● Proof of residence;
● Updated medical report proving the disability;
● Proof of income for all family members;
● Proof of expenses, which can be rent, water, electricity, gas, medicines, treatments, doctor's receipts, special food, etc.
Who is entitled to this benefit?
Elderly people over 65 years old, with an income of less than 1/4 of the minimum wage, can have access to this benefit, prove social vulnerability, their total family income must be from May/2023 – R$ 330.00, do not receive other social security benefits .
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For those with disabilities, it is essential to confirm long-term impairments, in this case they can be of a physical, mental, intellectual or sensory nature, they must also be in a vulnerable situation, with a family income from May/2023 – R$ 330.00.
Conclusion
Therefore, you can consult BPC at home through the application, however, it is extremely important to check what the minimum requirements are to be entitled to the benefit.
In addition, it is also possible to seek legal assistance, to facilitate assistance, have all documents at hand.
Finally, to release the benefit, the per capita family income is calculated, considering all the family's sources of income.