If you want to know if the Continuous Benefit Payment has been released, then we will show you how consult BPC in a practical and bureaucracy-free way.
To avoid making mistakes when applying, it is important to find out what the requirements are for receiving this benefit.
What is the Continuous Benefit Payment?
This is an assistance benefit provided for by law, the Organic Law of Social Assistance – LOAS, where people with disabilities can receive up to 1 minimum wage, as they are prevented from participating fully under equal conditions.
These impediments are physical, mental and/or intellectual or sensory in nature.
Therefore, people with disabilities must prove the degree of incapacity 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 welfare, BPC, in turn, is the benefit that is granted by this law.
How to check BPC? Step by step
We can consult the BPC in a number of ways, as shown below:
My INSS
To check the BPC on Meu INSS, you can download the application, then click on “enter gov.br”, enter your CPF and enter the password, after entering click on “Meus Benefícios”.
Through the 135 switchboard
We can also make this inquiry by telephone, however, it is necessary to provide the holder's CPF to obtain information about their benefit.
Check in person at INSS
To get in touch in person, you must schedule an appointment through 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 Registry (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 of age, with an income of less than 1/4 of the minimum wage, who can prove social vulnerability, their total family income must be from May/2023 – R$ 330.00, and who do not receive other social security benefits, may have access to this benefit.
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For the disabled, it is essential to confirm long-term impediments, in this case they may be physical, mental, intellectual or sensory in nature, they must also be in a vulnerable situation, with a family income of 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 the service, have all the documents at hand.
Finally, to release the benefit, the family per capita income is calculated, considering all sources of income for the family.