INPS

Eligible individuals must be completely disabled, between the ages of 18 and 67 years old, and must meet the health and administrative requirements laid down by law. They must also be permanent residents in Italy.

Start date and duration

To be entitled to the financial allowance, the citizen must make a claim for recognition of their health conditions, by submitting a claim via the "Civilian invalidity - Submit claim for the recognition of health requirements” service. Once the health and administrative requirements have been confirmed, the financial allowance is paid starting from the first day of the month following the one in which the claim was made or, in exceptional cases, from the date indicated by the competent health authorities.

What am I entitled to?

For 2021, the sum of the pension is 287,09 euro and it is paid in 13 monthly instalments.

The annual personal income limit is 16.982,49 euro

In order to calculate the income requirement for the first payment, the interested party’s income for the current year is considered on a presumptive basis. For subsequent years, the income received in the calendar year in question is considered for pension calculations, whilst for other types of income, the amounts received in previous years are taken into account.

The pension amount, in certain income conditions, can be increased by a monthly amount provided for by law (supplement).

Once an individual has reached the age upon which they can receive an old age pension (namely, 66 years and 7 months for 2018), the amount of civilian incapacity pension is adjusted according to the amount of old age pension received. The recipient is also no longer required to undergo confirmation of their health requirements.

Requirements

The allowance can be claimed by those who:

• Have been recognised as completely and permanently disabled;
• Are in financial difficulty;
• Are aged between 18 and 67 years old;
• Are foreign EU citizens listed at the registry office of their municipality of residence;
• Are non-EU foreign citizens who hold a residence permit of at least one year, even if they do not have a long-term EC residence permit (article 41 of the Consolidated Immigration Act);
• Have a permanent and regular residence within the national territory.

To be entitled to the pension, the individual must not have an income higher than the thresholds established annually by law. The pension can be claimed even if the disabled individual is hospitalised in a public institution that provides for his/her support.

The incapacity pension pension is compatible with benefits paid for invalidity caused by war, work or service and with other direct public pensions such as ordinary invalidity benefits and incapacity pensions.

The pension is compatible with any employment activity.

When can I claim?

To receive the allowance, the disability must be confirmed in advance by a medical-legal consultant and the issuance of a health report.

It is, therefore, necessary to obtain a preliminary medical certificate from a GP including the read code which should be entered in the health check claim and submitted to INPS using the “Civilian invalidity - Procedures for confirming health requirements (InvCiv2010)” service.

The confirmation process is complete after INPS has sent out the civilian invalidity report. This is sent either by registered mail with a return receipt or to a certified email (PEC) address (if provided by the applicant) and can be accessed via the on-line postal box service.

For sending either the health check claim or the confirmation of socio-economic requirements (AP70 form), the citizen can independently use the on-line services available on the INPS portal. Alternatively, the claim may be submitted using the online services offered by patronage institutes.

How can I claim?

Once the preliminary medical certificate and the read code have been obtained, the claim should be made to INPS on-line using the dedicated service.

Alternatively, claims can be made via pension advisory institutes or via Italian institutions for the disabled (ANMIC, ENS, UIC, ANFASS) using their electronic services.

The confirmation process is complete after INPS has sent out the civilian invalidity report. This is sent either by registered mail with a return receipt or to a certified email (PEC) address (if provided by the applicant) and can be accessed via the on-line postal box service.

With the exception of claims made by cancer patients, it is not possible to submit a new claim for the same allowance until the current one has been completed, or, in the event of a judicial appeal, until the final judgement has been reached.