By Vangelis Dourakis

A few 24 hours still have their disposal to submit the necessary application as many families as they want to pay the child allowance A21 At the end of the month:

The platform will remain active until the Friday 14 March And those who ‘lose’ the deadline will not receive the aid on March 31st. Another element that the beneficiaries should know is that the payment of this month will be the last that the aid will be given in cash.

In the next payment of the A21 child allowance at the end of May, the beneficiaries should have obtained a prepaid card, which will be credited with half the amount of the allowance, with the other half entering the bank account normally.

The procedure for submitting the application for A21 Children Allowance

At present, those who want to receive the first dose of the aid at the end of this month should apply for the use of TAXISnet codes by Friday 14 March at 18:00, either through the Platform of HIDA (www.idika.gr) or through the OPECA website (www.opeka.gr).

If they do not catch the deadline they should wait for the platform to reopen In early April To get the first and the second in late May.

The eligible amount will be calculated on the basis of of dependent children to be stated in the A21 year application 2025 and of total family income that the beneficiaries had the tax year 2023.

Following the submission of this year’s income tax return, the income of the tax year 2024 will be taken into account for the calculation of the eligible amount.

Among the conditions checked for the child allowance is the attendance of dependent children in compulsory education – from pre -infant to high school – as well as adequacy of study.

In the A21 application must be registered in the relevant fields:

  • the details of the school unit
  • The class and the registry number of the child attending compulsory education.

If they cross All the details of the student, the application may proceed normally.

If they do not intersect The note appears and the applicant is required to attach to the online application A21 the necessary supporting document. To complete the application must be submitted permanently and have been approved. Application that has been temporarily stored shall be considered non -submitted and not taken into account.

The process for issuing a prepaid card

As mentioned above, however, to repay the beneficiaries of the child allowance at the end of May, they must do the relevant procedures by then To issue a prepaid card.

Specifically, the process of issuing the prepaid card is done through a new Integrated Information System (IIS), which has been created specifically for the needs of the program (https://prepaid.minscfa.gov.gr/).

Information system interceptions with its databases DEPA and his OPECA and recovers IBAN and the address you have already stated in your applications for benefits.

You will then be sent an email to enter the new system within five (5) days to check the correctness of the data and, if you wish, to change them.

If you do not take any action within the aforementioned period, your application is submitted with the information recovered by the bodies (DIPAA and/or OPECA) to the IBAN payment service provider.

The payment service provider proceeds to check the application and then issuing and sending the prepaid card.