When requesting the Minimum Vital Income we must take into account the necessary requirements to be able to access this aid. First of all, at the level general:
The legal residence and effective of the coexistence unit must be in Spain. In this regard, on the Social Security website they point out that: “continuously during the last year, with exceptions”. The exceptions refer to victims of trafficking or sexual exploitation, minors who have later joined the cohabitation unit and women who have been victims of gender violence The cohabitation unit must be in a situation of economic vulnerability. To accredit it, the net worth, the level of income and income and non-corporate assets are valued. In addition, the coexistence unit must have been formed at least six months before to request the IMV. The same person can only be part of a unit of coexistence.
In the same way, specific requirements must be met in the case of being people who live alone or who are part of a coexistence unit.
For people who live alone
Have of 23 to 65 years. If you do not have the right to a retirement pension, those over 65 can also request the IMV. Not having a common-law partner or being married.
Evidence of having lived autonomously during the 3 years previous. They can share residence with another unit of coexistence, without integrating in her.
coexistence unit
have at least 23 years of age (or 18 if there are dependent minors). Also they over 65 if they are not entitled to a retirement pension. Not be beneficiaries of pensions, neither for permanent disability nor for invalidity nor for retirement. Marriages and common-law partnerships and other family members, up to a relationship of second grade.
victims of gender violence who have left the family home with their children or minors, under guardianship. Also other relatives up to the second degree. Two or more people who have lived independently for the previous 3 years, between the ages of 23 and 65, living in the same address. They may also be sharing a home with another household.
aid amounts
Las amounts to receive by the IMV, both for the coexistence unit and for the individual beneficiaries will be the difference between the guaranteed income and the set of income and income received, provided that this amount is equal to or greater than 10 euros per month.
for a individual beneficiary the monthly amount is one hundred percent of the annual amount of non-contributory pensions, divided by 12. In 2023 this is 565.37 euros. The amount to be received increases by twenty-two percent due to disability equal to or greater than sixty-five percent.
For the coexistence unit the amount is increased by thirty percent for each member from the second. The maximum is two hundred and twenty percent.
In this way, in 2023 the amounts to be received are the following:
734.99 euros for the units of coexistence of an adult or two and a minor. 904.60 for those formed by one or two adults and two minors. Also for three adults and one minor. 1074.21 for units with one or two adults and three minors, two adults and two minors, three adults and one minor and four adults. 1,243.83 for residential units of one adult and four or more minors, two adults and three or more minors, three adults and two or more minors, and four adults and one minor.
In addition, these amounts are increased by twenty-two percent in the case of cohabitation units. single parents. Another supplement of twenty-two percent is also added if the family unit includes a person with a degree of disability recognized that is equal to or greater than sixty-five percent.
The child support supplement
Finally, for each minor a member of the cohabitation unit will add a child support supplement, taking into account the age of the member on January 1 of the year in which the request is made.
These plugins are as follows:
For children under three years: 115 euros. Between three and six years: 80.50 euros. Between six and eighteen years: 57.50 euros.
How to request the Minimum Vital Income online
Below we explain how to apply for the IMV online, what you need and the steps to follow to efficiently apply online.
What do we need?
In the first place, to be able to request the Minimum Vital Income we must have Internet connection to access the online form available on the Social Security website.
We will need an address email. We should also take a picture. We will have to have the photographs of our ID or NIE to be able to verify our identity.
In addition, we must attach the necessary documentation in order to send the request. Once we send it, it is possible that they call us or write us by email to attach new pending documentation. To attach it we will have to access from the space “manage the application submitted”.
How to apply step by step
The first thing we must do is access the website made available to users to carry out this procedure by Social Security. You can find it at this link.
Next we must click on “start request”. We will have to introduce our province of residence.
In the next step we will have to fill a form to assess if we meet the necessary requirements to request the IMV. The form lasts approximately 15 minutes. If you meet the requirements according to the simulation, you will be able to continue making the request.
Next you will have to identify yourself, selecting who is going to submit the application and adding your data and photography.
They will send a code to your email after sending your data and you will have to validate it.
Next you will have to upload a photograph holding your ID and also attach the two sides of your ID in order to access the form. If you do not have a camera on the device on which you are making the request, you can use the QR code that they provide you and take the picture from your smartphone.
In the next step you can fill the form with all the information requested. They will ask you for information regarding who is part of the coexistence unit, marital status, telephone number and other personal information.
You will have to include the data related to your address and income. Add if you collect any type of benefit and the income of the last year. If last year’s income was higher, you can also indicate an approximation for this year, without including any type of benefit.
Also, you will have to manually add the data of each member of the living unit. These data include name and surname, address, ID and family relationship with the rest of the people in the coexistence unit. It should also be indicated if there is any degree of disability.
In addition, you will have to include the Bank account number in which you want to receive the benefit if you receive it. Finally, you will have to give your consent for the verification of this data.
In addition, you will have to sign the application and you will be able to attach the following optional documents: Marriage or domestic partnership certificate, family book and other additional documentation. At the end you also have a space to include allegations.
For the signing of the application, each of the members of legal age of the unit of coexistence will have to sign on a sheet, including name, surname and ID number.
If we have documentation pending to provide, they will notify us so that we can provide it in “Manage the submitted application” once the application has been formalized.
Finally, we will be able to confirm that all the information is correct before formalizing our request.
If we don’t want to send the form yet, but we want to save it, we can do it by choosing the option “keep” in the upper right corner. They will email us a code so we can complete our application within the next 10 days.
From here, the maximum term for the resolution of the request is 6 months. If there is no resolution within this time, the request is understood to be denied. From the Social Security they indicate that the applications presented will be resolved expressly, even if more than six months have passed since they were presented.
Once the benefit is granted, the IMV payment will be made month by month by Bank transfer to the specified account. The right to this benefit will be born from the 1st of the month after the application is submitted.
