Temporary Incapacity Benefit (former sickness benefit)
Auxílio por Incapacidade Temporária (ex-Auxílio-Doença)
Paid by INSS · 🇧🇷 Brazil
What this pays
The published value, how it is calculated, and whether it is cash or a credit ceiling.
Email and a six-digit code, then €50 a year. No password to forget.
Gated on a personal circumstance. This programme depends on disability or long-term condition or off work sick or injured — a condition the structured eligibility fields below do not capture. Read the official page carefully before assuming you qualify.
Who qualifies
UnlockThe 3 published rules this programme tests you against — age, income, residency, household and the rest.
The steps, documents and official link are part of the paid plan. Checking how much you're owed stays free.
3 documents you'll need
UnlockExactly what to gather before you start, so nothing sends you back to the beginning.
Where this comes from
benefício devido ao segurado do INSS que comprove, em perícia médica, estar incapacitado temporariamente para o trabalho ou sua atividade habitual por mais de 15 (quinze) dias consecutivos ... Em regra, cumprir carência de 12 contribuições mensais.
A researcher has read this record against the official page.
Last checked against the official page on 5 October 2026
Source: www.gov.br
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Related reading: How to read a grant eligibility rule
Other income support in Brazil
11 more programmes are on the paid plan, with the amount, the rules, the documents and the steps for each.
- Occasional Benefits - one-off municipal social assistance grants (birth, death, calamity, temporary vulnerability)
- Survivor's Pension (INSS)
- Permanent Incapacity Retirement (former disability retirement)
- Accident Aid - INSS compensation for permanent reduction of work capacity
- Incarceration Aid - INSS benefit for dependents of low-income prisoners
- Closed-season insurance for artisanal fishers
- Desenrola Brasil - debt renegotiation programme with discounts
- Family Carioca Card - municipal income complement of Rio de Janeiro city
- SuperaRJ - state income transfer of Rio de Janeiro
- Bolsa do Povo - umbrella of state income grants of São Paulo
- Renda Mais DF - income complement of the Federal District
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Permanent Incapacity Retirement (former disability retirement)
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Survivor's Pension (INSS)
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Closed-season insurance for artisanal fishers
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Accident Aid - INSS compensation for permanent reduction of work capacity
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