Main Informal Carer Support Allowance
Subsídio de Apoio ao Cuidador Informal Principal
Paid by Instituto da Segurança Social, I.P. (ISS) · 🇵🇹 Portugal
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 unpaid carer — 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.
2 documents you'll need
UnlockExactly what to gather before you start, so nothing sends you back to the beginning.
Where this comes from
Allowance paid to the main informal carer under the Estatuto do Cuidador Informal, subject to means-testing.
https://www.seg-social.pt/ptss/pssd/documento/cmc20e8l500pnkl2y1hmvyxo8
A researcher has read this record against the official page.
Last checked against the official page on 5 October 2026
Source: www.seg-social.pt
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Related reading: How to read a grant eligibility rule
Other income support in Portugal
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- Dependency Supplement
- Social Inclusion Benefit (PSI)
- Sickness Allowance
- Legal Aid (Access to Justice)
- Social Broadband Tariff
- Lisbon Social Emergency Fund — household support
- Azores Regional Pension Supplement
- Social Widow(er) Pension
- Survivor’s (Widow’s) Pension — contributory scheme
- Unemployment benefit for self-employed workers
- Old-age pension — contributory scheme
- Invalidity pension — contributory scheme
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