Benefit answers for Estonia
Each program has a short description. The link opens the full card, then the official page.
What is Child benefit in Estonia?
After a birth is registered, the office sends an offer in self-service. You do not send an application for that path. The office decides after you confirm the offer.
What is Large-family benefit in Estonia?
It is paid automatically when one parent receives child benefit for at least three children.
What is Parental benefit in Estonia?
A working mother has the right before the birth. A mother who is not working has it from the birth. The office sends an offer.
What is Maintenance support in Estonia?
The state can pay it while a court case, enforcement, or a bankruptcy case is open, and the state recovers it later.
What is Old-age pension in Estonia?
The page says you need at least 15 years of pension qualifying period. You submit an application. If you go to an office, bring an identity document the page lists.
What is Funded pension in Estonia?
If you were born in 1983 or later, joining is mandatory. The duty to pay starts on 1 January of the year after you turn 18. From 2025 the page says you can pay 2, 4, or 6 percent of gross pay.
What is Survivor's allowance in Estonia?
From 1 October 2026 this allowance replaces the children's survivor pension. People already receiving it are moved over in most cases. If the payment had stopped, you submit an application yourself.
What is Health insurance in Estonia?
Check whether it is valid in the health portal, or in the state portal service the page names.
What is Sick pay in Estonia?
A doctor decides the certificate from your health. The first three days are unpaid. The employer pays from day 4 through day 8.
Where can I get help in a mental health crisis in Estonia?
Call 655 8088. Eluliin publishes this number for people who need mental health support.
Where can I get help with postpartum depression in Estonia?
Call 655 8088 if you are in distress or thinking about suicide, including in pregnancy or after a birth.
What is Care pay for a sick child in Estonia?
Tervisekassa pays from the first day of the care certificate for a sick child under 12, or a disabled person under 19.
What is Dental benefit in Estonia?
It works only at a clinic that has a contract with Tervisekassa. The share comes off the bill. You do not send an application.
What is Work ability allowance in Estonia?
It says you need a doctor visit in the last six months, and your health data in the health portal.
What is Unemployment insurance benefit in Estonia?
You send two applications: one to register as unemployed, and one for the benefit. You can do that in e-töötukassa, at an office, or by phone if you cannot use those. If you worked in Estonia, Töötukassa uses the employment register.
What is Subsistence support in Estonia?
The state funds it and the local government pays it, after other help has not been enough.
How do I apply for a driving licence in Estonia?
The Transport Administration says you apply for a first driving licence, and book the exams, in its e-service or at a service office.
How do I prepare for the driving test in Estonia?
The same page says you finish driving school, then pass a theory exam and a driving exam. You book both exams in the e-service or at a service office. For up to ten working days after you pass, and while the licence is being printed, you may drive in Estonia without the card if your right to drive is already valid.
What do I do after a car accident in Estonia?
The Police and Border Guard Board says you stop as soon as you can without causing more danger, and you switch on the hazard lights and the side lights.
When does a car need a technical inspection in Estonia?
The Transport Administration says a category M1 car is due 48 months after first registration.
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