Social security benefit and pensioner
The SVB calculates around your retirement age how much AOW you will get.
You will get a letter from the SVB if the calculation shows that you may have too little income from age 65. Do you have questions about the supplementary benefit?
Approach
Around your retirement age, the SVB calculates how much AOW you will get. You will get a letter from SVB if they expect you to have too little income. You can then see if you are entitled to the supplementary benefit. Give your details to the SVB and you will receive the application form about six months before your retirement date.
The amount of the AIO supplement depends on the amount of your AOW.
Description
From your retirement age you are entitled to an AOW benefit. For every year that you live in the Netherlands from the age of 15, you build up entitlement. Have you lived outside the Netherlands for a number of years? If so, you will receive a lower AOW pension. You may then be entitled to supplementary assistance. This assistance benefit will supplement your monthly income up to the social minimum.
The supplement is called Supplementary Income Provision for the Elderly (AIO). The Social Insurance Bank (SVB) administers the scheme for people from retirement age onward.
More information about the supplementary benefit can be found on the SVB website .
Want to know if you qualify for another special arrangement for low-income people? Look for more information at:
- Special assistance
- Chronically ill and disabled allowance
- Collective health insurance
- Minima, contribution
Terms
The conditions for receiving an AIO supplement are:
- You live in the Netherlands.
- You are entitled to AOW and may have a low pension.
- Your income is below the social minimum.
- Your assets are below the established limit.