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• Be under 60 years
• Be an invalid, according to the Social Security Act; i.e. unable to carry out any kind of work
• Be sick for 13 consecutive weeks
• Have 150 paid contributions since 1981
• Have 110 paid contributions in the 5 years before invalidity commenced
• Have 5 paid or credited contributions, in 13 weeks before illness that led to invalidity
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• Present a medical certificate, stating cause of illness causing invalidity on INV1 form
• Claim must be signed and dated by a registered doctor in Belize.
• Claim must be signed and dated by the insured contributor
• An assessment by a medical board, set up by Social Security, must confirm invalidity
• Present Social Security card, passport or birth certificate when making claim
• Must provide bank account or an account number from any other financial institution.
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• Invalid insured contributor obtains Invalidity Benefit Claim Form (INV1)
Please click here to download form INV1
• Submit claim on prescribed form within 13 weeks of the date that you become entitled to claim invalidity benefit
• No sum shall be paid, for any period more than 26 weeks before the date that the claim is made
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