• holder of Macao SAR Resident Identity Card;
• living in Macao SAR continuously in the past 18 months;
• those verified and confirmed by Social Welfare Bureau to be in severe impoverishment economically (refer to Minimum Subsistence Index);
• those who do not possess other fixed assets aside from present family residence; and
• the total amount of bank deposit and cash in possession not exceeding the numeric value stipulated (refer to the formula for computing the upper limit of bank deposit and cash).

• After the applicant has submitted all relevant documents, Social Welfare Bureau will make response within 45 days;
• The longest duration period for distributing subsidy is 12 months and it can be renewed with the same or different duration period;
• When the subsidy distribution period expires, Social Service Centres will contact respective beneficiaries and request them to proceed with necessary formalities in order to verify their eligibility for renewal of subsidy;
• If beneficiaries are proven to have made false declaration and submitted forged documents, they will have their eligibility removed and their subsidy terminated immediately. They will only be eligible for re-applying for subsidy one year later, starting from the day of cancellation. Social Welfare Bureau reserves its legal rights of recovery;
• A family refers to a husband-wife relationship or people leading a life similar to conjugal relationship, with lineal blood ascendants and descendants relatives by affinity, relatives by marriage, stepfather or stepmother. For lineal blood descendants under 24 years of age who are staying in places outside Macao attending higher level of education programme or in pursuit of a bachelor degree, and are financially dependent on the family, they are considered as family members as well;
• Beneficiaries who are unemployed during the period of receiving subsidy must have registered for job-seeking at Labour Affairs Bureau;
• Being unemployed, beneficiaries must take up jobs being referred to them or participate in activities or special programmes organized by Social Welfare Bureau and have to comply with the relevant rules and regulations;
• Applicants must cooperate with Social Welfare Bureau, particularly in the presentation or provision of necessary information for assessing their financially impoverished situations;
• Applicants have to provide the requested documents or information to Social Welfare Bureau within 45 days, starting from the day of receipt of notification from Social welfare Bureau;
• When beneficiaries’ familial situation and conditions have undergone changes, they must inform Social Welfare Bureau immediately (for instance, change of family’s residential address; birth, death, move-in or move-out of family members; change regarding situations of unemployment, employment, income, school attendance of family members);
• If the beneficiary leaves the subsidy uncollected for 3 consecutive months and/or is verified to be out of Macao Special Administrative Region for 90 days consecutively or for 120 days interruptedly in the year when subsidy is attributed, it may result in the cancellation of subsidy (except those who are incorporated in “Settlement in Mainland Programme”).
• Beneficiaries should not use subsidy for other purposes other than resolving difficulties in daily life due to lack of financial means.

Eligible Criteria for Application (Special Subsidy – Special Assistance for Vulnerable Families)

Supplementary Study/Learning Grant

• single-parent families;
• total family income below minimum subsistence index;
• those families who will be or are beneficiaries of general subsidy of our Bureau; and
• those families having children who are attending kindergarten, primary school, secondary school or university.

Supplementary Nursing Care Grant:

• total family income below minimum subsistence index;
• those who will be or are beneficiaries of general subsidy of our Bureau; and
• those proven as victims of chronic psychiatric illness, suffering from moderate to severe anemia (having 9 grams of hemoglobin or below), malignant tumors, diabetes and respective complications, malfunctioning of vital organs, disseminated lupus erythematosus, tuberculosis (undergoing treatment), need a liquid diet, in the phase of convalescence from ostomy surgery, permanently bed-bound due to illness and at the same time receive neither hospitalized care nor treatment in public or government-subsidized institutions or in medical institutions of Health Bureau.

Supplementary Grant for the Disabled:

• total family income below minimum subsistence index;
• those who will be or are beneficiaries of general subsidy of our Bureau; and
• those diagnosed as mentally handicapped, suffering from severe amblyopia (both eyes), severe auditory impairment, severe limb disability (for example, amputation, loss of the palm of the hand, sole of the foot or lower limbs, loss of hand or foot or severe loss of finger function, etc.), permanently bed-bound due to disabilities, paralyzed or semi-paralyzed, and at the same time receive neither hospitalized care nor treatment in public or government-subsidized institutions or in medical institutions of Health Bureau.

Notes

• Those who are attending school are being taken care of by families constituted of grandparents and grandchildren are eligible to receive Supplementary Study/Learning Grant in accordance with the stipulated regulation;
• Beneficiaries obtaining Supplementary Study/Learning Grant, Supplementary Nursing Care Grant or Supplementary Grant for the Disabled will not affect the receipt of subsidy of individuals and family members from Social Welfare Bureau;
• A person is not eligible to be a beneficiary of both the Nursing Care Grant and Grant for the Disabled at the same time. However, he/she is eligible to receive Supplementary Study/Learning Grant if he/she is just a beneficiary of either of the two aforementioned grants;
• The distribution of supplementary grant(s) will commence in the month following the approval of the application;
• When the beneficiaries or family members no longer meet the requirements for receiving special assistance, they should notify Social Welfare Bureau immediately and must stop receiving the respective grant(s) in the following month after the occurrence of this fact and reimburse the excess amount of grant(s) received.

• photocopies of Macao SAR Resident Identity Card of the applicant and his/her family members  ( Original copy is required for verification);
• salary declarations of the applicant and his/her family members;
• school attendance documents of the applicant and his/her family members (e.g. valid student identity card);
• those suffering from illness and lack of working capability have to submit recent medical declaration issued by Health Bureau, Kiang Wu Hospital or Hospital of University of Science and Technology;
• those unemployed have to submit declaration for job-seeking issued by Labour Affairs Bureau;
• recent water or electricity bill of present residence, documents like housing rent / housing mortgage loans and other expenses;
• the applicant is required to fill in documents prepared by Social Welfare Bureau that are related to the applying service(s);
• the applicant gives consent to Social Welfare Bureau for requesting him/her to submit necessary documents for analyzing and evaluating his/her application.

Table of Minimum Subsistence Index

Formula for Computing the Upper Limit of Bank Deposit and Cash

• RS: Minimum Subsistence Index
• A: Upper limit of bank deposit and cash

Attributed Amount

General Subsidy

Minimum Subsistence Index – Total Family Income = General Subsidy Amount

Non-regular Subsidy

Subsidy amount is stipulated according to actual expenses and real situation.

Special Subsidy – Special Assistance for Vulnerable Families

Supplementary Study/Learning Grant

Supplementary Nursing Care Grant

Supplementary Grant for the Disabled