Assistance, reexamination

During a reexamination, the municipality looks at, among other things:

• Whether you are still receiving the correct benefit
• Whether any income you receive (e.g., alimony) has been properly deducted from your benefits
• Whether your equity is properly determined
• Whether your personal situation has changed, requiring you to receive more or less benefits
• Whether there is work for you to find
• How to find gainful employment as soon as possible so that you no longer need benefits

You are required to cooperate with a reexamination. The municipality decides how often to conduct a reexamination. 

• You will be given a reexamination form.
• You fill out the form and provide the requested information.
• You return the form with supporting documents to the municipality.

Research work finding

• You will receive a reexamination form and an invitation to an interview.
• You fill out the form.
• In the interview, you will discuss, among other things, what you are doing to find work and how the municipality may be able to help you with this.

Decision of the municipality

• You will receive a letter about the results of the reexamination.
• If there are changes, the letter will state your new rights and obligations.
• The letter may include a plan of action. This plan of action contains the agreements on how you can find paid work as soon as possible. You must keep to these agreements. At the next reexamination, the municipality checks this.

If you disagree with the results of the reexamination, you can object to the municipality.

For example, in a reexamination, the municipality may ask about:

• your job applications in the period since the previous reexamination
• any recent training achievements
• proofs of rent payment
• any recent divorce papers
• evidence of the amount of rent
• proof of your income and that of your partner and other family members, if any
• proof of debts of you and your partner and other family members, if any
• bank statements from the last 3 months