Supporting documents

If you have extremely high electricity expenses, you must tell us why your electricity expenses are high and provide proof of your expenses for an entire year’s consumption of electricity/heating. Afterwards, we’ll calculate an average per month.

In case of extraordinarily high electricity prices, we can calculate the average expenses in other ways.

If you co-parent, we need a copy of the co-parenting agreement and a copy of receipts for travel expenses that you’re obliged to pay.

If you have extraordinary health or medication expenses beyond the exemption card scheme, you must provide proof of this. Such proof could be:

• a statement from a doctor or treatment provider confirming that the expense is necessary and is not covered by the public authorities

You must also provide supporting documents showing who the doctor/treatment provider is, how much the entire treatment costs, and how long the treatment lasts.

Expenses for transportation in connection with medical treatment are covered by other public schemes. We therefore do not take these expenses into account when assessing your case.

The cost of living rate requires the use of public transportation between home and workplace. In some cases, however, we can take into account that you need a car and some car loan expenses:

You must have a car to be able to work
If you need to use a car to and from the workplace, you must send us:

• a confirmation from your employer stating how many kilometres you need to drive to and from the workplace per day and that you cannot use public transportation
• a copy of car insurance invoice
• a copy of the payment plan for any car loan

You need to have a car for health reasons
If you need to use a car for daily activities, you must send us:

• a confirmation from your doctor or treatment provider stating that you cannot use public transportation. The confirmation must state approximately how many kilometres you must drive per month.
• a copy of car insurance invoice
• a copy of the payment plan for any car loan

You’re a student and need a car to complete your education
The educational institution must provide a confirmation that you study there. You must submit this confirmation to us.

You must also provide proof of extraordinary expenses such as high dental expenses, expenses for your own child’s confirmation (not gifts), or replacing household appliances.