{"id":5374,"date":"2026-02-09T11:29:31","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T07:29:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/socialsecurity.govmu.org\/socialsecurity\/?page_id=5374"},"modified":"2026-06-15T10:59:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T06:59:19","slug":"_pb04-guardians-allowance","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/socialsecurity.govmu.org\/socialsecurity\/?page_id=5374","title":{"rendered":"_pb04 Guardian\u2019s Allowance"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Pensions & Benefits<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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<\/i>Basic Pensions<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/i><\/span><\/div>

Basic Retirement Pension<\/a>Widow\u2019s Basic Pension<\/a>Orphan\u2019s pension<\/a>Guardian\u2019s Allowance<\/a>Child\u2019s Allowance<\/a>Invalid\u2019s Basic Pension<\/a>Disability Allowance<\/a><\/span>
Carer\u2019s Allowance<\/a>Inmate\u2019s Allowance<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>

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<\/i>Contributory Pensions<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/i><\/span><\/div>

Contributory Retirement Pension<\/a>Invalid\u2019s Contributory Pension<\/a>Widows\u2019s Contributory Pension<\/a>Widower\u2019s Contributory Pension<\/a>Orphan\u2019s Contributory Pension<\/a>NSF Lumpsum<\/a>Transition Unemployment Benefit<\/a>Portable Retirement Gratuity Fund<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>

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<\/i>Compensation to injured workers<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/i><\/span><\/div>

Industrial Injury Allowance<\/a><\/p>

Disablement Benefit<\/a><\/p>

Survivor\u2019s Pension<\/a><\/p>

Dependant\u2019s Pension<\/a><\/p>

Orphan\u2019s Industrial Injury Allowance<\/a><\/p>

Retirement Benefits<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>

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<\/i>Continuation of Benefits<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/i><\/span><\/div>

Studies Abroad<\/a><\/p>

Medical Treatment Abroad<\/a><\/p>

One off Exemption for stay abroad<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Amount payable as from July 2024 \u2013 Rs 2000<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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  1. Payable to the person having the custody of the orphan(s) who is in receipt of the Basic Orphan\u2019s Pension.<\/li>
  2. Only one guardian\u2019s allowance is payable irrespective of the number of orphans and in respect of the same household; and<\/li>
  3. In the case of a non-citizen, the guardian must have resided in Mauritius for at least five years in aggregate in the ten years preceding the claim, one of those five years being immediately before the claim.<\/li><\/ol><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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    1. Birth Certificate for each orphan.<\/li>
    2. Birth and Marriage Certificates of guardian.<\/li>
    3. National Identity Card of guardian.<\/li>
    4. National Identity Card No of orphan aged 18 or over.<\/li>
    5. Death Certificates and National Identity cards No of deceased parents.<\/li>
    6. Certificate(s) of School Attendance for orphan aged 17 years and above.<\/li>
    7. Bank Name and Bank Account Number.
      In the case of a joint account, the National Identity Card(s) of Joint account holder(s) should be produced.<\/li>
    8. Passport (where applicable).<\/li>
    9. Proof of address (any Utility Bill).<\/li><\/ol><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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      Application may be registered at the Social Security Office nearest to the applicant’s locality.\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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      Contact the Social Security Office nearest to your place of residence.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Pensions & Benefits Basic Pensions Basic Retirement PensionWidow\u2019s Basic PensionOrphan\u2019s pensionGuardian\u2019s AllowanceChild\u2019s AllowanceInvalid\u2019s Basic PensionDisability AllowanceCarer\u2019s AllowanceInmate\u2019s Allowance Contributory Pensions Contributory Retirement PensionInvalid\u2019s Contributory PensionWidows\u2019s Contributory PensionWidower\u2019s Contributory PensionOrphan\u2019s Contributory PensionNSF LumpsumTransition Unemployment BenefitPortable Retirement Gratuity Fund Compensation to injured workers Industrial Injury Allowance Disablement Benefit Survivor\u2019s Pension Dependant\u2019s Pension Orphan\u2019s Industrial Injury Allowance Retirement […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_theme","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5374","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/socialsecurity.govmu.org\/socialsecurity\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/socialsecurity.govmu.org\/socialsecurity\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/socialsecurity.govmu.org\/socialsecurity\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/socialsecurity.govmu.org\/socialsecurity\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/socialsecurity.govmu.org\/socialsecurity\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5374"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/socialsecurity.govmu.org\/socialsecurity\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5374\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7632,"href":"https:\/\/socialsecurity.govmu.org\/socialsecurity\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5374\/revisions\/7632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/socialsecurity.govmu.org\/socialsecurity\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}