Application for continuation of child benefit for children over 18

To continue receiving family allowance after the age of 18, the child must be in secondary education, an apprenticeship or, in the case of a disability, training adapted to his or her abilities.

In order for the CAE to be able to verify said condition, the payment of family benefits is limited to July 31st every year and is resumed after reception of the questionnaire, as well as any other required document.

If the student fulfils the conditions, payment of family allowance will resume with retroactive effect from 1 August as soon as the documents have been provided.

If your child attends a public school in Luxembourg, you don’t have to join a school certificate.
However, if your child attends either a school outside  of Luxembourg, a private school in Luxembourg, or a special education school, a school certificate has to be sent in with the questionnaire. The school certificate must be stamped and issued after the beginning of the school year. Certificates of pre-registration are not taken into consideration by our fund.

The school certificate must be issued after the beginning of the school year (certificates of pre-registration are not taken into consideration by the CAE). Please send back the questionnaire together with the school certificate. Any arrears will be paid as soon as your file is completed.

Please refer to the child's school timetable or contact the child's school.
In the case of an apprenticeship, please indicate the number of hours the child attends classes at the school.

If the apprenticeship is pursued in Luxembourg, the form must be returned together with a copy of the apprenticeship contract. If the apprenticeship is to be continued outside Luxembourg, the form must be returned together with a copy of the apprenticeship contract and a school certificate.

The questionnaire and the apprenticeship contract must be returned to the CAE once an employer has been found. Payment of the family allowance is temporarily suspended on 31st July until the required documents are received, and the arrears due from August onwards are paid as soon as the file is complete.

No, unless the apprentice has changed employers.

If the child is pursuing an apprenticeship in which the first year is spent full-time at the school, please complete and return the questionnaire.
If the entire apprenticeship takes place without an external employer (e.g. the school is the apprenticeship employer), please attach a training agreement drawn up by the school.

If your child stops or drops out of school during the school year, you must inform the CAE within three days. Payment of the family allowance will stop on the first day of the month following the stop or dropout of school.

In the event of an interruption in studies due to health reasons, payment of the family allowance may be paid until the 31st July of the current school year, under the condition that a medical certificate is provided.

If your child is returning to school, please send us a recent school certificate issued after the start of the school year.

Please wait for the result of the child's retake exam before returning the questionnaire. If the child continues a secondary education after the exam, child benefit will be paid retroactively from 1 August.

   

Yes, if the student takes up paid employment without interrupting their secondary education, they are still entitled to child benefits unless the period of employment exceeds 4 months and the average gross salary received is higher than the minimum social wage.
The CAE must be informed of any start of paid employment within three days.

Beneficiaries of the monthly scheme receive their back-to-school allowance at the end of August, while beneficiaries of the differential scheme receive it at the end of January, together with the differential allowance, calculated for the period from July to December.

Yes, if you receive an « allocation de rentrée scolaire » (ARS) in France, it will be deducted from your Luxembourg child benefits.

    

If you are pursuing higher education, please note that you are no longer entitled to Luxembourg family allowances from the date on which you complete your secondary education. To find out if you are eligible for assistance from the Ministry of Research and Higher Education, please go to www.mengstudien.lu, under the heading AIDE FINANCIERE DE L'ETAT - AIDEFI, quoting the student's registration number.

The CAE may re-examine the application on the basis of the AIDEFI refusal and a school certificate issued after the start of the school year. To do this, return the completed and signed application form, enclosing the AIDEFI refusal and the school certificate.

Yes, children who have reached the age of majority can receive the allowance on their own behalf by submitting a written request, enclosing a bank statement (RIB) and a colour copy of a valid identity document.

The person receiving the family benefits.

Family benefits are no longer due in the following cases :
• Your child has reached the age of 25 years.
• Your child no longer pursues a secondary education beyond the age of 18 years
• Your child no longer pursues neither education nor training adapted to its abilities in a specialised institute or center, nor any secondary education outside of Luxembourg.
• Your child pursues higher education (university or college).
• Your child is employed for more than four months, and the average gross salary received is greater than or equal to the social minimum wage.

By post : BP 394, L-2013 Luxembourg
Electronically :
https://cae.public.lu/en/demarches/envoi-pieces.html

Please note that the CAE does not have an e-mail address