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Application for Support When Missing Work to Care for a Sick Child (Requerimento de Subsídio para Assistência a Filho)

Blank application for the childcare allowance when you miss work due to your child's illness or accident.

Official form: RP 5052 · Instituto da Segurança Social

What it is for

Apply for support during absences to provide urgent care to a child
Include adopted children, children under civil sponsorship or in foster care

Example (fictitious). Titus Gorila misses three days of work because his daughter broke her arm and needs looking after.

What it is

This is the RP 5052, the application for the childcare allowance. It gathers the details of the applicant and of the child or equivalent, the periods of absence and the applicable declarations. It covers illness or accident, not the parental leave taken right after birth.

What you receive

You receive the official blank PDF form, with an explanation of what it is for. The Titus assistant answers your questions about filling it in. You can combine it with other documents in the same request, with a single payment. We do not ask for any password for forms.

Titus assistant

Do you have questions about this form? Ask, for example, what a field means or who should sign it.

The assistant explains; it does not fill in or submit anything on your behalf. Do not type passwords or third parties' data.

Things to note

The applicant completes and signs the blank form, and the employer may need to complete parts of it. Please check with Social Security (Segurança Social) which supporting documents are required. Titus Docs does not submit the application or guarantee the support.

Frequently asked questions

Can it be used to care for an adopted child?

Yes, the form covers adoption, civil sponsorship and foster families, under the terms set out in the form itself.

Do I have to state the dates I was absent?

The RP 5052 asks for the periods of absence. The Titus assistant helps you understand how to enter them.