Process description
Enquiry step
A social service person or his or her lawful representative shall request the social service.
In order to receive a social service, the person or his or her legal representative shall present a personal identity
document and submitted to Riga Social Service:
1. an application specifying the problem and its preferred solution;
2. a statement issued by a family doctor regarding the state of health of a person, which includes a diagnosis and signs of an acute infection (such as lung tuberculosis at the active stage, acute infectious disease), which may affect the procedures for the provision of social services.
3. other documents, if they are necessary for taking a decision on the granting of an appropriate social service.
You can call 67105048; 25770080 or the RD Welfare Department's free phone 80005055 to find out which person needs to be contacted in the territorial centre of the Riga Social Service.
By mail (the application must be signed manually), by signing with a secure electronic signature, or
also using an e-address.Pay step
You do not need to pay for the services.The step
After receiving all the documents, within one month the Social Service of Riga takes a decision regarding the granting or refusal of social service.
The social service applicant shall be informed of the decision taken.