Citizens' benefit recipients Janett and Maik are facing financial difficulties. The couple has apparently lost all hope of having their child benefit application processed quickly.
It remains to be seen whether the child benefit will actually be paid due to the long processing time. The Federal Employment Agency points out that it makes sense to apply for child benefit as early as possible. As a rule, the processing time takes a maximum of six weeks. However, child benefit can be paid out retroactively for the last six months. The last number is decisive for the time of payment. There is a transfer plan every year from which the exact time of the payment can be found. The time for the transfer through the family fund depends on the childbenefit number assigned. The citizen's benefit recipient Maik's bad mood has taken over: "We want to go on vacation now, I don't know how I'm going to afford it now" “It's really sad again.” says Maik, the recipient of the citizen’s benefit.