One-time payment of DKK 1,000 for welfare beneficiaries

The one-time payment of DKK 1,000 will automatically be paid out to those who have a NemKonto account and have received all or parts of one of the following benefits for April 2020:

Pensions

• State pension (Folkepension)
• Disability pension - awarded both before and after 2003 (Førtidspension) 
• Seniorpension
• Early retirement (Efterløn)
• Flexi job scheme (Fleksydelse)
• Partial pension (Delpension) 

Labour market

• Unemployment benefits (Arbejdsløshedsdagpenge and Ledighedsydelse)
• Holiday allowance (Feriedagpenge) 
• Cash benefits (Kontanthjælp) 
• Maternity benefits from Udbetaling Danmark or Danish Maritime Authority (Barselsdagpenge)
• Holiday allowances from Udbetaling Danmark or Danish Maritime Authority (Ferieydelser) 
• Sickness benefits from your local authority/municipality or Danish Maritime Authority (Sygedagpenge) 
• Senior job compensation (Kompensation ved seniorjob)
• Subsidies for Flex Wage (Fleksløntilskud) 
• Resource clarification benefits (Ressourceforløbsydelse) 
• Rehabilitation benefit (Revalideringsydelser)
• Subsidies for those who receive rehabilitation benefits and grants or interest-free loans to establish a self-employed business (Tilskud til forsørgelse til revalidender, der modtager støtte i form af tilskud eller rentefrit lån til at etablere selvstændig virksomhed)
• Subsidies for the self-employed with reduced working capacity (Tilskud til selvstændigt erhvervsdrivende med nedsat arbejdsevne)
• Lost earnings due to disability of a child (Tabt arbejdsfortjeneste vedrørende børn med nedsat funktionsevne)
• Carer’s allowance for caring for close relatives with a disability or a serious health problem (Plejevederlag ved pasning af nærtstående med handicap eller alvorlig sygdom)
• Carer’s allowance for caring for a dying relative at home (Plejevederlag ved pasning af døende i eget hjem).

Education

• SU - State Educational Grant (Statens Uddannelsesstøtte)
• SU - The Danish students’ Grant and Loans Scheme (SU-tillægsstipendium sammen med slutlån) 
• SVU - State Educational Support for Adults scheme (Statens voksenuddannelsesstøtte)
• Scholarship benefits received in production schools (Skoleydelse på produktionsskoler)
• Scholarship benefits for vocational education (Skoleydelse til EGU, Erhvervsgrunduddannelse)
• Work placement in vocational education (Skolepraktikydelse på erhvervsuddannelse)
• Scholarship benefits for preparatory basic education and training (Skoleydelse til FGU, Forberedende Grunduddannelse) 
• Student benefits under the Adult Vocational Educaiton Act (Elevstøtte efter loven om arbejdsmarkedsuddannelser) 
• Educational support for maritime educations (Uddannelsesstøtte til maritime uddannelser)
• Compensation for participation in schooling for certain PIA-students (Godtgørelse for deltagelse i skoleophold for visse PIU-elever)

You must have received the benefit for April 2020

To receive the one-time payment of DKK 1,000 you must have received all or part of your benefit for the period of 1 April to 30 April 2020. It does not  matter on which date you received the benefit, as long as the benefit was payed out for the month of April. You can typically see the date on the payout message.

Please note wether your benefits are paid out to you at the beginning of the month or at the end of the month.

If your benefits are paid out at the end of the month, then the benefits for April will typically have been paid out to you on 30 April. If your benefits are paid out at the beginning of the month, then the benefits for April will typically have been paid out to you on 1 April.

However, you may also have received benefit for April at other times.

If you are entitled to receive the tax-free one-time payment of DKK 1,000 and you have a NemKonto account, the amount will automatically be paid out to you during October 2020. You do not have to apply for it yourself. 

Even if you do receive public benefits from the Danish state you might not have a NemKonto account. Instead you may have given your bank details to the public authority that pays out your benefit. This is not an option for the one-time payment. The one-time payment can only be paid out to a NemKonto account.

If you think you qualify according to the criteria and have not yet received the one-time payment, you need to make sure that you have an active NemKonto account. If you are in doubt, please contact your bank in Denmark. If you have an international bank account, you can check whether or not you have an active NemKonto account through Nemkonto’s self-service using your NemID or by contacting NemKonto’s customer support.       

If you have an international bank account as your NemKonto account

If your NemKonto account is with a bank outside of Denmark, transferring the amount to this account will in some cases take a little longer. Your bank might also charge you a fee for the transfer.

Check your NemKonto

Look for a payment called 'Engangstilskud covid' when you check your online banking or your bank statement. Here you will also find a detailed text, where you can read more about the payment. The placement of the text depends on your bank.  

You will not receive a letter about the payment.

If you have not received the one-time payment but think you qualify according to the criteria, there are different things you can do.

Check your benefit payment

To qualify for the one-time payment of DKK 1,000, you must have received one of the public benefits mentioned above and have received the benefit for April 2020. You also need a NemKonto account to receive the one-time payment.

1. Check your benefit to see if it is listed under “Who can receive the one-time payment?”
   
   
2. Check if you received your benefit for April 2020, e.g. in your payment specification, through the self-service solution or by contacting the public authority who paid out your benefit to you.
   
   
3. Contact your bank to check that you have an active NemKonto account.

If you qualify, but do not have a NemKonto account

ATP will send you a letter if they have attempted to pay out the one-time payment and been unsuccessful because you do not have a NemKonto account.

When your NemKonto account is active you will automatically receive the one-time payment at the end of the month. If you have an international bank account as your NemKonto, please note that it might take time to transfer the money.

Your NemKonto account needs to be active no later than 28 February 2021.

Please note that it takes time to set up an international bank account as your NemKonto account, if you do not have NemID. Read more about creating a NemKonto account further down this page.

If you changed banks

If you changed banks in September or October 2020, there might have been a period when your new bank did not have your NemKonto account registered. Please contact your new bank to learn more.

If ATP previously has attempted to pay out the one-time payment to you, you will automatically receive it at the end of the month when your NemKonto account has been set up and is active.

In case you have not received the one-time payment by 1 November 2020

If you have not received the one-time payment, but think you should have received it, you can apply for it. The application is available on this page from 1 November 2020.

You must be able to document that you have received one of the benefits covered for the month of April 2020. In addition, you must have a NemKonto account.

If you meet all the conditions, then you will receive the one-time payment.

Please note: You do not need to apply if you have received a letter from ATP informing you that they have attempted to pay out the one-time payment to you. Instead, you only need to create a NemKonto account. 

You need to have a NemKonto account to receive the one-time payment. Your NemKonto account needs to be active no later than 28 February 2021.

If you do not have a NemKonto account you cannot receive the one time-payment. This is mandated by the law on the one-time payment.

You need to create the NemKonto account yourself

You need to create a NemKonto account yourselv. ATP cannot create one for you.

If you have a bank account with a bank outside of Denmark, please note that it takes time to set up an international bank account as your NemKonto account, if you do not have NemID.

If you create a NemKonto account, your other benefits from the Danish authorities can also be paid out to this account.

If you have NemID

You can add a Danish or an international account as your NemKonto account, if you have NemID.

Read how to assign your bank account as your NemKonto on NemKonto’s site:

• How to assign your bank account as your NemKonto (new window)

If you do not have NemID

Contact your bank in Denmark and let them know, which account you wish to be your NemKonto.

If you have an international bank account, you need to fill in a special form with information and documentation and send it to NemKonto. You can find the form and further information on how to fill it in on NemKonto’s site. 

• How to assign your bank account as your NemKonto (new window) 

If you have questions about NemKonto

If you have more questions on how to create a NemKonto, please contact your bank in Denmark or NemKonto.

• Contact NemKonto's support (new window)

If you have not received the one-time payment, but think you should have received it, you can apply for it. 

You must document that you have received one of the benefits covered for the month of April 2020. It does not matter on which date you received the benefit, as long as the benefit was paid out for the month of April. You can typically see the date on the payout message. Read more about documentation below.

You also need to have a NemKonto account to receive the one-time payment. Your NemKonto account needs to be active no later than 28 February 2021.

If you meet all the conditions, then you will receive the one-time payment.

• Apply for one-time payment (in Danish)

Please note: You do not need to apply if you have received a letter from ATP informing you that they have attempted to pay out the one-time payment to you. Instead, you only need to create a NemKonto account. 

If you do not have NemID

If you want to apply for the one-time payment and you do not have NemID then you must call ATP, Engangstilskud. 

Phone: (+45) 70 11 35 00.

Power of attorney – if you need to help someone else

If you need to apply or contact ATP, Engangstilskud, on behalf of someone else, you first need to have a power of attorney.  The power of attorney needs to be signed by the person, you are helping.

• Power of attorney – in Danish (pdf)

Application deadline

The deadline for applying is 28 February 2021. If you are entitled to the one-time payment, your NemKonto account needs to be active no later than 28 February 2021 in order to receive the one-time payment.

If you receive the one-time payment

If you receive the one-time payment it will be paid out to your NemKonto account. It may take a maximum of 8 weeks after we receive your application. However, if you have a Danish NemKonto account, it will usually be faster.

Look for a payment called 'Engangstilskud covid' when you check your online banking or your bank statement. 

You will not receive a letter about the payment.

If you do not receive the one-time payment

If you do not receive the one-time payment, ATP will send you a letter by mail within 4 weeks. If you live abroad it may take some time for the letter to reach you.  

In your application you must document that you have received one of the benefits covered for the month of April 2020.

The documentation must contain information about

• Your name
• Your Danish CPR-number
• The period for which the benefit is paid
• The date of the payment
• The authority that has paid out the benefit

Find more about the documentation for the application at borger.dk/engangstilskud (in Danish).

The payment will not affect the benefits, that you receive from the public sector, eg pension, old-age check, housing benefits, cash benefits (kontanthjælp), unemployment benefits, etc. This also applies in relation to your possible spouse, cohabitant and others you live with.

The one-time payment is tax-free and you do not have to change your peliminary income assessment because of it.  Also, you should not  state this as a change to your income, eg at Udbetaling Danmark.

Your assets in connection with your benefits

The payment of the DKK 1,000 will be taken into account when Udbetaling Danmark settles your assets in connection with a seniors' check or housing allowance up to and including 2022. Therefore, the one-time payment will not affect your assets either.

You may in some cases have to inform authorities and possibly document that you have received the payment, so that the authority that pays your benefit can ensure, that the payment does not affect your benefits. This may, for example, be in relation to your assets. In such case, the authority will contact you and ask for the documents needed.

Recovery of debt

The one-time payment cannot be used to recover public or private debt.    

If you do not wish to receive the one-time payment you can choose to repay the money to the state.

You can repay the money by contacting Customer Service for the one-time payment for further guidance on repayment.

You cannot receive the one-time payment again

If you choose to repay the one-time payment the amount is returned to the state. You cannot receive the one-time payment again, once you have repaid it.

Please contact ATP regarding the one-time payment on (+45) 70 11 35 00.

You can contact ATP regarding the one-time-payment.

Phone: (+45) 70 11 35 00.

Opening hours:

You can read more about the law here:

• Act on one-time payments for recipients of social benefits (new window)

The bill was passed by the Danish Government on 17 August 2020 and became law, entering into force on 26 August 2020.