ATTENTION! Check out the new rules for the 2025 Continuous Benefit Payment!

O Brazil is a country that has undergone many political and social changes in recent years, leading to an important debate about the importance of social benefits. Today we are going to talk about the changes regarding the Continuous Benefit Payment 2025, one of the most popular benefits in our country.

We have already brought several important contents for our readers to inform themselves, such as materials covering all the information you need to know about Sick Pay and how you can apply (click here to access the material). Therefore, we already have a great track record of producing useful and quality content.

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Therefore, knowing that several pieces of information are being linked, not always correct, about the Continuous Benefit Payment 2025, we will list the correct information with reliable Government sources about what the next steps are for the social program.

Do you know what Continuous Benefit is?

The Continuous Benefit Payment is commonly referred to by its initials, BPC. This social program is provided for in the Organic Law of Social Assistance (LOAS) and one of its main characteristics is the standard value of a minimum wage for its beneficiaries.

Many people use the term “retirement” as a synonym for Continuous Benefit Payment, however, this is a mistaken association. After all, contributing to the INSS (National Institute of Social Security) is not a requirement to become a BPC beneficiary. In addition, the Continuous Benefit Payment does not pay the 13th salary and there is no right to a survivor’s pension. These are some of the characteristics that will remain in the Continuous Benefit Payment 2025.

Are you entitled to the 2025 Continuous Benefit Payment?

We are talking about one of the most popular benefits in the country, causing many individuals to question whether they meet all the criteria to become beneficiaries of the Continuous Benefit Payment 2025. Let's discuss the characteristics of the target audience of this Brazilian social benefit.

The Continuous Benefit Payment 2025 has a well-defined target audience, since it is a social program aimed at seniors aged 65 or over. The fact that it includes seniors in its target audience causes some people to confuse it with retirement, but as we explained above, they are different. In addition, the BPC also includes people with disabilities of any age.

In the case of people with disabilities who wish to receive the Continuous Benefit Payment 2025, there must be a health condition capable of causing long-term mental, physical, sensory or intellectual impairments, that is, with effects lasting at least two years. 

In other words, the social program understands that people with disabilities who qualify for the Continuous Benefit Payment 2025 program are those whose disability prevents them from fully participating in society and the job market, preventing them from competing “fairly” with people without disabilities.

Income

In addition to the above characteristics for people who may or may not receive BPC, family income is one of the criteria for defining who may or may not receive the social benefit. After all, one of the criteria is that the income per person in the family group must be less than or equal to ¼ of a minimum wage.

The income value in question is calculated simply, as you simply add up the monthly income received by everyone in the household and divide it by the number of people living in the household. If the value is ¼ of a minimum wage or less, you are within the target audience for the 2025 Continuous Benefit Payment.

Medical evaluation 

We have already brought an article to our platform that explains how to apply for Unemployment Insurance (which you can check by clicking here). There we explain that it is necessary to undergo a medical examination by the INSS in order to be able to access the amount that the social benefit provides. In other words, it is necessary to prove, in front of a health professional, your condition.

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There is a certain familiarity with the Continuous Benefit Payment 2025, since, in cases of people with disabilities, it is also necessary to undergo a medical and social evaluation through the INSS, as well as Unemployment Insurance. Of course, with the particularities that the social program has, but in a similar way.

What changes in BPC?

The 2025 Continuous Benefit Payment has undergone changes in recent months and it is important that you understand all of them in detail so that you do not end up being seduced by fake news. Therefore, we will tell you what changes occurred in 2025.

Physical assessment 

The physical assessment for applicants under 65 years of age, i.e., people with disabilities, becomes completely mandatory for administrative and judicial grants. In addition, it is important that the ICD (International Classification of Diseases) is included in the individual's assessment record. According to the government itself, the objective is to ensure greater precision in the process related to the granting of the Continuous Benefit Payment.

CadÚnico update 

We explain in detail the importance of CadÚnico (Single Registry) in our article about Bolsa Família (click here to read), but you should already know that it is a fundamental database for anyone seeking any social benefit. Therefore, it is always important to keep the Single Registry updated.

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The new rules highlight that it is necessary to update CadÚnico every 24 months, in order to ensure greater security in relation to the information provided in the system. This way, the information that will be delivered to the Government will always be up to date and will represent a state of greater reliability.

If you use an Android or iOS device, you can say download the app My INSS to keep up to date on when it is necessary to update your data. However, to carry out the update it is important that you go to a CRAS (Social Assistance and Reference Center) unit.

Biometrics 

With the new rules for the 2025 Continuous Benefit Payment, individuals who wish to continue receiving or start receiving the benefit now need to register their biometrics. The new rule is not restricted to the BPC, but individuals who receive retirement and pensions must also have their biometrics registered in the system.

Income calculation

The new rules for the Continuous Benefit Payment 2025 take into account that some amounts can be discounted from the calculation so that you understand what your monthly family income is. This variable in question is the one we discuss in this text, which is defined by criteria that individuals who can benefit from the BPC must receive, at home, up to ¼ of a minimum wage.

Some amounts already provided for by law may be excluded from the calculation, such as amounts from other BPC or social security benefits of an amount equivalent to up to one minimum wage within the same family group. In addition, amounts related to apprenticeship contracts and supervised internships are also not considered.

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