Russia cuts maternity capital application review to four days

The Russian Social Fund has reduced the review period for parents' applications regarding the use of maternity capital to four working days.

Consensus

The average processing time for applications to use maternity capital has been reduced to four working days.
The Social Fund of Russia is responsible for the change.
The reduction is due to digitalization and proactive issuance of certificates.
In most cases, the maternity capital certificate is issued proactively without a parent's application.
If automatic issuance is not possible, specialists aim to issue the certificate as quickly as possible.
The previous processing time was five working days, down from ten.

The average processing time was reduced from 10 to five working days in the previous year, and then further reduced to four days in the current year. — vm
The Social Fund considers applications for using maternity capital, not just the issuance of the certificate. — vedomosti
In 2026, 99% of applications are resolved earlier than the five-day regulatory deadline due to digitalization. — kommersant
A proposal was made in the State Duma to make the maternity capital program permanent and expand its use to home repairs or purchasing domestic cars. — m24
A draft law was introduced to provide 5 million rubles for the second child. — m24
The maternity capital amount may increase to 767,000 rubles for the first child and 1.013 million rubles for the second by 2027, based on inflation. — vm
The maximum maternity capital amount could exceed 1 million rubles by 2027 if current growth rates continue. — vedomosti
Maternity capital will be indexed starting February 1, 2027, based on the inflation rate. — vesti