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Claiming Adoption Benefits from UIF

Adoption benefits will not be paid if an application is not made within 6 months of the order of adoption being issued.

An employee should take the following documents to the employment office to apply for adoption benefits:

  • The employee’s child’s birth certificate
  • The order of adoption of the child.

Adoption benefits will be paid into a bank account Payments are paid out until all the benefits are used up.
(See: Adoption Benefits)