{"id":27583,"date":"2025-07-25T11:05:28","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T09:05:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/famiris.brussels\/?post_type=faq&#038;p=27583"},"modified":"2025-10-10T14:46:59","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T12:46:59","slug":"how-much-maternity-allowance-do-i-get","status":"publish","type":"faq","link":"https:\/\/famiris.brussels\/en\/faq\/maternity-allowance-and-adoption\/how-much-maternity-allowance-do-i-get\/","title":{"rendered":"How much maternity allowance do I get?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"paragraph\"><div class=\"wysiwyg\">\n<p>You can get maternity allowance (also called a birth grant) when your baby is born \u2014 or even before, during pregnancy.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"paragraph\"><div class=\"wysiwyg\">\n<p>There are <strong>two possible amounts<\/strong>, depending on your situation:<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"paragraph\"><div class=\"wysiwyg\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>[BIRTH_1]: first birth and multiple births<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>[BIRTH_2]: from the second birth onwards<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"paragraph\"><div class=\"wysiwyg\">\n<p>These amounts apply in Brussels and have been adjusted for indexation since 1 February 2025.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"heading\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">When do you get the higher amount?<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"paragraph\"><div class=\"wysiwyg\">\n<p>You get  \u20ac1.395,02 if:<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"paragraph\"><div class=\"wysiwyg\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The baby is the <strong>first child<\/strong> of one of the parents (even if the other parent already has children)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You have a <strong>multiple birth<\/strong> (twins, triplets, etc.), even if you already have children<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"heading\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">When do you get the lower amount?<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"paragraph\"><div class=\"wysiwyg\">\n<p>You get  \u20ac634,10 if:<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"paragraph\"><div class=\"wysiwyg\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>You already have one or more children<\/strong> (in Belgium or abroad)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The other parent also has children<\/strong> (in Belgium or abroad) <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>And it is <strong>not a multiple birth<\/strong> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"paragraph\"><div class=\"wysiwyg\">\n<p><em>So please note: when calculating the maternity allowance, we also take into account children who were born abroad or currently live there.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"heading\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Calculate your maternity allowance<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"paragraph\"><div class=\"wysiwyg\">\n<p>Use our <a data-modal-title=\"How much maternity allowance do I get?\" data-modal-content-id=\"modalmaternityfee_calculator\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" data-modal-prefix-class=\"accessible\" data-modal-close-text=\"Close\" data-modal-close-title=\"Close\" data-modal-close-img=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/paf\/assets\/images\/cross.svg\" onclick=\"trackEvent('Click', 'Allocations de naissance', 'Calcul alloc naissance - Step 1 - nl')\" class=\"js-modal\"><strong>easy calculator<\/strong><\/a> to check how much maternity allowance you can get.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"mod-row buttons\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/famiris.brussels\/en\/faq\/maternity-allowance-and-adoption\/what-about-the-maternity-allowance\/\">\n        <div class=\"btn undefined btn_full\"><span class=\"btn-content\">How to apply for maternity allowance in Brussels?<\/span><\/div>\n    <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can get maternity allowance (also called a birth grant) when your baby is born \u2014 or even before, during [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-27583","faq","type-faq","status-publish","hentry","faq-cat-maternity-allowance-and-adoption"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How much maternity allowance do I get? 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