Conditions for previous work - student finance for transition and retraining

CSN equates certain benefits from Försäkringskassan with work for a maximum of 24 months. This means that in some cases conditions can be fulfilled for one or more months even if you have not had sufficient income from work. This can apply if you have had any of the following benefits:

• parental benefit
• pregnancy benefit
• benefit for the care of a closely related person
• rehabilitation cash benefit
• sickness benefit
• disease carrier's benefit
• daily allowance and daily cash benefits for total defence service people

You can meet the condition by working in your own business. If CSN needs this information to determine whether you meet the condition, we will contact you.

We can include work income and equivalent benefits in the EEA area, the UK and Switzerland in our assessment, providing that you submit documentation of this.

We will ask you to show that you have worked an average of at least 16 hours per week, if your income was too low. You can prove this, for example, by submitting payslips or work certificates from employers.

If you have had certain benefits during a month where you do not reach the income limit, we will extend the time period that is assessed. This applies to the following benefits:

• student finance for transition and retraining
• parental benefit
• pregnancy benefit
• benefit for the care of a closely related person
• rehabilitation cash benefit
• sickness benefit
• disease carrier's benefit
• daily allowance and daily cash benefits for total defence service people.

This means that if you, for example, have been receiving parental allowance for 6 months, the assessed time period is extended from 24 to 30 months. There is no limit to how far the time period can be extended.

You can meet the condition by working in your own business.

We will ask you to show that you have worked an average of at least 16 hours per week, if your income was too low. You can prove this by submitting, for example, a certificate from an accountant or other documentation of your worked hours.

We can include work income and equivalent benefits in the EEA area, the UK and Switzerland in our assessment, providing that you submit documentation of this.