Luxembourg’s birth allowance is paid by the Children’s Future Fund (CAE) in three instalments. Each one depends on check-ups that the doctor confirms on a CAE form. Midwife examinations do not count for any of them.
– Prenatal allowance: at least 5 medical examinations with your gynaecologist during pregnancy, plus 1 dental check-up. The gynaecologist normally gives you the form, and both the gynaecologist and the dentist sign and stamp it. Send it to the CAE once the last prenatal visit is done.
– Birth allowance: 1 postnatal examination of the mother by a gynaecologist-obstetrician, who completes the form. You get the form from the commune where the birth is declared or from the gynaecologist at the maternity. Return it with the baby’s birth certificate.
– Postnatal allowance: 6 medical examinations of the child before the 2nd birthday, by a paediatrician, a GP or an internal medicine specialist, not a midwife or nurse. The form is given at the maternity or by the registrar; if your baby was born abroad, ask the CAE for it.
Deadlines: the prenatal and birth allowances expire one year after the birth. The postnatal allowance expires one year after the child’s 2nd birthday, so send the form as soon as the sixth check-up is done.
Conditions: the mother must live legally in Luxembourg or be insured through Luxembourg social security, at the last prenatal check-up and at the birth. For the postnatal part, the child must have been raised in Luxembourg without interruption until age 2, or a parent must have worked here and been insured during that time. Non-residents add a household composition or residence certificate.
Forms and current amounts are on the [CAE birth allowance pages](https://cae.public.lu/en/allocations/primes-de-naissance.html). Until now the amount has stayed fixed. From 1 January 2027, after the family allowance reform, all three instalments will follow the cost-of-living index like the family allowance, so they go up with each index adjustment.