Low-Income Optional Contributor
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This is a person with no income of their own who works at home caring for their low-income family and pays reduced contributions to INSS (Brazil’s National Social Security Institute). This category lets you keep your insured status (qualidade de segurado) and secure protection such as retirement, maternity pay, and survivor’s pension, as long as you meet the registration requirements and prove your low-income status in the government’s social registry.
Legal reference: Law 8.212/1991, arts. 21.