Benefits and calendars

When it is paid and who receives it: official calendars all in one place

Bolsa Família (Brazil’s cash-transfer program), INSS (Brazil’s social security institute), FGTS birthday withdrawals, Enem and national exams. Pick the last digit of your NIS or benefit number and see the next date, always with the official source.

Payment and exam dates change from year to year and from one rule to the next. Here, each calendar comes straight from the responsible agency's page, is checked every month and links to its source, so you can confirm the information before you plan.

Benefit payments follow monthly cycles: the next Bolsa Família (Brazil's cash-transfer program) cycle starts on Mon, Nov. 16, 2026 and runs through Mon, Nov. 30, 2026, while the current INSS (Brazil's social security institute) cycle for beneficiaries who receive up to one minimum wage is under way and runs through Mon, Nov. 9, 2026. On the exam calendar, the next date is Sun, Nov. 8, 2026 (in 3 days): Enem 2026, day one of testing (languages, human sciences and essay).

Choose the calendar

Bolsa FamíliaPayment date by the last digit of the NIS (social ID number), month by month.INSSPayment calendar by the last digit of the benefit number, for benefits up to one minimum wage and above.INSS 13th-month paymentBoth installments of the INSS 2026 annual bonus, by the last digit of your benefit number.FGTS birthday withdrawalThe birthday month and the withdrawal deadline, under the law.EnemExam dates, times, and release of answer keys and results, according to Inep (Brazil’s national education research agency).Public-service exams and national testsEnade, Encceja and the Concurso Público Nacional Unificado: official dates only.

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Notice and sources

For information only. Dates can change by decision of the responsible agency; confirm them through the official channels (Meu INSS/135, Caixa/111 or 0800 726 0207, depending on the benefit, Inep/gov.br) before acting. RaisLife is not a government agency, has no ties to INSS, Caixa, MDS, Inep, the Ministry of Social Security or the Ministry of Management, and never asks for personal data, passwords or payment.

Official channels: INSS hotline 135 (Monday to Saturday, 7h to 22h) and the Meu INSS app; 111 for Bolsa Família and 0800 726 0207 for FGTS and other Caixa benefits; 0800 616161 for Inep (the agency that runs the Enem exam).

Official sources

INSS: 2026 Benefit Payment Schedule checked on Oct. 14, 2026
MDS: Bolsa Família payments checked on Oct. 14, 2026
FGTS: birthday withdrawal checked on Oct. 14, 2026
Inep: Enem schedule checked on Oct. 14, 2026
Inep: Enade frequently asked questions checked on Oct. 14, 2026
Ministry of Management: Unified National Civil Service Exam checked on Oct. 14, 2026

The INSS (Brazil's social security institute) data comes from an official page of the institute published under the Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 3.0 license (CC BY-ND). RaisLife uses only the facts (dates and rules) and does not reproduce the INSS text.

Calendar last checked: Oct. 14, 2026. This content does not promise any amounts or the granting of any benefit, and the schedule is reviewed every month.