We know that marriage is a sacred event and the good new is that you will get Wedding Allowance of RM1,000 from government!
The state government understand that marriage ceremony will use a lot of money thus they would want to help you by giving you the wedding allowance of RM1,000
But of course in order to get this Wedding Allowance incentive, there are certain criteria that you need to meet. The criteria is as below:
- This is specifically open for Selangor residence or to be more specific, you need to have a Selangor address of and you have been living in Selangor for the past 10 years
- The second criteria is that the couple needs to be aged 35 years old or younger in order for you to entitled for this incentive.
- And the last criteria is that this marriage would need to be your first marriage .
If you meet the 1 criteria above, you are entitled to apply for Insentif Perkahwinan Belia (worth RM1,000) from the state government of Selangor! It’s actually RM500 for a person and RM1,000 for a couple.
So the next question that you have is how do you apply for this? All you need to do is just to follow the below few simple steps to apply for this incentive:
- Fill up the application form on YAWAS website. Print out the application form upon the completion
- Bring your completed form and related document to a nearby YAWAS office for submission
- Copy of your NRIC (Kad pengenalan)
- Copy of your Marriage registration from Jabatan Agama Islam Negeri (if you’re Muslim)
- Copy of your Marriage registration from Jabatan Pendaftaran Negara (if you’re non Muslim)
- Borang Pengesahan Mastautin (if you’re not born in Selangor)
- There are few YAWAS counters at JPN Shah Alam, JPN Klang, JPN Pelabuhan Klang, JPN Kajang, JPN Rawang, JPN Kuala Selangor and JPN Gombak
One more important note is that this incentive have a timeframe of 1 year from your marriage. If your marriage date is more then a year, then you are no longer eligible for this incentive.
Make sure you also check out some other incentive for Selangor residence here as well
So if you have a plan wedding, make sure you apply for this (if you meet the criteria). We understand that marriage ceremony can actually be costly and this money will surely be helpful!