QuestionsQuestions (OWWA MEMORANDUM OF INSTRUCTIONS NO. 004-94)
It is monetary assistance granted to the beneficiaries of overseas contract workers (landbased and seabased) to help defray burial and related expenses, and it is over and above similar and other benefits due the OCW under the overseas employment contract.
Deaths of OCWs, including Balik-Manggagawa whose insurance coverage is presumed to have been paid for in cases of seamen officially reported as 'missing at sea,' as long as the death occurred on or after 01 May 1982 during employment overseas or within six months after termination/arrival from abroad.
The death must occur during employment overseas or within six months after termination of overseas employment/arrival from abroad.
They may be covered as 'special cases' if certain criteria/conditions are met (e.g., illness/injury suffered abroad or contract-related illness/injury; poverty/indigency confirmed by OWWA investigation; or the family has not availed of any monetary benefit from OWWA at the time of application).
PHP 10,000.
PHP 5,000.
The burial gratuity is increased to PHP 10,000 effective July 1, 1991 for the above-cited instances (including the PHP 5,000 period, special cases approved, and missing at sea declarations within the specified timeframe).
PHP 10,000.00.
Beneficiaries must show proof that the deceased had at least one (1) recorded contribution to the OWWA fund and that the OCW is not covered by the OWWA insurance program that commenced on July 1, 1991.
Surviving spouse (first), children (second), and parents (third).
Yes, they can receive the monetary assistance upon presentation of proof/s acceptable to OWWA.
Claimants must accomplish and submit the application forms personally or by mail to the Social Benefits of the OWWA Secretariat and/or the nearest Regional OWWA Units (application forms are available at these offices).
The original and xeroxed copies of the death certificate.
An official report from the manning agent/shipowner/charterer or Philippine foreign mission.
For tribal/cultural community claimants: a joint affidavit of two disinterested persons who administered burial rites to establish death, and in lieu of birth/marriage certificate, a joint affidavit of disinterested persons in the community to establish relationship. For parents in the absence of birth certificate: a certificate from the Local Civil Registrar that the fact of birth is not recorded, a baptismal certificate duly certified, and an affidavit of two disinterested persons on the claimant's relationship to the deceased.
An employment contract or Notice of Employment (NOE) or Travel Exit Pass (TEP) or Overseas Employment Certificate (OEC) or Information Sheet of the deceased OCW as processed and approved by POEA.
By attaching either a medical certificate issued by the attending physician (for illness/injury-related special cases) or an Investigation Report re indigency of the deceased OCW’s family, whichever is applicable for special cases.
Any question or contest between/among beneficiaries shall be adjudicated by the Legal Department of the OWWA Secretariat, whose decision for the Burial Assistance Program shall be final and executory.