Guide on OWWA Burial Assistance Requirements 2025 Application
OWWA BURIAL ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS 2025 – You can check here the documents required in filing for a burial claim to the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration.
Death is one of the many realities in life. While most people would not want to picture out how they will pass in this world, nowadays, it is something that a lot of individuals try to prepare for while living. Truth be told that even death is costly nowadays.
The costs for the casket, the wake, and the burial can really be challenging on the part of the family members who are left behind by the deceased. Not to mention, these same people will have to go through the emotional dilemma of grieving for the loss of a loved ones.
Thus, to help ease the situation, there are entities that offer burial assistance. One of these is the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration.
The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration or more popularly called OWWA is an institution under the Philippine government that was designed to help secure the welfare of the Filipinos working abroad. Truth be told that there is a huge part of OFWs around the world.
The OWWA has several offers. It burial, medical, and disability assistance offers among others. With regards to the burial assistance offer of the state entity, under it, the family of the deceased may get Php 20,000 as burial assistance.
To avail the assistance, the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration has set a particular list of OWWA Burial Assistance requirements that the survivors of the deceased OFW must submit.
Here are the OWWA Burial Assistance requirements that must be submitted for application to the assistance offer:
- OFW Membership Record (MR) — you can get it from OWWA RWO
- copy of Passport or Seaman’s Identification Record Book (SIRB) of the OFW – Member — you can get it from MARINA
- two (2) Valid IDs and One (1) copy of ID Picture of claimant (1×1)
- Death Certificate (local o foreign; police / accident report – if death was caused by accident) — you can get it from Philippine Statistics Authority or Local Civil Registrar
- Burial Permit and Official Receipt of payment in funeral — you can get it from City / Municipal LGU
- Affidavit of Undertaking executed by claimant — you can get it from Notary Public
- Proof of Relationship to OFW Member — you can get it from Philippine Statistics Authority or Local Civil Registrar
- OFW CENOMAR, if single
- Marriage Certificate
- Birth Certificate of OFW, if the claimant is the parent
- Birth Certificate of the claimant and death certificate of deceased spouse, for OFWs child
To apply for the assistance offered by the state entity intended to secure the welfare of the overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), simply visit an OWWA Regional Welfare Office that covers the permanent address of the deceased OFW and submit the documentary requirements.
OWWA reserves the right to check, evaluate, and approve or decline the assistance application. If the application is approved, the survivor of the deceased OFW may present the claim stub to get the check or cash-payout.
The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration also has an OWWA Disability Benefit offer with its own set of requirements that an OFW must submit to apply.