See if the FGTS calamity withdrawal is available for your city

We received the news that Caixa Econômica Federal will release the so-called Calamity Loot of the Severance Indemnity Fund (FGTS). The benefit will be paid to people in an Emergency Situation or State of Public Calamity registered by the Civil Defense and recognized by the Federal Government, who will be awarded BRL 6,220.00.

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They will have the right to receive workers residing in municipalities that have been affected by heavy rains in recent months, and also where a state of emergency has been declared. Therefore, to be able to withdraw the benefit, you must have a positive jump in your active and inactive FGTS accounts, in addition to not having made withdrawals for the same reason in a period of less than 12 months.

Soon, residents of the cities listed below will be covered:

• Holy Spirit: Bom Jesus do Norte and São Miguel da Palha;
• Minas Gerais: Aimorés, Cataguases, Mateus Leme, Muriaé and Santo Antônio do Amparo;
• Pernambuco: Jaboatão dos Guararapes and Recife;
• Rio de Janeiro: Angra dos Reis, Aperibé, Belford Roxo, Bom Jesus do Itabapoana, Cambuci, Itaocara, Mesquita, Miracema, Nova Iguaçu, Paraty and Queimados;
• Santa Catarina: Içara and Tubarão;
• São Paulo: Avaré, Campo Limpo Paulista, Capivari, Embu das Artes, Franco da Rocha, Jaú and Monte Mor.

It is possible to fit into the situation of public calamity in the following cases:

• flooding;
• Floods or gradual flooding;
• Flash floods or flash floods;
• Coastal floods caused by the sudden invasion of the sea;
• Hail precipitation;
• Tornadoes and waterspouts;
• Gales or storms;
• Very intense windstorms or extratropical cyclones;
• Extremely intense windstorms, hurricanes, typhoons or tropical cyclones.

To make the withdrawal, it is not necessary to go to a Caixa branch. The request can be made through the FGTS application, which is available for Android or iOS.

Check it step by step:

• Enter the FGTS application;
• Click on “My withdrawals”;
• Select “Other withdrawal situations”;
• Click on “Public calamity”;
• Inform the municipality in which you reside;
• Forward the requested documents;
• Select the option to credit the amount to a Caixa or any other bank account and send the request;
• In cases of approval, the period to have the credit in the account is approximately five days, and the period to withdraw the amount is 60 days.

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