Find out how and when you can apply for the Death Benefit

The pension for death is a benefit given to some families who lost their loved ones and who contributed to the pension. To receive the aid, there are some rules and the beneficiary needs to be within a select group:

• Spouses, children up to 21 years of age (except emancipated) or with disability/invalidity; the parents and siblings of the deceased (upon proof of dependency). In the case of siblings, the same rule applies as for children, they must be under 21 years of age or have a disability/invalidity.

To apply for the pension, the beneficiary has 90 days, and the benefit will be paid from the date of the administrative application. In cases of child support under the age of 16, the term increases to 180 days.

If the deadline is exceeded, the beneficiary can still apply for the benefit, but it will only be paid from the application date.

To request it is easy, you need to enter the website meu.inss.gov.br, enter the password or make a new registration; on the home screen, search for “Pensão” and then click on “Pensão por morte urban” or “Pensão por morte rural”.

Afterwards, just update the registration data, click on next and fill in the information, attaching the necessary documents, which are:

• Death certificate or document proving the presumed death, or;
• Occupational Accident Communication – CAT (in cases of death due to an accident at work);
• Documents proving dependent quality (marriage/birth certificate, court certificate of guardianship, declaration of the insured's income tax, in which the interested party appears as his dependent, among others);
• Personal documents of dependents;
• Personal documents of the deceased insured;
• Documents of the deceased insured person's social security relations.

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