To withdraw the FGTS amount, simply access the FGTS app or go to a Caixa branch.
O FGTS (Fundo de Garantia do Tempo de Serviço) is a program created in Brazil to guarantee workers a financial reserve for situations such as unfair dismissal, retirement and real estate purchase. However, did you know that it can also be removed due to some illnesses? We made a list of the main diseases that make it possible to withdraw the FGTS. Check out!
Diseases that give the right to withdraw FGTS
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- Mental alienation;
- Severe heart disease;
- Blindness;
- Radiation contamination, based on completion of Specialized Medicine;
- Parkinson's disease;
- Ankylosing Spondyloarthritis (Ankylosing Spondylitis/Ankylosing);
- Advanced stage of Paget's Disease (Osteitis Deformans);
- Leprosy;
- Severe liver disease;
- Severe nephropathy;
- Irreversible and disabling paralysis;
- Active tuberculosis;
- HIV/AIDS;
- Malignant neoplasm;
- Terminal stage.
After all, how to apply for the benefit?
If you want to withdraw the FGTS amount, just access the FGTS app or go to a Caixa branch with the following documentation:
- Form “Medical Report of Serious Illnesses for Requesting a FGTS Withdrawal”, available on the CAIXA website, valid for no more than 1 (one) year from the date of issue, signed with a signature on the stamp and CRM/UF of the attending physician responsible for the treatment or issued with a signature and digital certification in the physician's ICP – Brazil standard assistant;
- Copy of medical examinations and reports and/or clinical data that have been informed in the form “Medical Report of Serious Illnesses for Requesting FGTS Withdrawal”;
- Worker identification document;
- Link proof document - CTPS or other document proving the employment relationship.
In cases of people suffering from serious illnesses:
- Document proving dependency;
- Dependent identification document.
learn to request
To request the FGTS withdrawal due to serious illness, follow the steps below:
- Access the FGTS app, click on “My Withdrawals”;
- Choose the option “Other Withdrawal Situations”;
- Select the reason for Withdrawal “Serious, Terminal Illness or Orthesis/Prosthesis”;
- Inform who is affected or who has the disease (Holder or Dependent);
- Read the information about the conditions and necessary documentation and click on “Request FGTS Withdrawals”;
- Register a bank account owned by you, from any Financial Institution;
- Upload the required documents;
- Check the attached documents and confirm;
- Caixa will validate your data and, if everything is correct, the amount will be credited to your account.
If you prefer to go to a Caixa branch, present all the documentation provided.
