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How to claim GOSI Benefits

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PROCEDURES TO CLAIM THE INSURANCE BENEFITS FROM THE GENERAL ORGANIZATION FOR SOCIAL INSURANCE (GOSI)

  • Social insurance benefits from the General Organization for Social Insurance (GOSI) are specifically intended for a deceased expatriate member who died in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and whose cause of death is due to a work-related accident.
  • The sponsor will officially inform the GOSI Overseas Benefits Department of the death of its employee. The employee’s cause of death is based on the medical and police reports issued by the concerned hospital and police authorities.
  • If an Overseas Filipino Worker is a member of GOSI and the cause of his death is work-related, the GOSI Overseas Benefits Department will send, through registered mail, the GOSI form (including the list of required legal documents) to the reported legal beneficiaries of the deceased OFW in the Philippines. The GOSI form must be duly accomplished and notarized by the concerned Regional Trial Court or Municipal Trial Court. Also, the GOSI form and the required legal documents must be duly authenticated by the Department of Foreign Affairs and by the Saudi Arabian Embassy in Manila. Upon completion of the required authentication, the GOSI form and the required legal documents should be mailed back to GOSI-Riyadh Overseas Benefits Department.
  • GOSI-Riyadh will process the submitted GOSI form and documents and if it finds that all documents are in order, they will compute the insurance benefits and the check will be mailed directly to the deceased OFW’s beneficiaries.
  • GOSI-Riyadh will only communicate with the deceased OFW’s beneficiaries and their insurance benefits will be mailed to them directly. The insurance benefits will no longer be coursed through the Philippine Embassy or with any other Philippine and/or Saudi government agency.
  • The Philippine Embassy, if requested by the deceased OFW’s beneficiaries, can only verify the status of the insurance benefits with GOSI-Riyadh’s Overseas Benefits Department. The Embassy will then request for the GOSI number of the deceased OFW. The GOSI number is a 9-digit combination that starts with the number 8.