Great news for workers: the FGTS Emergency Withdrawal is now available and has already benefited millions of Brazilians.
The amount available for withdrawal is up to R$ 1,000.00 (one thousand reais), and will be paid into the digital social savings account.
O Emergency Withdrawal this year started on April 20th for those born in January.
Furthermore, as of today (19), withdrawals have already been released for workers born between January and June.
According to Caixa Econômica Federal, around 42 million workers are entitled to FGTS Emergency Withdrawal, on active or inactive accounts.
The measure promises to heat up the financial market, in addition to greatly helping the millions of workers benefiting from the FGTS Emergency Withdrawal.
According to the calendar of FGTS Emergency Withdrawal, until June 15th, the withdrawal will be available to everyone who has a balance to receive.
What is the FGTS Emergency Withdrawal?
It is a credit of up to one thousand reais that will be paid into the digital social savings account of the worker who has an active or inactive FGTS balance.
But it is also known as FGTS Extraordinary Withdrawal, the FGTS Emergency Withdrawal It has been available since April 20th.
To receive it, simply have an FGTS balance, both in inactive accounts (previous jobs) and in active accounts (current job).
It is worth remembering that the maximum capacity available for FGTS Emergency Withdrawal is one thousand reais.
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However, if the worker has a higher balance, he or she will only be able to withdraw up to one thousand reais, the remainder remaining in his or her FGTS account.
If the worker has a balance of less than one thousand reais, he or she may request a withdrawal of the amount available in the account.
In cases where the worker has more than one account with an FGTS balance, they must withdraw from the oldest account.
The limit per worker is a single withdrawal. Even if he has more accounts with FGTS balance, he can only make one withdrawal.
The deadline for moving this money is December 15th of this year.
But if the worker is not interested in making the withdrawal, after December 15th, the money will return to their FGTS account.
How to withdraw or check the available balance of the FGTS Emergency Withdrawal?
If it is in an active account (from current employment), or in an inactive account (from previous employment), workers who have an FGTS balance are entitled to withdrawal.
Furthermore, through the FGTS application it is possible to register for a digital social savings account, where the benefit will be paid.
In the FGTS application, the worker must access the “Extraordinary Withdrawal” tab and update their registration, then they must request the Withdraw FGTS Emergency.
For those who do not have a digital social savings account, Caixa itself will create it free of charge, as the benefit will only be deposited in this account.
If the worker has already received another benefit in this Caixa digital account, such as the PIS/PASEP salary bonus, the credit will automatically drop.
The worker will receive the money deposited into the digital social savings account, and will be able to transfer it to the account of their choice via the app box has.
To check the FGTS (Guarantee Fund for Length of Service) balance, for more information, visit the website fgts.caixa.gov.br or check by FGTS app.
