Funeral Grant
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Who can Claim a NIS Funeral Grant?
The following persons may claim a Funeral Grant:
- The Executor or Administrator
- The Legatee
- The Next-of-Kin
- The person(s) who paid the funeral expenses
- The person(s) who undertake to pay
- Other
IMPORTANT: A Funeral Grant must be claimed within one (1) year of the date of death.
The National Insurance Scheme (NIS) Funeral Grant is payable on the death of:
- a contributor or his/her spouse
- persons who were in receipt of Old Age, Invalidity, Widows/Widowers, Disablement and Sugar Workers Pension (with the exception of the Special Anniversary Pensioners)
- persons whose death resulted from employment injury or from one of the prescribed diseases
A Funeral Grant is payable if the deceased or his/her spouse had:
- Made at least 26 weekly contributions in the 52 weeks immediately before the date of death, or
- Made at least 52 weekly contributions in the 24 month period before date of death, or
- Qualified to receive old age or invalidity pension at the date of death
Please note: In the case of Pensioners listed above, the qualifying conditions do not apply.
Application for Funeral Grant must be accompanied by:
- Birth Certificate of the deceased
- Birth Certificate of insured person where claim is not based on contributions of the deceased
- Medical Certificate of the cause of death
- Certificate of Burial after Registry
- Death Certificate
- National Insurance Registration Card (pink card) of the deceased, if he/she was not a pensioner
- National Insurance Registration Card of the insured person, if other than the deceased
- Any National Insurance Pension Order Book or cheque issued to deceased, if he/she was a pensioner and which has not been surrendered
- Marriage Certificate, if claim is being made by the widow or widower
- Funeral Home’s receipt or estimate
- Documentary Proof of Grant of Probate or Letters of Administrator, if the Executor or Administrator is making claim
For further information about the NIS Funeral Grant, please contact:
NIS, Montego Bay Regional Office
3 Cottage Road
Montego Bay, St. James
Jamaica, W. I.
Phone 1: (876) 971-4193
Phone 2: (876) 940-4415
NIS, Hanover Parish Office
Shop #4, Uptown Shopping Centre
Mosely Drive, Lucea
Jamaica, W. I.
Phone: (876) 956-2255 / (876) 956-3218
Phone: (876) 956-3133 / (876) 956-9874
Website: www.mlss.gov.jm