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Workers will continue to rely on the cash withdrawal method FGTS (Work stoppage compensation fund)Hey Unusual loot🇧🇷 The Federal Government created this temporary possibility to serve citizens who are in debt and have available balance in their accounts linked to the Guarantee Fund.

In the final phase of the closing lottery, scheduled for December 15, the Caixa Economica Federal, responsible for the payments, estimates that 12 million Brazilians have yet to receive refunds. Thus, there is still an amount of R$8 billion available for withdrawal.

Any worker who has previously worked under an official contract and therefore under an official contract Consolidation of Labor Laws (CLT), has a FGTS account and has available credit. In this sense, depending on the resources saved, it is possible to withdraw up to 1000 R$. So far, R$31 billion has been distributed to 45 million workers through this method.

How to request an extraordinary withdrawal FGTS

As mentioned, withdrawals of up to R$1,000 from FGTS are available to workers who have available balance in their accounts linked to Fundo de Garantia. Thus, those who wish to make a refund must submit the transfer request to a Caixa account or other institutions. See step by step:

1. access to the FGTS app available for Android and iOS;
2. Log in with the required data;
3. On the main page, click on “Extraordinary withdrawal” and check the available amount;
4. Select “Request Withdrawal” and tell the account where the money should be transferred to;
5. confirmation by informing the application password;
6. Wait for the amount to be transferred to your account within up to 5 business days.

However, it should be noted that there are several reasons why the amount is blocked. According to Caixa, the main reasons are:

• judicial determination
• guarantee credit operations before the anniversary draw;
• incorrect data;
• Request to refund the amount collected by the employer.

Thus, according to Caixa, withdrawals will not be available if the amounts available in the FGTS account are blocked.

However, it is worth remembering that the exceptional withdrawal is optional for the worker. Therefore, it is possible to determine that they are not interested in receiving resources so that the FGTS account is not misappropriated.

Am I required to withdraw the available amount?

It is also possible The citizen chooses not to withdraw his FGTS value🇧🇷 In this case, he can inform his decision through the FGTS app. Thus, the amount will not be credited to the Caixa Tem account and will be returned to the guarantee fund.

This procedure can also be done at a branch of Caixa Econômica Federal.

If the amount has already been credited to the worker’s Caixa Tem account, they will also be able to undo the balance through the app until November 10.

Thus, the deadline for dealing with the available amounts is December 15, 2022. If the worker does not carry out any transactions by this date, the amount will automatically return to his FGTS account.