{"product_id":"ofw-crisis-family-member-died","title":"A Family Member Died While I'm Abroad — The Steady Hand","description":"\u003cp\u003eHindi ka mag-iisa sa pagdadalamhati.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is not the hour for paperwork. The first hours after the call are for breathing, for crying if crying comes, for the people around you. If you're at work, find somewhere quiet. If you're alone in your room, that's all right too.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe hour for paperwork will come. It usually comes faster than feels fair — because a family at home will need decisions from you, and because there are systems in the Philippines that move at speeds you may not have known existed. SSS, OWWA, the embassy, the funeral home, the hospital still holding your loved one's final bill.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis guide is for that hour.\u003c\/strong\u003e Not for the grief — grief has no guide. For the practical things, when you're ten thousand kilometers from home and the calls are coming faster than you can answer them. Read what you need. Skip what you don't. Come back later. It will still be here.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's inside\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTHE FIRST HOUR — Just three things.\u003c\/strong\u003e Confirm three facts. Tell one person where you are. Drink water. Sit down. No decisions yet — they will be wrong.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTHE FIRST DAY — Who can act in your place.\u003c\/strong\u003e Trust the family member who's there. Send what you can send. Stay reachable. The roles in the next 72 hours.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTHE FIRST DAY — Talking to the hospital.\u003c\/strong\u003e Death certificate, release of remains, the bill that's already accumulating. What family needs from you remotely.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTHE FIRST WEEK — OWWA Repatriation Assistance.\u003c\/strong\u003e Who qualifies, what OWWA covers, the documents your family needs, and how to apply when you can't fly home yourself.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTHE FIRST WEEK — SSS Death and Funeral Benefits.\u003c\/strong\u003e Funeral benefit (₱40,000), death benefit (monthly pension or lump sum), and the documents required from a deceased member.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTHE FIRST WEEK — Embassy and DFA support.\u003c\/strong\u003e Repatriation of remains, official documents, and the consular notarization your family will need.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTHE FIRST MONTH — Settling the financial estate.\u003c\/strong\u003e Outstanding loans, joint accounts, insurance claims — and the order to do them in.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTHE FIRST MONTH — If you're the breadwinner.\u003c\/strong\u003e What happens to remittances now. Talking to the family about money without making it about money.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBEYOND — Grief, distance, and going home.\u003c\/strong\u003e When to fly home if you can. When you can't. How to grieve from far away.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003e30-day money-back · Instant PDF · Free lifetime updates\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eNot affiliated with SSS, PhilHealth, OWWA, DMW, or any government agency. Independent reader-funded publishing.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"OFW Pension Guides PH","offers":[{"title":"Digital PDF","offer_id":53078122004591,"sku":null,"price":199.0,"currency_code":"PHP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0719\/5616\/8815\/files\/cover-family-member-died.png?v=1778587466","url":"https:\/\/ofwguidesph.com\/products\/ofw-crisis-family-member-died","provider":"OFW Guides PH","version":"1.0","type":"link"}