Funeral allowence (Pohřebné)

What

The funeral allowence is a one-off payment to a person who has arranged for the funeral.

Who

A person who has arranged for the funeral. The person who carried out the funeral allowence is entitled to the funeral of the child or to the person who was the parent of the child on the condition that the deceased person (with the exception of the stillborn child) had permanent residence on the territory of the Czech Republic on the day of death.

How

Applications for state social support benefits (e.g. Funeral grant) are available from (Czech): http://forms.mpsv.cz/sspforms/ or (Czech): http://portal.mpsv.cz/ssp/elforms.

When

The application shall be submitted after the death of person.

Good to know

The amount of the funeral allowance is a fixed sum 5,000 CZK (200 EUR in 2017). (Czech and English): http://www.mpsv.cz/en/1603

Where

The appropriate regional Labour office (Úřad Práce) (Czech): http://portal.mpsv.cz/kontakty.

Praha 7, Czech Republic

Úřad Práce (Labour Office )

Dobrovského 1278/25

170 00 Praha 7

Attention

Entitlement to the payment expires one year as of the date to which the benefit applies.