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Basic Widow's Pension​

Basic Widow's Pension

 ELIGIBILITY

(i) payable to widows under the age of 60 including a person whose spouse has disappearedin
(ii) these persons should have been civilly or religiously married
(iii) a non-citizen widow must have resided in Mauritius for at least 5 years
in aggregate in the ten years preceding the claim, one of those five years being immediately before the claim.


 AMOUNT PAYABLERs  9,000 per month


DOCUMENTS TO BE PRODUCED

(i) Birth Certificate of claimant and dependent children
(ii) National Identity Card
(iii) Marriage Certif​icate ( Recent One)
(iv) Death Certificate of Spouse
(v) Bank Account Number and Name of Bank

 APPLICATION

Application forms may be obtained or a claim may be registered at the local office nearest the applicant's locality.

Download application form for Widows Pension 

NOTE: Payment of the pension ceases on remarriage​