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Guidelines On The Availment of Awards and Application Incentives For Overseas Filipino Centenarians
Guidelines On The Availment of Awards and Application Incentives For Overseas Filipino Centenarians
1.0 Purpose
2.2 Centenarians – All natural born Filipinos, who have reached one
hundred (100) years old and above, whether residing in the Philippines
or abroad.
2.3 Centenarian Gift – the amount of Php 100,000 cash benefit to the
centenarian as a gift from the national government.
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2.7 Natural-born citizens – Natural-born citizens of the Philippines are
those who are citizens of the Philippines from birth without having to
perform any act to acquire or perfect their Philippine citizenship.
2.8 Nearest Surviving Relative – refers to the closest person related to the
deceased centenarian by blood or affinity.
2.9 Overseas Filipinos – All natural born Filipinos living and/or working
outside the country; including those that have acquired another
citizenship and later reacquired Philippine citizenship under RA 9225.
2.13 Post – all Philippine embassies, missions, consulates general and other
foreign service establishments maintained by the Department of Foreign
Affairs.
3.0 Coverage
All overseas Filipino citizens (natural-born or with reacquired citizenship) who have
reached one hundred years old and above from the time the law was enacted, still
residing abroad.
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amount of Php 100,000.00 for each centenarian shall be taken
from the available funds of the DSWD as included in the annual
General Appropriations Act (GAA).
4.2 Local Government. A living centenarian may also receive the following
awards and incentives coursed through the Philippine post from the city
or municipality in the Philippines where he or she resided the longest
prior to emigration.
4.3 The awards and incentives (both local and national) will only be given
once.
5.2 In the absence of the above-mentioned primary IDs: any two (2)
of the following secondary documents may also be accepted:
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5.2.5 Baptismal and/or Confirmation records of centenarian
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The Nomination Form must be completed and should accordingly
include all required information.
6.3 The Post shall review all nominations, verify compliance with the
required documentation, request for additional documents (if
needed) and endorse nomination documents to the Commission
on Filipinos Overseas.
6.7. The DSWD shall also endorse the list of qualified centenarians to
their respective local government unit for processing of local
awards and incentives.
6.9 The DFA shall facilitate, at no cost, the transmittal of both national
and local awards and incentives to the Centenarian, or his or her
nearest surviving relative, residing within the jurisdiction of the
Post.
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APPLICATION FOR AVAILMENT OF AWARDS AND INCENTIVES FOR
OVERSEAS FILIPINO CENTENARIANS UNDER R.A. 10868
POST
2”X2 “Colored Photograph 2”X2 “Colored Photograph
PERSONAL INFORMATION
1. NAME AS WRITTEN ON PHILIPPINE BIRTH CERTIFICATE OR REPORT OF
BIRTH
1a. LAST NAME
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FAMILY INFORMATION
9a. NAME OF SPOUSE (last name, first name, full 9b. CITIZENSHIP OF SPOUSE
middle name) AT THE TIME OF APPLICATION
15a. FOREIGN PASSPORT NO. / FOREIGN GOV’T 15b. DATE AND PLACE OF
ISSUED ID NO. ISSUANCE OF ID (day/ month/ year)
Primary (choose 1 only) Secondary (in the absence of a primary ID, choose 2)
☐ Valid Philippine Passport ☐ Marriage Certificate ☐ Baptismal or Confirmation Records
☐ Birth Certificate ☐ Birth Cert. of Children☐ Affidavits of 2 disinterested persons
☐ Old School/Employment Records
17. ADDRESS IN COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE (house no., street, town or city, state,
country, postal zone)
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18. TEL. NO/ FAX NO: 19. E-MAIL ADDRESS: 20. PRESENT OCCUPATION:
EMPLOYMENT INFORMATION
Date:
CERTIFICATION
I hereby certify under oath that all the information in this application for the availment of the
Award and Incentives for Overseas Centenarian Filipinos, composed of three pages, including the
page on which this certification is written, are true and correct. I further warrant that I have complied
with all the requirements, and that I have presented certified true copies of documents issued under
the official seal of the officer having legal custody of the originals in the Philippines, and in case
of foreign documents, with their official translation into English duly authenticated by the
Consulate/Embassy official of the Foreign Service of the Philippines in the issuing country. I
understand that my application shall not be processed if any statement herein made is found to
be false, if any document I submit is found to have been falsified, or if I fail to comply with all the
requirements of the Consulate/Embassy with respect to my Application, without prejudice to
whatever action(s) the Consulate/Embassy shall take in accordance with applicable laws of the
Republic of the Philippines.
NOTARY PUBLIC
CONSUL
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