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Construction worker card (labour card)

How to register online with the Construction Workers Welfare Board and get the card, renew it, and claim the restarted help for a marriage, a delivery, a natural death or a funeral at your secretariat.

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Published on 12-11-2026. Not every fact has been checked against its official source yet: confirm at the office.

Where:OnlineAt the officeAt the village or ward secretariat

For whom: People in Andhra Pradesh who work on buildings, roads and other construction (masons, helpers, centering workers, plumbers, electricians, painters, carpenters and others), and their families.

1Your situation

We show only what your answers need.

Which of these is the person applying?
What do you need?
To register you must be 18 or older and not yet 60, and must have done building or other construction work on at least 90 days in the last 12 months. Are both true of you?
Which benefit?
When did the marriage, delivery or death happen?

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2Documents you need

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  • If you don't have it: → Getting a new Aadhaar
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  • If you don't have it: → Opening a bank account (Jan Dhan / zero-balance account)
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  • If you don't have it: → Rural job card and asking for work (VB-G RAM G, formerly MGNREGA)
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    If you don't have it: The registration and renewal pages have the form in Telugu and English: download it, sign it and upload it.

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  • If you don't have it: → Marriage registration
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  • If you don't have it: → Opening a bank account (Jan Dhan / zero-balance account)
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    Issued by a PHC, a local area hospital, or the medical officer of a private hospital or nursing home

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  • If you don't have it: → Birth certificate
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  • If you don't have it: → After a death in the family
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  • If you don't have it: → After a death in the family
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  • If you don't have it: → After a death in the family
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    3Your steps

    · Do them in order. Tick each one when it is done.

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    1. Do this now

      Fill in Form XXVII (registration of a building worker) on the Labour Department's website.

      Enter your Aadhaar and verify it with the OTP, then give your family members, nominee (and share), bank account, address, job card (if any), trade union (if a member), where you work and your trade. Upload your photo, signature and the signed self-declaration.

      Where
      Labour Department website (worker registration)
      Open the official page
      Not confirmed

      We took this form's details from the words in the site's program; we could not see officially which menu opens the form, or whether the secretariat or the ALO office helps you fill it. The Code on Social Security took effect on 21 November 2025. If you have trouble, ask your ALO.

      Sources: 4, 5, 3

    2. Do this now

      Pay the ₹50 registration fee (once) and ₹12 for each year's contribution online.

      Check every detail before you pay: money once paid is not returned. Keep the receipt.

      Where
      Labour Department website (worker registration)
      Fee
      ₹50 once, and ₹12 for each year.
      Open the official page
      Not confirmed

      You choose on the payment page how many years to pay for at once; we could not see the choices for a new registration. The renewal form takes 1 to 5 years at a time. A refund is considered only for a technical failure, where the money left your account but the portal does not show it.

      Sources: 4, 5

    3. Do this now

      The ALO checks and approves your application; until then its status shows "Waiting for ALO Approval".

      Once approved you get your identity card (BOC card). You can see the status under "Worker Status".

      Where
      Office of your area's Assistant Labour Officer (ALO), Labour Department
      Not confirmed

      We found no official time limit for issuing the card. If the card is lost, the website has a "Duplicate Id card" service.

      Sources: 5, 4

    4. Do this now

      Fill in the renewal form on the Labour Department's website.

      If the valid-until date has passed and you have already paid the challan, choose Yes under "Challan Paid" and upload it. If not, choose No and you go to the payment page: choose enough years for the new valid-until date to be after today, and pay. Upload the signed renewal self-declaration. If your registration is still valid, this form will not take your renewal: apply after the valid-until date. For a new card before then, use the website's duplicate ID card service (₹20). Offline challans were accepted only up to 31 August 2026; now pay online.

      Where
      Labour Department website (worker registration)
      Fee
      ₹12 a year contribution.
      Open the official page
      Not confirmed

      The registration form says "yearly contribution ₹12"; we could not see whether renewal costs the same or adds anything for a late renewal. Check the amount the payment page shows.

      Sources: 4, 5

    5. Do this now

      Before you claim, check that the card is renewed and valid: every benefit needs the BOC card with the latest renewal receipt.

      The marriage, birth or death must be registered first: the certificate must be one issued through AP SEVA.

      Where
      You do this yourself

      Sources: 1, 8, 9

    6. Do this now

      Marriage gift, ₹20,000: for a registered unmarried woman worker's own marriage, or for the marriage of two daughters of a registered worker.

      The bride must be 18 or older at the marriage. Apply at your secretariat within 6 months of the marriage; the money goes to the worker's bank account.

      Where
      The Digital Assistant (village) or the Ward Education and Development Secretary (ward), Swarna Gramam and Swarna Wardu Department
      Time limit
      Within 6 months of the date of the marriage.

      Sources: 1, 8, 9

    7. Do this now

      Maternity benefit, ₹20,000 a delivery for up to two deliveries: for a registered woman worker, a registered male worker's wife, and a worker's daughters (two deliveries in all).

      It is only for a delivery in a hospital, and only for a delivery after the worker has been registered for 12 months. Apply at your secretariat within 6 months; the money goes to the worker's bank account.

      Where
      The Digital Assistant (village) or the Ward Education and Development Secretary (ward), Swarna Gramam and Swarna Wardu Department
      Time limit
      Within 6 months.
      Not confirmed

      The order says the benefit is only for deliveries in a hospital, yet also mentions a Panchayat Secretary's certificate for a home delivery; it does not say plainly that the 6 months count from the delivery. Ask your ALO.

      Sources: 1, 8, 9

    8. Do this now

      If a registered worker dies a natural death, the nominee or a dependant gets ₹60,000.

      Apply at your secretariat within one year of the death; the money goes to the nominee's or dependant's bank account. Funeral expenses (₹20,000) are a separate claim: choose "Funeral expenses" to see it.

      Where
      The Digital Assistant (village) or the Ward Education and Development Secretary (ward), Swarna Gramam and Swarna Wardu Department
      Time limit
      Within one year of the death.

      Sources: 1, 8, 9

    9. Do this now

      If a registered worker dies, ₹20,000 is paid for the funeral, and ₹20 a kilometre to take the body to a place within the State.

      The worker's membership must have been valid at the death, and a relative with proper identification applies. Apply at your secretariat within one year of the death.

      Where
      The Digital Assistant (village) or the Ward Education and Development Secretary (ward), Swarna Gramam and Swarna Wardu Department
      Time limit
      Within one year of the death.
      Not confirmed

      The order says this help is "for natural death only", yet also says the death must have happened at the work site, on the way to or from work, or while doing work the employer gave, and asks for the FIR and panchanama. Ask your ALO whether your case qualifies.

      Sources: 1, 8, 9

    10. Do this now

      Once the secretariat puts the application on AP SEVA, the ALO must check it and send it to the Deputy Commissioner of Labour (DCL) within 7 days.

      With the District Welfare Committee's recommendation, the DCL must send it to the Collector within 10 days. The Collector sanctions or rejects it within 15 days, and you get an SMS. If sanctioned, the money goes straight to the bank account (DBT).

      Where
      The District Collector (final approval)
      Not confirmed

      The order sets no time for the money to reach the account.

      Sources: 1, 8, 9

    If something goes wrong

    If it is rejectedIf it is rejected, you get an SMS.

    If it is rejected, you get an SMS. Ask your ALO why and give any missing document. You can complain on PGRS: at the village or ward secretariat any day, at the Collectorate on Monday, on the portal or in the app (with Aadhaar). If you are not satisfied with the reply, you can reopen it twice: first it goes to a district officer, then to the head of the department.

    Public Grievance Redressal System (PGRS) · Open the official page

    Sources: 1, 6

    If it is lateBy the order, the ALO must forward it within 7 days, the DCL within 10, and the Collector must decide within 15.

    By the order, the ALO must forward it within 7 days, the DCL within 10, and the Collector must decide within 15. If it is late, ask the ALO, then the district Deputy Commissioner of Labour (DCL), and complain on PGRS. If a registration is slow, check "Worker Status" on the website and ask the ALO.

    Public Grievance Redressal System (PGRS) · Open the official page

    Sources: 1, 6, 5, 4

    If you are asked for more moneyRegistration costs only ₹50 and ₹12 a year, paid online with a receipt.

    Registration costs only ₹50 and ₹12 a year, paid online with a receipt. Do not pay agents who ask for money to get you a card or a faster payment. If someone asks for a bribe, complain to the ACB helpline.

    Public Grievance Redressal System (PGRS) · Open the official page

    Sources: 4, 6

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    The 9 official pages and papers this guide is written from
    1. G.O.Ms.No.6, LFB & IMS (Lab.I) Department, 18.03.2026: Andhra Pradesh Building & Other Construction Workers Welfare Board – Welfare schemes to the BOC workers – Implementation of the Welfare Schemes through AP-SEVA portalLabour, Factories, Boilers & Insurance Medical Services Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh (Lab.I) (A.P. G.O.I.R.), Paras 3–6 (schemes kept in abeyance by Govt. Memo of 26.03.2020; four schemes revived for incidents on or after 01.03.2026, through AP SEVA, DBT); Approval flow I–VIII (Digital Assistant / Ward Education and Development Secretary; ALO 7 days, DCL and District Welfare Committee 10 days, District Collector 15 days; SMS; DBT); Annexure (Marriage Gift, Maternity Benefit, Natural death scheme, Funeral Expenses: documents and guidelines). (18-03-2026) · read on 02-11-2026
    2. The Code on Social Security, 2020 (No. 36 of 2020)Ministry of Law and Justice (Legislative Department), Government of India (The Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 1, No. 61), Section 106 (registration of building workers as beneficiaries: 18 years of age completed and 60 not completed; building or other construction work for not less than 90 days in the preceding 12 months) (29-09-2020) · read on 11-11-2026
    3. Notification S.O. 5319(E), 21 November 2025: provisions of the Code on Social Security, 2020 brought into forceMinistry of Labour and Employment, Government of India (The Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3(ii), No. 5143), Sl. No. 1 to 4 (sections 1 to 14, 15(1) and (2), 16(1)(c), 17 to 141 in force from 21 November 2025) (21-11-2025) · read on 01-11-2026
    4. Labour Department, Andhra Pradesh: website, worker registration ("Andhra Pradesh Building and Other Construction Workers Registration – Form-XXVII") and renewalLabour Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh (O/o the Commissioner of Labour), Read in the site's own program text (the site shows nothing without JavaScript): the registration form under the AP Building and Other Construction Workers Rules, 1999, rule 33(2) (worker details, Aadhaar, family members and nominee with % of benefit, bank details, address, 'Are you a VB-GRAM G worker?' and job card number, trade union, present working place and trade, migrant worker, passport size photo, signature, self-declaration); 'Registration fee ₹50 One time and yearly contribution ₹12'; age checks 'Age should be 18 years or above' and 'Age should be below 60 years'; renewal notes (challan paid or pay on the payment page; valid registration needs no payment, the form gives a new ID card); 'Pay Renewal Fee', 'Duplicate Id card'; documents list (Acts and G.O.s of the Board) · read on 01-11-2026
    5. A.P. BOC: workers' registration, renewal and payment portalLabour Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh (A.P. BOC portal), Read in the site's program text: 'Registration Form for Workers (కార్మికుల కోసం నమోదు ఫారం)', 'New Registration', 'Send OTP', 'Waiting for ALO Approval', 'Worker Status', worker registration and renewal; payment note (verify all details before paying; once paid the amount is final; a refund only for a technical failure where money is debited but not shown). Linked from labour.ap.gov.in for SBI payment · read on 01-11-2026
    6. PGRS: FAQ'sPublic Grievance Redressal System (PGRS), Government of Andhra Pradesh, How to register (Grama/Ward Sachivalayam every day, Collectorate on Monday, portal, app; Aadhaar); re-opening twice (district level, then HoD); SLA 24 hours to 90 days; grievances not taken up; ACB helpline for corruption or bribe · read on 01-11-2026
    7. Notification S.O. 1050(E), 4 March 2021: rights of an Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) Cardholder, under section 7B(1) of the Citizenship Act, 1955Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India (The Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3(ii), No. 962), Para (5) (in fields the notification does not name, an OCI cardholder has the same rights as a foreigner) and Explanation (1) (an OCI cardholder is a foreign national, not an Indian citizen) (04-03-2021) · read on 01-11-2026
    8. G.O.Ms.No.1, 09.02.2026: Roles and responsibilities of District Swarna Gramam & Swarna Wardu Officers and Mandal / Urban officersDepartment of Swarna Gramam and Swarna Wardu, Government of Andhra Pradesh (A.P. Government Orders Issue Register), Paragraph 2 (secretariats renamed Swarna Gramam and Swarna Wardu Offices, Ordinance No. 2 of 2026); paragraph 4, I.A (c) and (j), I.B (b) (09-02-2026) · read on 30-10-2026
    9. SGSW Department (Swarna Gramam and Swarna Wardu)District Administration, Alluri Sitharama Raju District, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Introduction (roles: 'Redress citizen grievances at the secretariat level itself'); 'Functionaries positioned at Swarna Gramam (Secretariats)' · read on 30-10-2026