Details about the SSS Benefits and Loans for OFW Members of the Social Insurance Giant
SSS BENEFITS AND LOANS FOR OFW – Here is a guide on the privileges for the overseas Filipino worker members of the Social Security System and the SS foreign offices.
In the Philippines, one of the social insurance giants is the Social Security System or more popularly called SSS. It is operating for decades now and has a multi-million member populace composed of individuals from different walks of life.
Filipinos who are employed in the private sector are mandated to be members of the Social Security System while those who are employed in the government and the public sector are under the Government Service Insurance System or GSIS. Compared to the GSIS, the SSS has a wider membership eligibility.
The SSS membership is also open for the self-employed individuals, the non-working spouses of SSS members, the overseas Filipino workers, and those who want for a voluntary membership to the social insurance giant. Both land-based and sea-based OFWs may apply for a membership to the social insurance entity.
Are you an OFW member of the Social Security System or are you planning to work abroad while thinking about retirement plans when you return to the country? There are a lot of SSS benefits and loans for OFW members.
The SSS benefits and loans for OFW members include both short-term and long-term benefits for the member-borrower. Here are benefit offers for the members of the social insurance giant who are working abroad:
Short-Term Benefits
Long-Term Benefits
With regards to the loan privileges for the overseas Filipino worker (OFW) members of the social insurance giant, here are the options that the member-borrower may turn to subject to the qualifying conditions of each other:
Aside from knowing about the SSS Benefits and Loans for OFW members, it might also be a good thing to know about the SS Foreign Offices in other countries across the globe. The social insurance giant has foreign offices in the following countries:
ASIA
- Brunei
- Hong Kong
- Kaohsiung
- Kuala Lumpur
- Macau
- Singapore
- Taipei
AMERICAS
- Calgary
- Los Angeles
- New York
- San Francisco
- Toronto
- Vancouver
MIDDLE EAST
- Abu Dhabi
- Al Khobar
- Amman
- Doha
- Dubai
- Jeddah
- Kuwait
- Manama
- Muscat
- Riyadh
- Tel Aviv
EUROPE
- London
- Madrid
- Milan
- Rome