Check here the SSS Member Registration for OFWs Process & the Requirements
SSS MEMBER REGISTRATION FOR OFWs – You can check here a guide on how you can register for a membership to the Social Security System.
Are you working abroad but you want to further boost your preparations for your retirement age? You may register for a membership to the Social Security System or more popularly called SSS.
The Social Security System is one of the state-run social insurance giants in the Philippines. It has millions of members and many of them are Pinoys who are working abroad. The overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) are in the pursuit of maintaining an active account to the state entity to widen their options and prepare for the future.
The Social Security System have several SSS loans that are exclusive for its members. It also has a long list of benefit offers for the members which are as follows:
- SSS Sickness Cash Benefit
- SSS Disability Benefits
- SSS Maternity Benefit
- SSS Retirement Benefit
- SSS Death Benefit
SSS Membership Requirements. In the case of overseas Filipino workers who want to register for a membership to the Social Security System, here are the documentary requirements set by the state-run social insurance giant:
- completely filled-out and signed SSS Form OW-1 (Overseas Worker Record)
- original/certified true copy and photocopy of any of the following:
- baptismal
- birth certificate
- driver’s license
- passport
- Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) Card
- Seaman’s Book
- Marriage Contract, if applicable
- Birth or Baptismal Certificate/s of child/ren, if applicable
In the absence of the above-mentioned proof of identity, an applicant may choose to submit any two (2) of the following which must bear a recent photo and his/her date of birth:
- Alien Certificate of Registration
- ATM card with the cardholder’s name
- ATM card and certification from the issuing bank that the account number belongs to the cardholder, if the card does not bear the cardholder’s name.
- Bank Account Passbook
- Birth/Baptismal Certificate of children
- Certificate form:
- Office of the Southern/Northern Cultural Communities
- Office of Muslim Affairs
- Certificate of Naturalization issued by the Bureau of Immigration
- Company ID
- Company Representative Authorization Card issued by SSS
- Credit Card
- Fishermen’s Card issued by Bureau of Fisheries & Aquatic Resources (BFAR)
- GSIS Card
- GSIS Certificate of Membership
- Health or Medical Card
- ID Card issued by Local Government Units (e.g. Barangay/ Municipality/City)
- ID Card issued by professional associations recognized by PRC
- Life Insurance Policy
- Marriage Contract
- NBI Clearance
- Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) Card
- Pag-IBIG Member’s Data Form
- PHIC Member’s Data Record
- Police Clearance
- Postal ID Card
- School ID
- Senior Citizen Card
- Tax Identification Card/Affidavit
- Transcript of School Records
- Voter’s Identification Card/Affidavit
SSS Member Registration. For the registration process, go to a branch of the Social Security System in your city and submit your documents. Once registered, the SSS staff will give you your SS ID which you will use in posting contributions.