How Do I Apply for a Social Security System ID in the Philippines?
Social Security System in the Philippines
The Filipino Social Security System (SSS) provides social insurance, retirement benefits, and healthcare for workers in the Philippines. This Hub will explain the steps and required documents and forms needed to obtain an SSS number. Upon obtaining an SSS number, you become an active SSS member after paying at least one monthly contribution.
1. Get an SSS Number: E-1 Form and Required Documents
A person registering with the SSS for the first time as a prospective employee first needs to fill out an E-1, or Personal Record form. Submit it to your regional SSS office together with the original certified true copy and photocopy of any of the following:
- Baptismal Certificate
- Driver's license
- Passport
- Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) card
- Seafarer's Identification and Record Book, or Seaman's book
In the absence of any of the above documents, you may present 2 of any of the documents listed below, that include a recent photograph and your date of birth:
- Alien Certificate of Registration
- ATM card with cardholder's name
- ATM card and, if it does not bear cardholder's name, certification from the issuing bank that the account number belongs to the cardholder
- Bank Account Passbook
- Birth/Baptismal Certificate of children.
- Certificate from the Office of the Northern/Southern Cultural Communities or Office of Muslim Affairs
- Certificate of Naturalization issued by the Bureau of Immigration
- Company ID
- Company Representative Authorization Card issued by the SSS
- Credit Card
- Fishermen's Card issued by the Bureau of Fisheries & Aquatic Resources
- GSIS Card
- GSIS Certificate of Membership
- Health or Medical Card
- ID card issued by local governments (e.g. Barangay, Municipality, or 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
- Permit to Carry Firearms issued by the Firearms & Explosives Unit of the Philippine National Police
- 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
Once you have an SSS Number, and have contributed into the system for one month, you may apply for an SSS ID card.
2. Documents Needed to Submit an E-6 Form
In order to get an SSS ID, you must be active SSS member with at least one month's contribution.
Fill out an E-6 form and submit it at your local SSS branch, along with any of the following primary documents:
- Passport
- Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) card
- Seaman's book
Or, in these absence of those, two of the following, at least one of which must have a recent photograph:
- Driver's license
- Valid National Bureau of Investigation clearance
- School or company ID
- Postal ID
- Senior citizen card
- Voter's ID
- Savings account passbook
- Alien certificate of registration
- Government Service Insurance System member's record
- Certification from the Office of Southern/Northern Cultural Communities or Office of Muslim Affairs
- Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) card
Always remember to bring the original copies of documents and IDs at all times. The office won't require you to submit the original copies, but they need to see them in order to authenticate the photocopies and verify that they are identical.
Get to the SSS branch office as early as possible. If you arrive at 6a.m. you'll probably finish at 10a.m. At the office, get a number from the clerk responsible for giving away the E-6 Form.
3. Obtain an ID Clearance and Capture
ID Clearance is a small paper that will indicate your schedule for ID capture. You can't finish the whole process in one day, you need at least 2-3 days to complete the steps because after you submit the E-6 form, ID capture is always scheduled for a time in the few days following.
Again, be prompt arriving at the SSS office. If you are early you'll be in the front of the queue. When you arrive, you will need to get another number from the designated officer or guard for you ID Capture. Every ID capture batch has 20 people, regardless of your schedule. If you are scheduled for 7:00a.m., and you arrived at 7:30a.m., and the next people on queue aren't scheduled until8:00a.m., you'll still be left behind. They operate on the first come first serve basis.
The ID capture process only takes a few minutes. SSS Clerks will immediately obtain your personal data (fingerprints, signature, facial images, and 4-digit pin number).
4. Wait for Your SSS ID Card to Arrive by Mail
After your ID capture, you will have to wait for 30 days to receive your SSS ID by mail. If you fail to receive the ID after 30 days, inquire to your nearest SSS Branch Office and have your 4-digit PIN Number on hand.
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i already have an sss umid ID but this is not accepted in most companies. do i need to sign up for e1 or e6 to be able to get a real sss id?
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..IS THERE ANY WAY TO RECEIVE THE ID AT LEAST 1 TO 2 WEEKS?
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Hi! Can I ask the direct link for membership registration? Thank you
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Gud am.. Sir ma'am ask kulang po pano po ba mag aply sss id online?
Can I ASK, How I CAN GET MY SSS ID? BECAUSE I NEED IT? THANK U PLS. INFORM ME......
I just want to ask i can get my sss id to by online can be
bakit HND makapasok ang e-mail account ko sa SAS online nyo?
Hi guys. Sa mga nagtatanong kung pwede kumuha ng SSS kahit unemployed. Yes pwede. Haha
Unemployed na po ako pwede din po ba ko kumuha ng sss id?
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How much is the payment for SSS ID?
Unemployed po ako, pede po kaya akonv makakuha ng sss? Need ko po kase ng id para makakuha ng passport.
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Hi Good Afternoon!
I would like to ask if can I change my SSS account details?
I just want to ask if i can apply here online to get an SSS Id Card? Thank you!
How much is the fee for the SSS ID? Thank you!
Just want to share my easy peasy breezy experience in applying for an SSS ID card. Last Aug 3, I went to the SSS Central Mall office in Dasma., Cavite. I had the form and IDs prepared. When I got to the desk, it only took a few minutes to check my record and the requirements. Then, I was asked to head over to the capturing station a few steps from the desk. They took my fingerprints, headshot photo and info... and that was it! It took about an hour but most of it was spent waiting for my number to be called. Now, I'm just going to wait for the ID card to be delivered to my doorstep.
Hi sir I just ask how to apply sss id I'm here in saudi Arabia
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already have number when im still single never had contributions then got married.i want to get an id. what to do and the documents ineed
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Can I get the E 1 form online?
i already applied sss id for the past yrs until now i dd not received and the nearest branch in our area just always say re apply again
They make it hard for Filipinos to get a social security ID....
hi good morning, just want to as if how can I can retrieved my sss id? i didn't have a chance to claim it since I'm already here at Iloilo City. It was processed last December 2011.
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Hello, I just want to ask about my situation. I am a member of SSS already. But I forgot my SSS number and I want to do my contribution here in singapore coz now I am an OFW. Hope you can help me and hope I can hear from you before this month end so that I can give my contribution or I can cotinue giving my monthly contribution. One thing also Can I change into a higher contribution? Tell me how to process it. Thank you so much.
I want to pay my loan but i will be working abroad.what are the other options to pay easily.another thing my husband wants to be a member and soon wants to get sss id..can we pay contributions good for 1 quarter?
@gen....you may need to visit the nearest post office in your area...The postman may have encountered some problems in delivering it to the address you specified....That is what the SSS Employee advised me if it has been more than 2 months and I have not yet receive my UMID card.
i don't remember if i have sss no. in the phil.I work part time for few mos. as a private duty nurse while pursuing my bsn degree.I migrated to usa in 1979 ,now i have my dual citizenship as u.s and filipino.My question is if i don't have the sss. no. in the phil., how can i apply ,and where?.Now im thinking of retiring in the phil.,and would like to contribute for my sss or buyout the years, is that possible?.thanks.
good morning..
i 'll just ask if how to apply on sss online.. i am a college student and soon to graduate this year, and i need the sss for the application of my job.
hope for your response.. thank you..
how to get sss number? and what are the requirements needs?
Hi,
I'm OFW here in Abu Dhabi and i wanted to continue remitting my pending payments in SSS...Can you do me a favor to know how can i pay my remittance in SSS even though i'm still out of our country???
Thank you...
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i got the sss before and forgot. any idea how to get my sss?
i still got the sss mail though, just no id card inside..
^ re: the old sss id
they are not issuing the old sss id that is supposed to be for sss use only, they are releasing the umid id now because of multipurpose advantage
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how can verify my ss num, because its lost and i reall need it now,, pls help me?
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how can i apply sss but the problem is im here in dubai.it is possible in onine?
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