Pursuant to Republic Act No. 11332, Presidential Proclamation Nos. 929 and 922 (series 2020), and Civil Service Commission (CSC) Announcement No. 13, s. 2020 directing government agencies to adopt measures to contain the spread of the COVID-19 virus, the Management of the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) is hereby implementing the following measures in order to ensure the safety of its members, pensioners and employees:
- The GSIS Head Office, Quezon City Branch Office (QCBO) and all GSIS branch/extension offices located in Luzon shall be closed to the public from 16 March 2020 to 12 April 2020.
All senior executives, department heads and branch managers in the aforementioned areas are instructed to implement “work-from-home” and/or rotational duty assignments (skeleton workforce) for their respective personnel at their own discretion, in line with the GSIS Business Continuity Plan (BCP) and the guidelines set by the CSC on alternative working arrangements.
Despite the lockdown, GSIS shall continue to accept loan applications via GWAPS. Pension payments shall likewise be credited to old-age and survivorship pensioners during the first week of the month, as usual.
Effective 17 March 2020, however, the following GSIS operations shall be temporarily suspended (applicable only to NCR and Luzon):
- Filing and processing of retirement/separation benefit claims;
- Filing and processing of non-life insurance claims. For renewal of property insurance policies requested on or before 17 March 2020, a cover note will be issued for a period of 60 days to provide continuity of cover;
- Filing and processing of GSIS Financial Assistance Loan (GFAL) applications nationwide is suspended for two (2) months starting 14 March 2020. Consequently, GFAL program will be extended to 30 September 2020;
- Processing of requests for renewal of active status (APIR) of pensioners residing locally and abroad;
- Enrollment of members and releasing of GSIS UMID eCards;
- A one-month extension is hereby granted on all premium remittances and loan payments due this March. Premium remittances and loan payments due on March and April may be settled on or before 10 May 2020, without penalty; and
- A one-month extension is also granted on all housing loan amortization payments and rental payments for GSIS investment properties falling due on March 2020. Rental and amortization payments due for the months of March and April 2020 may be settled on or before 10 May 2020, without penalty; and
- ·All other GSIS programs and corporate events scheduled for the said period, such as the Women’s Month Celebration, GSIS Educational Subsidy Program (GESP) and GSIS Scholarship Program (GSP), GSIS Art Competition, financial literacy seminars and the like, are likewise suspended.
2. Unless a state of emergency is declared by the local government wherein a GSIS branch is located and/or unless certain employee/s have close physical contact with a CoViD-19 positive person or are showing symptoms of COViD-19, all GSIS personnel in the Visayas and Mindanao (VisMin) shall continue to report for work to provide pension and loan services to members and pensioners in the area.
At their own discretion, branch managers may adopt work-from-home and/or rotational duty arrangements, subject to the approval of the SVP-VisMin and EVP-Core Business Sector.
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Can we avail an emergency loan at GSIS??
Dear Gsis,
Hopefully you can grant other loans, other than the current pension loans which had been granted to pensioners. Also, an early renewal of existing pension Lian be granted for this trying times. Thank you.
Pres.Duterte declared phillipines as in state of calamity… can we noe apply for an emergency loan?
Can we apply for a calamity loan?
Can we avail calamity loan since pres. Duterte declared calamity of the entire country
how can avail a calamity loan?
Gwaps says that my address is not tagged in the calamity area how can we avail the loan, since the country is declared as in the state of calamity by the president?
How can.I get my gfal check
How can we apply for calamity loan ? There no branch open and there no transportation?
We were here in cagayan de oro but when we checked the gwaps in cagayan de oro gsis our place was not tagged as under calamity eh declared na nfa ni duterte na nationwide state calamity last march 16,2020 eh saan hi ba kayo bakit di nyo maactivate lahat ng branch kailangan kasi namin ngayon…
Good morning; my father is a gsis pensioner we have an outstanding loan balance can we urgently required for another or additional loan?
Rolando T. Bigtas, aside from the calaminity loan last Juanary2020,now the comes Covid 19, can I avail additional loan?
Totoo po ba na may emergency loan? Badly in need na po talaga kc wala ng laman ang mga pitaka namin pati ang konting nastock ay paubos na.big help po talaga if totoo.
Dito sa bohol pwede.din po ba mag avail ng emergency loan?
I have not received my pension for the month of March 2020 suppose to be received every 8th day of the month, may I know the reason of the delay. Thanks
can we apply for calamity loan?
My mom is in tacloban she want to avail calamity loan but there is no advisory in gsis tacloban but our pres. Already declare philippines is under the stete of calamity
Pwed na po ba maka avaul dito sa visayas ng calamity loan kc nag declare naman ni pres. Duterte na buong bansa
Good day po maam. Paano po ako makakapag calamity loan po ngayon, eh wala pa po akong card/gwaps. Paano po ang gagawin ko?
Can I avail my emergency loan?I already paid my previous emergency loan.
Greetings!
I am appealing to your good office to please let me avail a consol loan, i need it very badly, my children working in Cebu City are jobless and can’t go home. Hope you will take into consideration needs. Thank you and God bless us all.
Dear GSIS MANAGEMENT, please help us avail of the calamity loan as easy as possible. We are really in need of money right now. Maawa na po kayo sa amin. Please kami po ay nanininkluhod at humihingi ng awa sa inyo.
Dear GSIS MANAGEMENT, please help us avail of the calamity loan as easy as possible. We are really in need of money right now. Maawa na po kayo sa amin. Please kami po ay nanininkluhod at humihingi ng awa sa inyo. Tawi-Tawi
Hi good afternoon tanung ko lang po kasi po yung mother ko is pensionef na po ng tatay since patay na po tatay ngayon po makakatanggap po nanay ko ng pension sa 2022 pa pwede po ba advance ang pension instead of 2022 pwede na po bang gawin 2021 of march 25 , thank you ask ko lang po and kung hindi pa kaylangan po bang magfile ng nanay ko agad ng for pension salamat po sasagot
Can I avail calamity loan?
To those who lives in Mindanao, can they also avail this loan?
Good day Ma’am/Sir pwede po bang mag pa stop muna ng loans (conso, emergency, edu). Thank you po.
Good day mam/sir can i avail a emregency or calamity loan , nawalan po ako ng work ng june 2019, nakabalik po ako ng march 6, 2020 ,makaka avail po ba ako? Slamat po.
Good day mam/sir can i avail a emregency or calamity loan , nawalan po ako ng work ng june 2019, nakabalik po ako ng march 6, 2020 ,makaka avail po ba ako? Slamat po.