One Sunday morning as I was listening to the radio playing some selections from the ’60s and ’70s, James Taylor’s old classic “You’ve Got a Friend” brought back distinct memories:
“You just call out my name
And you know wherever I am
I’ll come running, to see you again
Winter, spring, summer or fall
All you have to do is call
And I’ll be there
You’ve got a friend.”
In our lives, we all have that one special friend that stayed with us for the last 20, 30 or 40 years. That very same person with whom we shared our childhood, teenage years, college, married life and motherhood, the one that we treated like our own sibling, like a brother or sister. In short, we might not have the same biological genes but we treat them as family.
For working Filipinos in the private sector, SSS is everyone’s kabalikat, like a friend that they can lean on and can turn to in times of contingencies. They consider SSS a strong lifeline not only for them but also for their respective families and beneficiaries. SSS is mandated to provide social security protection, including loss of income for those who temporarily stopped working due to sickness, maternity, disability, unemployment, retirement, death and other unforeseen events. Looking back, there’s a rewarding feeling whenever you encounter an SSS member or pensioner giving his or her personal testimony on how our institution has helped him or her in times of crisis, especially during this pandemic.
As SSS continues to upgrade its systems as it gears towards digitalization of all its processes, this is where the My.SSS was implemented.
Celebrating 63 years of helping members, SSS is effectively responsive to the times, which is why we have made it mandatory that all SSS members, pensioners included, must have a dedicated My.SSS account in the SSS web site. Our primary objective is for our members to have access to various online service facilities as well as facilitate the online applications—benefits and loan applications—for simpler, faster and more convenient means of transacting with us. This is also our contribution to the government’s effort to curb the spread of the Covid-19 by eliminating manual and over-the-counter transactions.
Perhaps, majority of our members who are gainfully employed are already registered with this facility. As of September 2020, we have 9,283,246 members who have already set-up their respective accounts.
My.SSS is a safe and secure online facility that gives you exclusive access to your SSS records, and it is where various transactions can be done by members and employers.
Basically, for members to set up their My.SSS account, they must have a stable Internet connection and just follow these six easy steps:
1. Go to the SSS web site (www.sss.gov.ph).
2. Click “Not yet registered in My.SSS.”
3. Select one information, as reported to SSS, to proceed with the Web registration.
4. Enter all the required information.
5. A notice of registration will be sent to your registered e-mail.
6. Follow instructions sent to your e-mail to activate your account.
Once you have successfully registered your account, you can now check on your information and access different SSS services through the website. These include viewing your member details and employment history, updating contact info, changing password, scheduling an appointment and viewing your UMID/SSS ID details.
Under the E-Services menu of the My.SSS account, a member may also do transactions such as enrollment of their personal Disbursement Accounts, filing of salary and calamity loan applications, applying for unemployment benefit claim, applying for pension loan, requesting for SSS records, submitting maternity notification, retirement and funeral, using the simulated retirement calculator, enrolling in the PESO Fund and Flexi Fund programs, generating payment reference numbers for payment of SSS contributions, and lastly, paying online through the Moneygment app.
Members who are registered in the SSS web site may use the login credentials of their My.SSS account to access the SSS Mobile App. Online payment of SS contributions through PayMaya is available in the App for Self-Employed/Voluntary/overseas Filipino workers members.
The SSS Mobile App may be downloaded at Apple App Store, Google Play Store and Huawei App Gallery.
However, due to the increasing numbers of reported cases of unauthorized use of members’ online accounts, members and pensioners must be careful in sharing their account information, especially their username and password. They should take into consideration the confidentiality and protection of their respective accounts so that they will not be exposed to online fixers and possible fraud. Like any violation, online fixers are liable under the Social Security Law.
While some selected group of individuals are still restricted to go out based on Inter-Agency Task Force on Infectious Diseases guidelines, facilitating all these transactions in the comfort of your homes generally brings us convenience and cost-saving methods while waiting for a shorter period of time to get your benefits and loans from SSS.
Our vision is to further improve our services and give our members world-class quality service in the next few years to come.
Going back to James Taylor’s popular hit, SSS will remain as every working Filipino’s trusted and dependable friend, or kabalikat at all times.
Aurora C. Ignacio is SSS president and chief executive officer.
We welcome your questions and insights on the topics that we discuss. E-mail mediaaffairs@sss.gov.ph for topics that you might want us to discuss.
5 comments
My online application for SSS pension loan is rejected due to reason no eligible disbursement saving account but I registered into peso account using my pnb acct what will I do
Please help how i can retrieve my SSS number online, my card was lost and I cant be able to come to the nearest SSS branch due to the strict compliance in our municipality. Need your Help please.
So many scam, I suggest look for someone you know working in SSS Office to be safe.
Take care
I tried several times to create an account in my.sss, the form to fill up asking my Mobile Number registered in SSS. This information is forgotten. How can I get this mobile number registered in SSS? or how can I complete this registration form?
i cannot create my.sss becoz my name/ and or date of birth does not match my sss records. how to fix this?
please help me