Guide on the SSS Death Benefit Requirements Claim Application
SSS DEATH BENEFIT REQUIREMENTS – The Social Security System requires the following documents in filing a Death Benefit claim.
Are you one of the people who wants your family and loved ones to be left financially prepared in case you die? One of the options is to be a member of the Social Security System. If you are already one of the SSS members, one of the benefits that you may avail is the Death Benefit.
The SSS Death Benefit was crafted for the members of the state-run social insurance institution who want to financially secure their families in case they pass away. It will provide the beneficiaries with either a pension or a one-time lump sum.
The said benefit offer requires the SSS member to have posted a total of at least 36 monthly contributions prior to the semester of death for the beneficiaries to qualify for the claim. The primary beneficiaries are the first people who can file for the claim and the order are as follows:
- dependent spouse until he/she remarries
- dependent legitimate, legitimated, and illegitimate children who are 20 years old and below, not employed, and single
There are SSS Death Benefit requirements that the beneficiary must prepare in filing a claim. You can check the list below.
The SSS Death Benefit requirements is a case-to-case basis depending on certain factors like the civil status of the deceased member. Here are the documents that SSS often asks in the filing of the claim.
- duly-accomplished SSS Death Claim Application (SSS DDR-1)
- Death certificate of the member duly certified by PSA
- Affidavit of the claimant or Filer’s Affidavit
- Death certificate of the spouse duly certified by PSA (if the spouse is dead)
- Death certificate of the member’s parent duly certified by PSA
- Affidavit for Death Benefit Claim
- Affidavit of Legal Heirs
- Marriage Contract
- Birth/Baptismal Certificate of dependent children
- Birth/Baptismal Certificate of member
- Birth/Baptismal Certificate of the minor beneficiary/ies
- Medical Certificate of incapacitated child/spouse
- Marriage Contract of the parents
- Accident Report/Report of Death (SS Form BPN-105)
- Guarantor’s Form (SS Form BPN-107)
- Application for Guardianship (SS Form CLD-15)
- Passbook /ATM card with a name or copy of validated deposit slip (original and photocopy) or Cash Card Enrollment Form, if pension
- Recent residence certificate of the filer
- Original and photocopy of claimant’s Social Security Card, Passport, PRC Card, Seaman’s Book, Driver’s License, or any two valid Ids, at least one with photo
- latest 1 x 1 picture of the claimant
The afore-mentioned set of required documents is different from the SSS Maternity Benefit requirements, SSS Disabilty Benefit requirements, and the SSS Funeral Benefit requirements.