Guide on the SSS Funeral Benefit Requirements Claim Application
SSS FUNERAL BENEFIT REQUIREMENTS – The Social Security System requires the following documents in filing a Funeral Benefit claim.
Undeniably, money works in almost every aspect nowadays — including dying. Not only that money is essential in the treatment of several diseases but is also a factor in the burial of a person. A death in a financially unprepared family could not only leave the remaining members clueless on how to put food in the table but also struggling in giving a decent wake and burial to the deceased.
A lot of people recognize these truth that is why they applied for a membership to a state-run social insurance institution so their families have a Funeral Benefit to turn to when they pass away. One of the entities with the said offer is the Social Security System, more popularly called the SSS.
In the case of death of an SSS member, if the deceased is employed, the employer must have reported the member’s passing to the SSS for coverage. If the deceased member was self-employed, an overseas Filipino worker (OFW), or a non-working spouse of an SSS member, the member must have posted at least one (1) monthly contribution for the family to be eligible to the benefit offer.
The said benefit offer was crafted to financially assist the family or reimburse the expenses during the burial of the deceased member.
There are documents that need to be submitted under the SSS Funeral Benefit requirements. The remaining family member must submit the following to the nearest SSS branch:
- Claim for Funeral Benefit (SSS Form BPN-103)
- Affidavit of funeral expenses
- Death Certificate of the deceased SSS member duly-certified by the Local Civil Registrar
- Receipt of payment issued by the funeral parlor
- Report of Death in case the demise is work-related
- Filer’s photo and valid IDs
The list of the mandated documents above is different from the requirements for SSS Maternity Benefit claim and the requirements for the SSS Disability Benefit claim.