Guide on SSS Calamity Loan Requirements 2023 for Application
SSS CALAMITY LOAN REQUIREMENTS 2023 — Here is a list of the documents needed in applying for the Social Security System loan offer.
One of the huge benefits in maintaining an updated account to the Social Security System, one of the social insurance giants in the country, is that you have something to turn to when natural disasters hit your place. Truth be told that a natural calamity’s impact can leave you with nothing at all.
In fact, there were several events in the past when natural calamities cost lives and brought massive damages to properties. During these times, the Social Security System opens its SSS Calamity Loan offer for members living or working in areas struck by the calamity. It is another loan offer of the state entity aside from the SSS Salary Loan 2023 and the SSS Housing Loan 2023.
Through the SSS Calamity Loan, the government institution wants to help the members in their recovery from the impacts of the natural calamity. It is open for members who meet the following SSS Calamity Loan requirements (eligibility):
- resident of an area declared under a State of Calamity
- with at least 36 monthly contributions posted to SSS, six (6) of which posted within the last 12 months before the month of the application for SSS Calamity Loan
- If self-employed, voluntary, or land-based overseas Filipino worker (OFW), member must have posted at least six (6) monthly contributions under the current coverage/membership type before the month of the application for SSS Calamity Loan
- has not availed final benefits from the SSS
- has no outstanding balance in the SSS Loan Restructuring Program (LRP) or CLAP
There are a few documentary requirements for SSS Calamity Loan application. If the loan application will be filed by the member, here are the documents that must be submitted to the state institution:
- one (1) copy of the SSS calamity loan assistance application form[2]
- original copy of barangay certification
- original copy of valid ID
In case the filing of loan application will be done by an authorized representative, there is a different set of documentary requirements for application. Here are the documents that must be submitted to SSS:
- one (1) copy of the SSS calamity loan assistance application form
- original copy of authorization letter
- original copy of barangay certificate
- printed scanned copies of valid ID/documents of the OFW or seafarer member
- original copy of valid ID or document of the authorized representative
