SSS Retirement Claim Application: Fill Out Online & Print

What is SSS retirement claim?

The Retirement Claim Application is the Social Security System form a member uses to claim the SSS retirement benefit. It covers the member's details, employment history and dependent children, whether to take the first 18 monthly pensions in advance, the payment account and, for an employed member, the last employer's certificate of separation.

SSS now asks most members to file their retirement claim online through the My.SSS portal. Its retirement benefit page says some claims are filed at an SSS branch or foreign representative office instead, such as those with an outstanding SSS stock investment, privatization, educational or vocational loan, those with dependent children under guardianship, and those where the member is incapacitated. The Retirement Claim Application is listed among the basic documents.

FileIt asks the questions in order, prints everything in capital letters one digit per box, and fills SSS's own three-page form. You sign it, or give your fingerprints, at the SSS branch.

Who fills it: The retiring SSS member; the last employer completes the certificate of separation
Filed at: An SSS branch or foreign representative office, for the cases SSS doesn't handle online
Age: 60 for optional retirement, 65 for technical retirement (lower for mineworkers and racehorse jockeys)
Signature: In ink, or right thumb and index fingerprints in front of an SSS employee
Edition: 04-2012
Pages: 3 (the second is instructions)

Who needs to fill out SSS retirement claim?

SSS members who have reached retirement age and are filing at a branch rather than online.
Members with an outstanding SSS stock investment, privatization, educational or vocational loan.
Members with dependent children under guardianship, or who are incapacitated.
Employers asked to certify a retiring member's separation.

When to use SSS retirement claim

When you retire at 60 and have stopped working, or at 65 whether or not you still work.
When a suspended retirement pension can resume because you have stopped working again.
When SSS tells you your claim has to be filed at a branch.

What you need before you start

Your 10-digit SS number, full name, date and place of birth, address and civil status.
Your TIN and a telephone or mobile number.
Your employers with the month and year you started and left each one.
Your dependent children's names, dates of birth and addresses, if any.
Your bank, branch and savings account number, or cash card. Without a UMID card enrolled as ATM, SSS asks you to enrol a disbursement account in My.SSS first.
For an employed member: the last employer's SSS employer number, name and address, and the separation date.

What’s on SSS retirement claim

The 2012 edition has 3 pages. FileIt asks for it in 7 parts:

Part I — Member's informationMember
Employment historyMember
Dependent childrenMember
Pension optionsMember
Part II — PaymentMember
CertificationMember
Certificate of separation from last employerLast employer

How to fill out SSS retirement claim, step by step

1 Member's information

Enter your SS number, name, address with postal code, date and place of birth, gender, civil status, TIN and phone number. Dates print as month, day and year in the boxes.

2 Employment history

List your employers, latest first, with the period of employment as MM-YYYY. The form has four rows; use a separate sheet for more.

3 Dependent children

List up to five children below 21, or over 21 and incapacitated, who are unmarried and not employed, with their dates of birth and whether each is legitimate or illegitimate. SSS pays a dependent's pension for each, up to five.

4 Pension options

Say whether you want the first 18 monthly pensions in advance (paid as a discounted lump sum, and only chosen when you first file), and whether you already receive an SSS disability or death pension. For a death pension, give the deceased member's SS number and name.

5 Payment and certification

Choose cash card or ATM/passbook and give the bank details. You certify the information and the statements about your children, and sign at the branch.

6 Certificate of separation

For an employed member, the last employer gives its employer number, name and address, certifies the date you were separated, and signs with the authorised representative's name and designation.

Common mistakes to avoid

Filing on paper when your claim can be filed online in My.SSS.
Writing the period of employment as a full date: the boxes take month and year only.
Listing children who are 21 or over and not incapacitated, married or employed.
Leaving out the certificate of separation for an employed member.
Signing before you reach the branch, when SSS asks for fingerprints in front of its employee.

After you fill it out

Print the form from your FileIt vault and take it to the SSS branch with your IDs and the supporting documents SSS lists.

Sign it, or give your right thumb and index fingerprints, in front of the SSS employee. FileIt does not file the claim.

Keep the acknowledgment stub at the bottom of page 1, and the PDF in your vault.

Fill out SSS retirement claim online with FileIt

Pick the person. Choose someone from People and FileIt fills in their name, date of birth, address and other details it already knows.
Answer plain-language questions. One part of the form at a time, with the official help text beside each question — 76 fields in all. Your answers save as you go.
Check the live preview. Watch your answers land on the real Social Security System (SSS) form, and let FileIt do any worksheet arithmetic.
Generate the official PDF. FileIt prints your answers into the agency’s own PDF and files it in that person’s folder in your vault.

FileIt fills the form — it never files or submits anything for you. Deliver the finished form to whoever asked for it, the way the form’s instructions say.

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SSS retirement claim: frequently asked questions

Can I still file the SSS retirement claim on paper?

SSS says most members file online through My.SSS, and that claims with certain loans, children under guardianship or an incapacitated member are filed at a branch or foreign representative office, with this application.

What is the 18-month advance?

An option to receive the first 18 monthly pensions at once, discounted at an interest rate SSS sets. You choose it only when you first file.

How many dependent children can I list?

The form has five rows, and SSS pays a dependent's pension for up to five children.

Does my employer have to sign?

The certificate of separation on page 3 is for the last employer of a member who was employed.

Can I sign it electronically?

No. You sign at the branch, or give your fingerprints in front of an SSS employee.

Official sources

Blank form (PDF), published by Social Security System (SSS): https://www.sss.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/SSSForm_Retirement_Claim.pdf
Official instructions and guidance: https://www.sss.gov.ph/retirement-benefit/
Edition shown on this page: 04-2012 (printed on the form) (checked 2026-10-25).

FileIt is not affiliated with or endorsed by Social Security System (SSS) or any government. This page explains the form in general terms and is not legal, tax or immigration advice. Always read the official instructions, and check that you are using the edition the recipient accepts. Page last reviewed 2026-10-25.