How to Register with SSS - For Self-Employed

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FOR SELF-EMPLOYED INDIVIDUALS

Who are covered?

A self-employed person, regardless of trade, business or occupation, with an income of at least P1,000 a month and not over 60 years old, should register with the SSS. Included, but not limited to are the following self-employed persons.
a.	self-employed professionals;
b.	business partners, single proprietors and board directors;
c.	actors, actresses, directors, scriptwriters and news reporters who are not under an employer-employee relationship;
d.	professional athletes, coaches, trainers and jockeys;
e.	farmers and fisherfolks; and
f.	workers in the informal sector such as cigarette vendors, watch-your-car boys, hospitality girls, among others.

A self-employed person should accomplish SSS Form RS-1 (Self-Employed Data Record) and submit it together with a photocopy of any of the following:

• Baptismal certificate
• Birth certificate
• Driver’s license
• Passport
• Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) Card, Seaman’s Book. 

You can get the SSS Form RS-1 at any SSS office or branch, or you can click here to download the form so you can just print it.

In the absence of these documents, ANY TWO of the following secondary documents, one of which with recent photo and date of birth, are acceptable:

• Alien Certificate of Registration
• ATM card with the cardholder’s name
• ATM card and certification from the issuing bank that the account number belongs to the cardholder, if the card does not bear the cardholder’s name.
• Bank Account Passbook
• Birth/Baptismal Certificate of children
• Certificate form
• Office of the Southern/Northern Cultural Communities
• Office of Muslim Affairs
• Certificate of Naturalization issued by the Bureau of Immigration
• Company ID
• Company Representative Authorization Card issued by SSS
• Credit Card
• Fishermen’s Card issued by Bureau of Fisheries & Aquatic Resources (BFAR)
• GSIS Card
• GSIS Certificate of Membership
• Health or Medical Card
• ID Card issued by Local Government Units (e.g. Barangay/     Municipality/City)
• ID Card issued by professional associations recognized by PRC
• Life Insurance Policy
• Marriage Contract
• NBI Clearance
• Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) Card
• Pag-Ibig Member’s Data Form
• Permit to Carry Firearms issued by the Firearms & Explosives Unit of the Philippine National Police (PNP)
• PHIC Member’s Data Record
• Police Clearance
• Postal ID Card
• School ID
• Senior Citizen Card
• Tax Identification Card/Affidavit
• Transcript of School Records
• Voter’s Identification Card/Affidavit

• ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS:
• For Married individuals - marriage contract
• If with reported children:
• if with legitimate child/ren - birth or baptismal certificate/s of children
• if with legitimated child/ren (e.g. legitimited due to subsequent marriage of parents) - birth certificate with annotation "legitimated"
• if with legally-adopted children - decree of adoption
• if with illegitimate children - birth or baptismal certificate
• ***If you don't have the above-mentioned documents, ANY of the following stating the relationship to the reported dependent/beneficiary should do:
• School record
• Insurance Policy
• Statement before a court

***IMPORTANT NOTE: A self-employed member who has employees, should also register as an employer and secure an employer ID number which the company must use in all transactions with the SSS.***