Primary Documents (only ONE is required):

 Birth Certificate
 Baptismal Certificate
 Passport
 Driver's License
 Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) Card
 Seaman's Book

Secondary Documents (in the absence of primary documents, submit TWO of

the following):

 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 from:
o Office of the Southern/Northern Cultural Communities
o Office of Muslim Affairs
 Certificate of Licensure/Qualification Document/Seafarer's ID & Record Book
from the Maritime Industry Authority
 Certificate of Naturalization issued by the Bureau of Immigration
 Company ID
 Company Representative Authorization Card issued by SSS
 Credit Card
 Fisherman's Card issued by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources
(BFAR)
 GSIS Card/Certificate of Membership
 Health or Medical Card
 ID card issued by Local Government Units (e.g. Barangay/Municipality/City)
 ID card issued by professional organizations recognized by the Professional
Regulation Commission (PRC)
 Life Insurance Policy
 Marriage contract
 Membership card issued by private companies
 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
 Seafarer's Registration Certificate issued by the Philippine Overseas Employment
Administration (POEA)
 Senior Citizen Card
 Tax Identification Number (TIN) Card
 Temporary license and Student Permit issued by the Land Transportation Office
(LTO)
 Transcript of School Records
 Voter's Identification Card/Affidavit

However, surviving spouses and guardians aged 60 and above securing an SS

number for the Annual Confirmation of Pensioners (ACOP) program, may be
allowed to submit any two of the above-mentioned secondary documents with
recent photo and age.

A married person should also submit a marriage contract upon registration. If with
reported legitimate children, the birth or baptismal certificate/s of child/ren; if with
reported legitimated child/ren, birth certificate with annotation "legitimated;" if
with reported legally adopted child/ren, decree of adoption. If reporting illegitimate
children, birth or baptismal certificate(s) of children. In the absence of both, any of
the following stating the relationship to the reported dependent/beneficiary:

a. School Record
b. Insurance Policy
c. Statement before a court

The original or certified true copies of the documents should be presented to the
SSS for authentication purposes.