SSS amends guidelines on temporary ACOP suspension

The Social Security System (SSS) amended the guidelines on the temporary suspension of the Annual Confirmation of Pensioners Program (ACOP) following the continuous implementation of the community quarantine (CQ) in the Philippines due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

SSS President and CEO Aurora C. ACOP suspension. The health and Ignacio said that under the amended safety of our members and pensioners guidelines, pensioners who have remain our top concern,” Ignacio said. not complied with the ACOP for the Meanwhile, pensioners whose pensions calendar year 2020 (covering birth were already “suspended due to nonmonths from January up to the end of compliance with the ACOP” before the the CQ) would continue to receive their community quarantine will be given an monthly pensions until the following online option to comply. month of the last day of the CQ in the country. The said pensioners may file their ACOP compliance by submitting Once the entire country is under the new normal, meaning all forms of CQ have been lifted, the said pensioners will be given 60 days to comply with the ACOP requirement. Should they fail to comply within the said period, a duly accomplished ACOP form, which is downloadable at https:// www.sss.gov.ph/sss/ appmanager/sss_ downloads.jsp? type=forms, together with photocopies of their identification cards or documents. only then will their monthly pensions be If they are residing abroad, they suspended. may send the documents through community quarantine restrictions, email at ofw.relations@sss.gov.ph or However, verification processes/ the corporate email of the SSS foreign activities are continuously implemented office in the area. For those residing in by the SSS for those pensioners residing the Philippines, they may send them in the Philippines. at member_relations@sss.gov.ph or “Despite the gradual easing of concerned. the corporate email of the SSS branch we have decided to err on the side Pensioners residing in the of caution and extend the temporary Philippines may also submit their ACOP