The SSS Number is unique

I was reading the SSS facebook -  click on this link if you want to go there  SSS facebook page

Someone was asking about getting a new SSS Number because he lost his number.  NO. No. no.

The SSS Number is unique to an individual and each individual must have only one (1)  SSS Number.  IF you have more than one (1), then you have to resolve this to one number.  Check out the discussion at the bottom of this post for this concern.

So if you no longer remember your number, all you have to do is go to any SSS Office with legal, incontestable proof that you are who you say you are, and SSS will give you your number to use.  With your SSS number you can do the things  you need to do at any SSS Office.  Without your SSS Number, you cannot apply for any benefits, remember that.

Incontestable proof?  Easy.  Get your NSO birth certificate and use that as proof.

- you can click this link --> NSO Online services     or this link  NSO Citizen services  

The birth certificate is a primary document so it can stand alone.  Bring an ID to prove your face matches your name.  The following will do:  Driver's license, Office ID, Postal ID, even a credit card - for as long as it carries your face.  You can use an Alien card, if you are no longer a citizen, or if you are an immigrant, you can use that card as well and you can use your passport!

SSS must be careful about giving out SSS Numbers and you need to be careful when you give out your SSS Number.  Do not give it out in any public forum.  So many people just throw their SSS numbers around without thinking of identity theft.

Identity theft is real. It is not just a Sandra Bullock movie.

If you have more than one SSS number, you need to have this consolidated into one.  Go to the nearest SSS office and say that in your youth you had made a mistake and had gotten more than one ID.  SSS will ask you to prove that you own the other SSS numbers so be sure you have proof.  Proof could be affidavits from the offices where you used those numbers.

Anything to do with the SSS Number usually requires a personal visit.  Tedious, but safe.  Safe is good for you.

Now, for the last point in this post, and a fine point in this blog.
Remember, fix errors as soon as you know.  Do not wait for tomorrow.

There is only today.