How to Change to Self-Employed Membership Type in SSS, Philhealth, and PAG-IBIG

Are you switching from corporate employment to self-employed and want to continue paying for the government benefits under SSS, Pag-IBIG and Philhealth? Here’s your simple guide to updating your records or membership type under these government agencies.

Social Security System (SSS)

If you resigned from your job and decided to continue paying the premiums, you must update your membership status to Self-Employed by filing a Member Data Change Request at an SSS branch near you. 

**There is this belief that one can just continue paying premiums and the membership status will changes after. It does, but to Voluntary status. The goal is Self-Employed status. If you have done this, you'd notice in your SSS account that your membership status has changed to "Voluntary." The benefits of a Voluntary member are different from a member who is under the Self-Employed status (according to SSS). If your membership status is already Voluntary, fill out an MDCR and submit it to an SSS branch near you so that the membership status can be changed from Voluntary to Self-Employed.

Download the Member Data Change Request Form from SSS.

The change request to Self-Employed status is subject to approval. SSS will advise to follow up after thirty (30) days for the update. Or you may check if the change has reflected on your SSS account.

PAG-IBIG or HDMF

To change your membership type in PAG-IBIG, you have to fill out a Member’s Change of Information Form (MCIF) and file a request at a PAG-IBIG branch near you. 

Fill out and sign the form, and prepare one government ID (other government IDs are accepted, except TIN and PhilHealth IDs). Present both to the PAG-IBIG branch officer.

You may check if the membership type change has taken effect. If you have a Virtual PAG-IBIG account, log in and see if the category type has been updated.***

***It is highly advisable to check if the change request has reflected in your Virtual PAG-IBIG account, as there is a lapse in PAG-IBIG’s system, i.e. updates to one's account are not immediately synced to details displayed on one's Virtual PAG-IBIG account but are displayed on PAG-IBIG's end of records. 

Download the Member’s Change of Information Form (MCIF) by PAG-IBIG Fund.

PHILHEALTH

To change your membership status for Philhealth, you must fill out and submit a Philhealth Member Registration Form (PMRF) (tick the “UPDATING/AMENDMENT” box under PURPOSE) to a Philhealth branch. 

Download Philhealth Member Registration Form (PMRF) by Philhealth.