Have you ever experienced running out of valid ID for once? You have not received your Voter’s ID, your school ID is not valid anymore and your company ID is missing? Well, worry no more because here’s an all-around Employment ID for you! The UMID Card or the Unified Multi-Purpose ID Card is an Identification Card which contains all information about your employment. It is actually one of your to-go ID! Aside from that, it is also very easy to acquire, you just need to know the following steps, and you just have to present these requirements. But before that, let us understand the importance of this special card.
Having said that the UMID ID is your all-around employment card, it makes your transaction with different government agencies a lot more easier. Your transactions with Social Security Services (SSS), Government Service Insurance System (GSIS), PhilHealth and PAG-IBIG will be more convenient and efficient for you when you have this card. Moreover, with this card, you can apply for loans, view your accounts, or have a cash advance in a UMID kiosk located in your office. And lastly, since this your personal employment card, your UMID card can stand as one of your primary ID; no need to bring all of your IDs all at once! See? Having this UMID is really one great move to becoming a dutiful citizen of the country! But, how do you get this card? Just follow the simple steps below!
1. Accomplish this application form. If you are a government employee, choose GSIS and if you are an employee from the private sector,, choose SSS.
- UMID Application Form for SSS members
- UMID Application Form for GSIS members with eCard Plus
- UMID Application Form for GSIS members (New Enrollee)
2. Bring at least (1) of the following primary IDs:
- Driver’s License
- Passport
- Professional Regulation Commission Card (PRC Card)
- Seaman’s Book or Seafarer’s Identification and Record Book
However, if you do not have any of the ID’s mentioned above, you can present two (2) of any of the documents listed below:
- Company ID
- School ID
- Postal ID
- PhilHealth ID Card
- GSIS Card
- GSIS Certificate of Membership
- Tax Identification Card
- Voter’s Identification Card
- NSO Birth Certificate
- Marriage Contract
- NBI Clearance
- Police Clearance
- Senior Citizen Card
- PAG-IBIG Member’s Data Form
- Overseas Workers Welfare Administration Card (OWWA Card)
- ID Issued by Local Government Units (e.g., Barangay, Municipality, City)
- ID Card issued by Professional Associations
- Baptismal Certificate
- Alien Certification of Registration
- Transcript of School Records
- Permit to Carry Firearms issued by the Firearms and Explosive Unit of PNP
- Temporary :License Issued by Land Transportation Office (LTO)
- Permanent Residence ID
- Certificate from any of the following:
- Office of the Southern/Northern Cultural Communities
- Office of the Muslim Affairs
- Certificate of Licensure/Qualification Documents/ Seafarer’s ID & Record Book from Maritime Industry Authority
- Certificate of Naturalization from the Bureau of Immigration
- Bank Account Passbook