UMID e-Card for GSIS Active Members & Pensioners

The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) will be having a new e-card called UMID which stands for Unified Multi-Purpose ID, and this will replace the existing GSIS e-card Plus. I will not bore you with the legal basis that the GSIS cited for having this new e-card, but I am going to inform you that the UMID e-card's primary purpose is to have a single ID card for all SSS, GSIS, PhilHealth and Pag-IBIG members. It is expected that the UMID card will soon be the only ID card that you will ever need to transact with the GSIS, SSS, Pag-IBIG and Philhealth.

Except for the VISA debit card feature, the new UMID e-Card will still carry with it the features of the current e-Card Plus, such as:

• disbursement card used withdraw the proceeds of GSIS loans, claims or loans using any Megalink, Bancnet and Expressnet ATMs
• personal ATM savings account that does not require any maintaining balance
• debit card that can be used at any local establishment that uses a Megalink Point-of-Sale terminal
• over the counter cash withdrawal from selected MLhuillier branches and PhilPost offices nationwide
• online payment of bills through e-payment facilities of partner banks of GSIS
• hospitalization discount card that gives you and your dependents up to 50% discounts from partner hospitals thru the GSIS Hospitalization Support Program (GHSP)
• medicine discount card that gives you as much as 55% discount on Pfizer-manufactured medicines
• education discount card that gives you 20% scholarship grant on tuition and laboratory fees at all STI branches nationwide

The enrollment for the UMID e-card is now on-going at the GSIS Head Office in Pasay City and at selected GSIS Regional Offices.

Pensioners, on the other hand, may enroll for the UMID e-Card upon renewal of their active status during their birth month. The renewal of the active status is necessary to ensure the disbursement of their monthly pension.


Source: GSIS