The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) said it will release P3.93 billion in Christmas cash gifts to 411,692 eligible pensioners on Dec. 4, 2025, marking a major policy expansion by including pro-rata pensioners and those who retired under the Portability Law (RA 7699) for the first time.
The pension fund is also crediting the December monthly pension early, moving it to Dec. 5 instead of the regular schedule on December 8, to help pensioners prepare for the holidays.
“We want our pensioners to feel valued and supported, especially during the Christmas season,” said GSIS president and general-manager Jose Arnulfo Veloso.
“That is why we expanded the coverage of the Christmas cash gift to include an additional 14,992 pro-rata and Portability Law pensioners, who were previously excluded from this annual benefit,” he said.
The amount of the cash gift is equivalent to one month’s pension or P10,000, whichever is lower, and will be automatically credited to the eligible pensioners’ GSIS ATM accounts.
Eligible pensioners are old-age, retirement and disability pensioners under RA 8291, RA 660, RA 7699 and PD 1146 who are in active status, receiving their regular or pro-rata monthly pension and are living as of Nov. 30, 2025.
Pro-rata pensioners are members who rendered at least 15 years of service but with less than 15 years of paid premiums, while Portability Law pensioners are those whose GSIS and SSS contributions were combined to qualify for social insurance benefits.
The GSIS reminds pensioners to comply with the Annual Pensioners’ Information Revalidation (APIR). Those with suspended pensions due to APIR non-compliance as of December 31, 2025, may still claim their cash gift once their status is reactivated.
Those not eligible for the cash gift include survivorship and dependent pensioners, those who availed of a five-year lump sum and will resume their pension after Dec. 31, 2025, retirees from 2021–2025 who took the 18 times cash payment and immediate life pension under RA 8291 (eligible five years after retirement) and members separated from service from 2006–2025 before age 60 who began receiving their regular pension in 2021–2025 (eligible after five years as a regular pensioner).
