The Invalidity Pension may be awarded to a person who is certified as being incapable for suitable full-time or part-time employment or self-employment, due to a serious disease or physical or mental impairment, subject to the relative social security contribution conditions under the Social Security Act (
Cap. 318.).
This pension may also be awarded to a claimant who had a claim for Injury Benefit accepted and was certified to have suffered more than 90% disablement resulting from the same injury or a disease arising out of, or during course of his/her employment or self-occupation.
If a claimant is granted the Invalidity Pension, Social Security Credits are awarded when a retirement pension assessment claim is being carried out.
The applicant
must have submitted at least six (6) months of the blue medical certificates to the Department of Social Security for his/her invalidity, prior to submitting a claim for the Invalidity Pension.
For those applicants who are employed with the civil service, are first seen by the People and Standards Department (P&SD) board, and subsequently, their claim will next be taken to the Department of Social Security Board.
