Blue Medical Certificate – Submit
Overview
A medical certificate must be completed by a medical practitioner and may be submitted online to the Department of Social Security within ten (10) days from the first (1st) day of sickness. The only exceptions accepted are due to hospitalisation or treatment abroad.
What you’ll get
Sickness Benefit according to eligibility conditions.
Eligibility
- An employee or a self-occupied person who is sick from the place of work and duly pays social security contributions.
- The blue medical certificate must be properly filled in upon submission. Make sure that the blue medical certificate is also signed by the doctor and the applicant before submission.
- An active e-ID account issued by the Maltese government agency Identità.
Documents Required
- A clear image of the front side of the blue medical certificate is required to be scanned and uploaded during the application submission.
- No changes will be made to the official address held by the Department of Social Security if it differs from the one submitted on the certificate. You can verify and only update your official address online as per your current address on your Identity Card by visiting contact-dss.gov.mt.
- Though the IBAN is no longer required to be inputted during the online Blue Medical Certificate submission, the applicant still needs to verify and confirm own IBAN through the URL bankingdss.gov.mt
How to access the service
Click here to submit the blue medical certificate online.
If while accessing the service you encounter an issue or need assistance:
- Visit our Contact Us page, select ‘Blue Medical Certificate – Submit’ from the drop-down list under the mySocialSecurity cluster, and provide the details of your issue, or
- Book a Microsoft Teams call with a member from the Information Management Unit.