Over 2M printed ePhilIDs issued – PSA

MORE than 2 million printed ePhilIDs, the digital version of the PhilID, had been issued by the government, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said on Tuesday.

As of Nov. 11, 2022, 2,063,007 printed ePhilIDs have been claimed by registrants at PhilSys registration centers nationwide.

PSA mobilized 1,535 registration centers with 3,926 registration kits to issue the printed ePhilIDs.

The printed ePhilID is PSA’s proactive strategy to allow registered persons to immediately utilize the benefits of PhilSys, such as faster and seamless transactions in accessing financial and social protection services requiring proof of identity, subject to authentication. It is designed to have the same functionality and validity as the physical card.

Just like the physical card, claiming a printed ePhilID is free of charge.

The PSA ensured that the million printed ePhilIDs issued shall be accepted in transactions with the release of its public advisory dated Oct. 5, 2022.

It also reiterated that the printed ePhilID will be honored in transactions as a valid and sufficient proof of identity and age, subject to authentication in all national government agencies, local government units (LGUs), government-owned and -controlled corporations (GOCCs), government financial institutions (GFIs), financial institutions and private sector.

Following this, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas issued a memorandum to all its supervised financial institutions for the use and acceptance of the printed ePhilID.

The Government Service Insurance System also issued a memorandum to their officials and employees to accept the printed ePhilID as a sufficient proof of identity without the need of presenting other identification documents.

In addition, the Department of Foreign Affairs released a public advisory announcing its acceptance of the printed ePhilID as an accredited governmentissued valid ID for passport applications.