The House of Representatives is eyeing the implementation of the National ID system by the end of June. The bicameral conference committee made up of Senate and House members had already approved the bill establishing a national identification card system. Now, Filipinos especially the overseas Filipino workers (OFW) will soon be free of having to present various government-issued identification cards on their transactions with government and private establishments as Congress prepares for the enactment of the Philippine ID system bill by May 28.
After it is signed by President Rodrigo Duterte, it will be initially rolled out to the Filipinos beginning with persons with disability, senior citizens, and the poor before 2018 ends.
After it is signed by President Rodrigo Duterte, it will be initially rolled out to the Filipinos beginning with persons with disability, senior citizens, and the poor before 2018 ends.
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— PhilSys number (PSN),
—full name,
— gender,
— blood type,
— date of birth,
— place of birth,
— marital status,
— photo of the ID owner.
In the PhilSys registry, these informations will are also stored:
—mobile number,
—email address,
— biometric data (including the full set fingerprint sets and iris scan).
Filipino citizens or foreign resident can register personally in accredited registration centers nationwide, such as the regional and provincial offices of the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), local civil registration offices, GSIS, SSS, PhilHealth, Pag-IBIG, PhilPost, Commission on Elections, and other GOCCs assigned by the PSA.
However, some lawmakers are doubtful about system's data security.
The bill's authors, however, said safeguards are in place to protect data privacy.
The government has allocated a budget of P2-billion this year for the project, with Metro Manila, CALABARZON, and the Cordillera Autonomous Region as pilot areas.
Filipino citizens and resident aliens can get this government-issued card for free.
