Over 8 million Filipinos nationwide have received their Philippine Identification (PhilID) cards, said the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).
As of March 4, 2022, PSA has delivered 8,176,454 cards to Filipinos who have successfully registered for the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) Step 1 and Step 2.
“This already makes up 24.2 percent of the set target for 2022, which is to deliver 33,800,000 PhilIDs,” PSA said in a statement on Monday, March 21.
“We, at PSA, together with the Philippine Postal Corporation and the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, are doing our best to accommodate millions of Filipinos who have successfully registered for PhilSys Step 1 and Step 2,” said PSA Assistant Secretary Rosalinda P. Bautista, Deputy National Statistician of the PhilSys Registry Office.
The PSA reminded registrants who have received their PhilIDs and the accompanying letter containing their PhilSys Number (PSN) to refrain from posting it on social media to safeguard their personal information.
Meanwhile, those who are awaiting the delivery of their PhilID cards are encouraged to keep their transaction slip which, along with a valid ID, will be presented to the Philippine Postal Corporation personnel delivering their PhilID card and PSN letter.
Moreover, the PSA is set to launch a mobile version of the PhilID as a digital alternative to the physical PhilID card to maximize the use of the PhilSys in digital transactions.