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House bill to make solo parent ID registration easier for Pinoys

Published Nov 5, 2025 10:51 am

At A Glance

  • The registration and renewal of Solo Parent Identification Cards (SPIC) shouldn't be a pain in the neck for Filipinos. With this in mind, Parañaque 2nd district Rep. Brian Raymund Yamsuan filed House Bill (HB) No.4034 or the Online Registration and Renewal for Solo Parents Act. The measure primarily seeks to make the process less costly and burdensome for applicants.
The House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN)
The House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN)


The registration and renewal of Solo Parent Identification Cards (SPIC) shouldn't be a pain in the neck for Filipinos.
With this in mind, Parañaque 2nd district Rep. Brian Raymund Yamsuan filed House Bill (HB) No.4034 or the Online Registration and Renewal for Solo Parents Act. The measure primarily seeks to make the process less costly and burdensome for applicants. 
Under HB No.4034, the Solo Parent Office (SPO) of all local government units (LGUs) are mandated to directly coordinate with the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) and other government agencies in requesting the documentary requirements needed for the issuance of the SPIC. 
Yamsuan said he filed the bill after receiving complaints from solo parents about the difficulties they face in obtaining the SPIC, which grants them access to most of their benefits under existing laws.
“Our proposal to establish an online registration and renewal system for the SPIC would make the process faster,  more convenient and less costly for  many struggling single parents nationwide,” said Yamsuan, who recently met with solo parents’ organizations in his district. 
“Kapag may opsyon na makapag-register online, makakatipid sa gastos sa pamasahe, at gayundin sa panahong ilalaan sa pagpunta sa iba’t ibang tanggapan ng gobyerno para makakuha ng requirements sa  Solo Parent ID (If there’s an option to register online, they will save on transportation costs as well as the time spent on visiting multiple government offices to get the requirements needed for a Solo Parent ID),” he pointed out. 
Yamsuan expressed his support for an ongoing program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to pilot test an online Solo Parent ID System with the goal of simplifying the application and issuance of the SPIC, in line with Republic Act (RA) No.11861 or the Expanded Solo Parents Welfare Act. 
“We laud this effort by the DSWD to help ease the burdens faced by many solo parents. House Bill 4034 aims to complement this initiative and ensure that it gets the regular funding needed to implement it on a nationwide scale once the bill is passed into law,” said the former Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) assistant secretary.
According to a report by the Commission on Human Rights (CHR), many solo parents are unaware of their benefits under RA No.11861 or are unable to access them because of poor information dissemination and costly application processes. 
The report cited instances where obtaining the necessary documents for the SPIC cost solo parents as much as P700, excluding transportation expenses for those living far from LGU offices.  
Yamsuan said mandating SPOs to directly coordinate with the PSA and other government agencies in requesting the necessary documents for the SPIC applications, as provided under the bill, will help ease the administrative and financial woes faced by solo parents.
These documents include, but are not limited to, birth, marriage and death certificates, and certificates of no marriage (CENOMAR). 
HB No.4034, which amends certain provisions of the Solo Parents Welfare Act of 2000 (RA 8972), also tasks the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) to develop the Online Registration and Renewal System in coordination with the DSWD and other relevant government agencies. 
For the SPIC renewal, the bill provides for simplified requirements so that the solo parent would not have to present anew previously submitted documents, unless there is a change in his or her status or circumstances. 
A study funded by the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that there are about 14 to 15 million single parents in the Philippines, most of them women.
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