Did you also wait in long queues for their national identification cards and are now disappointed to learn that Filipinos can print digital versions?
bro we spent hours in line for this shit only to find out we have to print it ourselves? patawa https://t.co/9zcQVXmVDB
— boni ☆ (@dolllkei) October 11, 2022
The PSA claimed the ePhilID and physical ID share a security feature.
The PhilSys card number, last name, given name, middle name, suffix (if provided), sex, blood type, marital status (if declared), date and place of birth, front-facing photo, address, creation date, and QR Code are also included.
The QR code comprises demographic information and the registrant’s front-facing photo for easy verification. Public-private key cryptography protects the code’s data.
PSA says the printed ePhilID can be used for transactions in all national government agencies, local government units, government-owned and controlled enterprises, government financial institutions, financial institutions, and the private sector.
It will replace national IDs for people without them.
The PSA warned that violators of Section 19 of Republic Act 11055, the Philippine Identification System Act, will be punished.
ePhilIDs are available to PhilSys-registered Filipinos with PSNs.
They must book an appointment on the PhilSys website and bring the transaction slip to their chosen Registration Center on a reserved day.
The ePhilID can only be printed in Metro Manila, Bulacan, and Pampanga.
Print your own, laminate your own. What a scam. https://t.co/3zYVSRYDkF
— EMBrizuela (@spousefirsttoo) October 11, 2022
The advice to print it displeased several Filipinos who observed how much the government budgeted for the much-hyped national ID.
??????????
I paid tax for me to pay again and print my ID????? Are you insane????? https://t.co/UCUqNbzSB5
— Mikko | Support Life 🇵🇸 (@MikkoArgonza) October 11, 2022
Some are even alluding to the 2020 funding increase for the 2021 national ID system.
https://twitter.com/sendsinigang/status/1579662758043586560?s=20&t=jrtaMJaKvtlqThpIBzHtfg
By 2022, Negros Occidental Chief Statistical Specialist Luis Gonzales expects the government to issue 50M national IDs.
Thirty million will be plastic cards, (PREVIOUSLY Filipinos Receive 17.6 Million National ID Cards ) while 20 million will be special paper with the ID holder’s QR code and demographic data.
How to apply for a PhilSys National ID and track its progress
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