National ID (PhilSys) Registration

Important: National ID registration is conducted by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), not by the Embassy. The Embassy only hosts the registration during the outreach. All questions about your National ID, delivery, and ePhilID should be directed to PSA.

Registration is free of charge.

Registration is open to Filipinos of all ages, including children.

What to Bring

Bring the original of your documents. They will be returned to you after checking.

Primary Documents (bring any ONE of these)

• PSA-issued Birth Certificate plus one government-issued ID showing your full name, front-facing photo, and signature or thumbmark

• Philippine Passport or ePassport

• UMID card (GSIS or SSS)

• LTO Driver's License or Student Permit

If the entries on your PSA Birth Certificate and your ID do not match, the details on the PSA Birth Certificate will be followed.

Secondary Documents (if you have none of the above)

Any of the following:

• PSA or NSO Birth Certificate with Birth Reference Number (BReN)

• Local Civil Registry Birth Certificate

• PSA-issued Report of Birth

• PSA-issued Certificate of Foundling

• OWWA ID

• Seaman's Book or Seafarer's Identity Document

• National ID or Residence ID from another country

• NBI Clearance

• Police Clearance or Police ID

• SSS ID

• PhilHealth ID

• TIN ID

• PRC ID

• IBP ID

• Postal ID

• Voter's ID

• Senior Citizen ID

• PWD ID

• Solo Parent ID

• 4Ps ID

• MARINA Professional ID

• Civil Service Eligibility Card

• PVAO Pensioner's ID

• AFP or PNP Dependent's ID; PNP, AFP, or PCG Retiree's ID

• LTO Conductor's License

• License to Own or Possess Firearms (LTOPF)

• SRRV (Philippine Retirement Authority)

• Tribal Certificate or ID; NCIP Certificate of Confirmation or CIPM

• NCMF Certificate of Tribal Membership

Also Accepted as Secondary Documents

These are accepted only if they show your front-facing photo, signature or thumbmark, full name, permanent address, and date of birth:

• Employee ID

• School ID (signature not required for preschool and elementary)

• City or Municipal ID

• Barangay ID, Clearance, or Certificate

• COMELEC Voter's Certification

Registration Steps

1. Present your supporting documents to the PSA registration staff.

2. Have your details checked and your fingerprints, iris scan, and photo taken.

3. Review and confirm your information.

4. Receive your transaction slip with your Transaction Reference Number (TRN). Keep it. You will use your TRN to track your National ID and your ePhilID.

More Information

• Full list of supporting documents: https://philsys.gov.ph/supporting-documents/

• PhilSys official website: https://philsys.gov.ph/

• PSA PhilSys Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/PSAPhilSysOfficial

Notes for you (not for the page)

1. Source. The document list is from the current PhilSys Supporting Documents page. It lists four primary options (PSA birth certificate plus one government ID, Philippine passport, UMID, or LTO license), says the birth certificate prevails if entries conflict, and accepts the employee, school, barangay, and similar IDs only when they carry a photo, signature or thumbmark, full name, permanent address, and birth date. I trimmed the agency names slightly but kept every item.

2. Steps. The four steps and the TRN for tracking delivery and the ePhilID come from the PhilSys Registration Process page. I left out the parts about mall and LGU centers since they don't apply here.

3. "Free of charge." Registration being free is stated in an older news piece on PhilSys, not on the current PhilSys pages I checked. Please confirm with PSA before publishing.

4. Precedent. PSA ran a month-long registration at the Embassy and the MWO in Taman Maluri in early 2024, and the Embassy's own press release pointed clients to the PhilSys supporting documents page. So using that link is consistent with past practice.

5. Still to confirm with PSA or Amba's office:

   • That PSA is actually joining the Sabah outreach, and on which dates and venues. I left these out so the page doesn't promise anything.

   • Whether PSA will do new registration only, or also updates and ePhilID printing.

   • Rules for children. One PSA regional charter mentions that a guardian must be PhilSys registered with a PhilSys Card Number, but the text is fragmentary, so I didn't put any minor rules on the page.

6. Link for the advisory. Once the page is up, a TinyURL such as tinyurl.com/klpenationalid would match the pattern of the other links.