The house-to-house pre-registration process for the National ID System to be facilitated by the Philippine Statistics Authority is eyed to start by October, according to acting Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Karl Chua.
“Starting October, we can start the house-to-house pre-registration. There will be an appointment system in which you will only go to registration centers for the biometrics,” Chua told DZBB in an interview over the weekend.
It will however depend on the “quarantine status we are in”, said Chua.
Basic information such as name, age and other demographic data will be collected from homes while biometric information such as fingerprints, iris scans and front-facing photographs will be captured during the appointment date at registration systems, reported PhilStar.
Accordingly, PSA will prioritize unbanked, low-income Filipino families for the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys).
It aims to support government initiatives financial inclusion of Filipinos citizens and advance the Philippines’ shift toward an inclusive digital economy.
PSA said it is expecting around five million heads of households to be registered by end of the year. Another 40 million individuals will be eyed to be part of the system next year.
