72 million Filipinos now registered to PhilSys

Date of Release: 19 September 2022
Reference No. 2022-391

The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) closes in on its overall target for 2022 after registering more than 70 million Filipinos to the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys).

According to the latest PSA figures, as of 26 August 2022, 72,348,546 Filipinos have completed their PhilSys Step 2 Registration which involves capturing biometric information, such as fingerprints, iris, and front-facing photographs. This makes up 78.6 percent of the 92 million registration target for 2022.

PSA Undersecretary Dennis S. Mapa, National Statistician and Civil Registrar General, commends and regards this as an outcome of the collective efforts of the PSA Regional and Provincial Field Offices in their initiatives through mobile and institutional registrations.

In Jolo, Sulu, mobile registration was conducted to reach our kababayans living in far-flung areas. In the municipality of Luuk, residents who were successfully registered to PhilSys included senior citizens.

As face-to-face classes resumed across the country, school-based registration activities were also set up. At Mayapyap Elementary School in Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija, students aged 5 to 14 were registered to PhilSys. The PSA has covered 2,777 schools with 362,220 Step 2 successful registrations as of 31 August 2022.

Students of Mayapyap Elementary School in Nueva Ecija undergo Step 2 Registration within school premises

“The PSA is exerting all efforts as we set our sights on accomplishing the directive of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. to distribute 50 million PhilIDs by the end of the year,” said Undersecretary Mapa. “We would like to assure the public that we are on track in achieving our goal to provide immediate and improved access to financial and social protection services, especially to low-income individuals.”

Meanwhile, the PSA targets to issue 30 million physical cards and 20 million digital IDs by the end of 2022, which will be available in various formats-printable, downloadable, and mobile app-generated.

“The digital ID has the same functionality and validity as the physical PhilID cards,” said Officer-in-Charge, Deputy National Statistician Fred Sollesta of the PhilSys Registry Office. “Expected to be rolled out this year, this will allow Filipinos to enjoy the benefits of being registered to PhilSys while waiting for their physical cards.”

For the latest on PhilSys, visit the official PhilSys website (www.psa.gov.ph/philsys) or Facebook page (www.facebook.com/PSAPhilSysOfficial/). You may also reach the PhilSys Registry Office via hotline number 1388 or e-mail at info@philsys.gov.ph. For the online Step 1 Registration, kindly go to register.philsys.gov.ph. For PhillD authentication, you may access PhilSys Check through https://verify.philsys.gov.ph.


PhilSys Registry Office

72 million Filipinos now registered to PhilSys