Kota Kinabalu: The Philippine Embassy and Migrant Workers Office (MWO) in Kuala Lumpur, in collaboration with the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), are inviting Filipinos residing in Malaysia, particularly in Sabah, to register for the PhilID.
The initiative aims to ensure Filipinos have a unified, recognised form of identification.
The PhilID is the physical ID card issued following successful registration to the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys), the Philippine Government’s single national identification system.
The ID card serves as proof of identity that can be used for government and private transactions and aims to provide access to financial, social protection,
health education and other government services.
PSA representatives have started processing PhilSys registrations at the Philippine Embassy and at MWO since Feb 23 and will continue until March 21 from Monday to Thursday, between 9am and 4pm.
For those interested in registering, a list of supporting documents needed for registration can be found at
https://philsys.gov. ph/supporting-documents/.
Primary supporting documents include the PSA-issued Certificate of Live Birth, Philippine Passport, Unified Multi-purpose Identification (UMID) Card, or a Student’s License Permit or Non- Professional/Professional Driver’s License.
If registrants do not have any of the primary documents, secondary documents can be presented, such as a PSA-issued Certificate of Live Birth, Professional Regulatory Commission (PRC) ID, Seaman’s Book, Senior Citizen’s ID, or a Voter’s ID, among others.
