More than 800k Filipinos register online for PhilSys Step 1

A total of 849,862 Filipinos have registered online as of May 13 for Step 1 of the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys), the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said on Monday.

The online registration for Step 1 began on April 30.

Although the website had glitches on the first day

The PSA said almost 34 million have so far completed Step 1 via house-to-house collection of demographic data in priority provinces.

Under Step 1, PSA will collect the 10 demographic information — name, gender, birthplace and birth date, blood type, address, citizenship, marital status, cellphone number, and email address — from the targeted registrants.

Step 2 would involve getting a registrant’s biometric data (iris scan, fingerprints, and photograph) at PhilSys registration centers. The PSA earlier said there are about 4.6 million who completed the second stage of PhilSys.

“The third and final step of PhilSys registration will involve the issuance of the PhilSys Number (PSN) and the physical ID or the PhilID. The PSN is a randomly generated number that will serve as a permanent identification number for every registrant,” the PSA said.

President Rodrigo Duterte signed the proposed national identification system into law in 2018 to harmonize and integrate several government IDs. —KG, GMA News