The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) has begun its implementation of the printed ePhilID, the digital version of the PhilID which is printed on a piece of paper.
As one of the proactive strategies of the PSA, the printed ePhilID is part of the 50-million target PhilIDs set to be issued by the end of the year.
The PSA assures every person registered in the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) is allocated a physical PhilID card, which they will still receive even if they claim their printed ePhilID.
The pilot implementation was conducted among select registered persons in the National Capital Region, Bulacan, and Pampanga in September and October in preparation for the rollout.
As of October 20, 385,657 printed ePhilIDs were claimed. The PSA has also pre-generated 1,992,289 printed ePhilIDs in preparation for the expansion of the printed ePhilID rollout.
