Here’s List of Valid ID Options for Transactions in PH
LIST OF VALID ID PHILIPPINES – Below are the primary and secondary identification documents that are recognized in the country.
Among the most important documents a person can have are the identification documents or often shortly called IDs. That is why when one loses his/her wallet or bag, that person often does not care as much to the money or the belongings inside the wallet or bag as much as he/she does on the IDs inside it.
In the Philippines, there are two (2) types of IDs – a separate list of ID cards considered “primary” and a separate one considered “secondary”. Often times, legal transactions like applying for a bank loan, availing a government agency service, or claiming money requires either one (1) valid primary ID or two (2) secondary IDs.
Most of the primary IDs are released by the government institutions like the Social Security System or SSS, the Government Service Insurance System or GSIS, and the Pag-IBIG Fund. The Philippine passport is also considered a primary identification document in the country.
Here are the valid IDs that are considered primary in the country:
Primary Valid IDs
- Philippine Passport – Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA)
- Driver’s License – Land Transportation Office (LTO)
- UMID – Single ID Card of all SSS, GSIS, Philhealth and PAG-IBIG Members
- Voter’s ID – Commission on Election (COMELEC)
- SSS Card – Social Security System (SSS)
- GSIS Card – Government Service Insurance System (GSIS)
- Digitized Postal ID – Philippine Postal Corporation (PHLPost)
- PRC ID – Professional Regulations Commission
- OFW ID – Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)
- OWWA ID – Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA)
- IBP ID – Integrated Bar of the Philippines
- Digitized BIR Taxpayer’s ID – Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR)
- Senior Citizen’s ID Card – Office of Senior Citizen’s Affairs (OSCA)
- Diplomat ID – Philippine Embassy
As mentioned earlier, most often, when a person like a loan applicant lacks one (1) valid primary ID, he/she would be required to present two (2) supporting secondary IDs that both contain the needed information. Here are the identification documents considered secondary in the country:
Secondary IDs
- PhilHealth ID Card – Philippine Health Insurance Corporation
- Student’s ID – School Registrar’s Office
- Solo Parent ID – Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)
- NBI Clearance – National Bureau of Investigation (NBI)
- Barangay Certification – Barangay Hall
- Seaman’s Book – Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA)
- POEA Card – Philippine Overseas Employment Association (POEA)
- DSWD Certification – Department of Social Welfare and Development
- NCWDP Certification – National Council for the Welfare of Disabled Persons
- PLRA ID – Philippine Leisure and Retirement Authority
- Marriage Contract – Philippine Statistics Authority
- TIN ID Card – Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR)
- Person with Disability (PWD) ID Card – National Council on Disability Affairs (NCDA) or Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)
- Police Clearance – Philippine National Police (PNP)
- Community Tax Certificate (Cedula) – Barangay Hall
- Alien Certificate of Registration (ACR) or Immigrant Certification of Registration – Bureau of Immigration
- Consular ID – Philippine Embassy
- PRA Special Resident Retiree Visa – Philippine Retirement Authority
- Firearms Licence – PNP Firearms and Explosives Office
- PSA Birth Certificate – Philippine Statistics Authority (How To Get PSA Birth Certificate)
