A Valid Identification Card is very important in our day-to-day transactions to prove our Identity of Who We Are. Classification of valid IDs differ from one company to another, one ID may be acceptable to one establishment but not in other companies. Thus, it is very important to have two (2) or three (3) valid ID as a Proof of your Identity.
High profile establishments and our banking industry are stricter in the implementation of the requirements. They prefer to accept government-issued IDs with some particular specifications.
We are sharing here list of acceptable or valid Identification Cards
Government Issued ID
- Social Security System ID
- Unified Multi-purpose ID (UMID)
- PagIbig or Home Development Mutual Fund (HDMF)
- Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) e-card
- Philhealth ID
- BIR or Tax Identification Number (TIN) ID
- Professional Regulations Commission (PRC) ID
- Driver’s License
- Voter’s ID
- Postal ID
- Senior Citizen’s ID
- Passport
- Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) ID
14.Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) or Overseas Worker’s Welfare Administration (OWWA)
- Philippine Overseas Employment Association (POEA)
- Alien Certificate of Registration ( ACR)
- Consular ID
- Department of Social Welfare and Development ID
- Arm Forces of the Philippines ID
- Philippine National Police ID
- Philippine Retirement Authority (PRA) or Special Resident Retirement Visa (SRRV)
Secondary ID’s Non-Government Issued ID
- School ID
- Company ID
Other Documents that can stand as Valid Identification
- NSO Birth Certificate
- NSO Marriage Certificate
- Seaman’s Book
- National Bureau of Investigation (NBI)
- Police Clearance
- Barangay Clearance
- Permit to Carry Firearms
- Certification from the National Council for the Welfare of Disabled Persons
Valid Identification classified as Primary or Secondary ID requirement differs from one establishment or agency to another. Banks and Financial Institution have stricter guidelines in the classification.
On April 01,2007, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas under Circular #564 series of 2007 Pursuant to Monetary Board Resolution, on the guidelines governing the acceptance of valid identification cards for all types of financial transactions under BSP supervision, including transactions involving Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW), in order to promote access of Filipinos, to services offered by financial institutions, particularly residents of remote areas, as well as to encourage and facilitate remittances of OFW under the banking system.
Valid ID for Financial Institution
- Passport
- Driver’s License
- Professional Regulations Commission ID (PRC)
- NBI Clearance
- Police Clearance
- Postal ID
- Voter’s ID
- Barangay Clearance
- GSIS e-card
- SSS
- Senior Citizen’s ID
- OWWA
- OFW
- Seaman’s Book
- Alien Certificate of Registration/Immigrant Certificate of Registration
- Government Office and GOCC ID example, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Home Development Mutual Fund (HDMF)
- Certification from the National Council for the Welfare of the Disabled Persons
- Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) certificate
- Integrated Bar of the Philippines ID
- Company ID’s issued by Private Entities or Institutions registered with, supervised or regulated either by the BSP, SEC or IC