Filipino SIM card registration will begin on Tuesday, December 27. This is in accordance with the SIM Card Registration Law, signed by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in October.
The law will help to reduce the incidents of crimes and scams carried out through text messages as well as spam messages, according to Marcos.
Under the law, official identification must be presented before SIM cards or new types of SIMs such as eSIM can be used.
Based on the released Implementing Rules and Regulations of the law, all SIM subscribers or end-users are required to register, including:
• Individual end-user
• Juridical entity end-user (such as businesses)
• Foreign national end-user
Here is the registration process:
• Go to the registration website provided by the telcos
• Enter the requested information
• Submit government ID with picture or barangay certificate
Here is the requested information:
• Individual end-users
– Full name
– Date of birth
– Gender
– Official address
– Type of ID submitted
– ID number submitted
• Juridical entity-end users
– Business name
– Business address
– Full name of the authorized signatory
• Foreign national end-users
– Full name
– Nationality
– Date of birth
– Passport
– Address in the Philippines
– Type of travel or admission document for persons of concern
– ID number or number of the document submitted
How to register SIM cards starting December 27
The following are the documents that can be presented:
• Passport
• Philippine Identification
• Social Security Service ID
• Government Service Insurance System e-Card
• Driver’s license
• National Bureau of Investigation clearance
• Police clearance, Firearms’ License to Own and Possess ID
• Professional Regulation Commission ID
• Integrated Bar of the Philippines ID
• Overseas Workers Welfare Administration ID
• Bureau of Internal Revenue ID
• Voter’s ID
• Senior citizen’s card
• Unified Multi-purpose Identification Card
• Person with Disabilities card
• Other government-issued ID with photo.
To juridical entity-end users:
• Certificate of Registration
• When a corporation, a “duly-adopted resolution designating the authorized representative, and in the case of other juridical entities, a special power of attorney” is required.
For minors, their SIM card will be named after the parent or guardian. It is also necessary to present an ID card and a consent form.
As for foreign national end-user tourists, the following must be presented:
• Passport
• Proof of address (such as hotel booking)
• Return ticket to the tourist’s home country or other ticket that will show the date and time of departure from the Philippines
Subscribers have 180 days to register their pre- and post-paid SIM cards so they won’t be deactivated next year.
The National Telecommunications Commission has previously said that the government will install SIM registration facilities in remote areas, especially those that cannot be reached by the internet.
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