ePhilID

Verify identities using ePhilID, the Philippines’ official electronic ID with QR-based verification against the PhilSys national registry.

The Philippines’ official electronic ID for accessing government services and verifying identity. It is a government-issued printed card with a QR on the back that can be verified against the government source (PhilSys), optionally with a liveness/biometric check hosted by PhilSys. To learn more, visit the ePhilID website.

Adoption data

This section provides insights into the adoption of ePhilID among users in the Philippines.

Adoption	47 million
Adoption source	https://philsys.gov.ph/
Adoption rate	51.58%
Coverage	91M
Status	In Integration Pipeline

Provider ID

This is the unique identifier for this digital ID provider in the GBG GO system.

Provider ID	philippines-digital-national-id-qr

Compliance

This section outlines compliance and regulatory requirements for integrating this digital ID provider.

Compliance data	Status
Locality requirements	None
Scheme-level restrictions	None
Certifications	None

Supported attributes

The following attributes are returned when ePhilID is used for identity verification:

Always returned attributes

The following attributes are always returned from a successful verification from this ID Provider.

Field	Description
firstName	User’s first name
lastNames	User’s last name
middleName	User’s middle name
dateOfBirth	User’s date of birth
sex	User’s gender
type	Type of identity document
document issueDate	Document issue date
document issuingCountry	Country that issued the document

Sometimes returned attributes

The following attributes are sometimes returned from a successful verification from this ID Provider.

Field	Description
suffix	Name suffix (example; Jr., Sr., III)
attachments documentPortrait	Portrait image extracted from the document

Required input attributes

The following attributes are required as input to perform identity verification with this ID Provider.

Field	Description
qrCodeText	Text data encoded in the QR code
qrCodeImage	Image of the QR code