[Press Release] Getting your Philippine National ID just became more accessible with SM Malls

LAGUNA -  SM City Santa Rosa, SM City Calamba and SM City San Pablo are now accommodating the Step 2 registration for the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys).The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) brings the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) Step 2 Registration experience closer to Filipinos after sealing a partnership with SM Prime Holdings, Inc. through a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed on 14 June 2021 at SM Aura Premier in Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City. This partnership officially established the nationwide participation of SM Supermalls in the rollout of PhilSys registrations

Filipinos can now conveniently register for a national ID, the government’s central identification platform for citizens and resident aliens, through these SM Malls in Laguna.

“[This] MOU will further the formidable partnership between PSA and SM Supermalls through a joint and cooperative initiative to register all Filipino citizens and resident aliens to the official National Identity Card,” said Steven T. Tan, Shopping Center Management Corporation President, during the signing of the partnership.

PSA and SM Supermalls look forward to celebrating this great contribution to deliver PhilSys to the public by gradually opening more registration centers in the weeks to come.

With PhilSys, public and private transactions will be made seamless, safe, and efficient through a singular and formal identification system. PhilSys will also boost and ease the delivery of services by improving the public’s access to financial, social protection, health, education, and other government services.