Tired of waiting for your National ID card? Here’s why it’s delayed

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Thousands of Filipinos who registered for the National ID system years ago still have not received their physical cards, fueling confusion and frustration among applicants who expected the government-issued identification to arrive shortly after registration. But the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) in Central Visayas says several factors continue to slow down the release of physical National ID cards, from manual identity verification and quality control issues to the expiration of the government’s printing contract. In an interview with CDN Digital, Johndel Christofer Dunting, registration officer III of PSA-7 and regional focal person for the National ID […]...

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