PSA Siquijor in partnership with Local Government Units (LGUs) launches the three (3) registration centers (RC) for Step 2 Registration process. Biometric information is collected in this process, particularly full set of fingerprints, iris scan and a front-facing photograph.

PSA Siquijor in partnership with Local Government Units (LGUs) launches the three (3) registration centers (RC) for Step 2 Registration process. Biometric information is collected in this process, particularly full set of fingerprints, iris scan and a front-facing photograph.

This is the next step after the conduct of Step 1 Pre-registration of Philippine Identification System (PhilSys), wherein the demographic information from an applicant is gathered through door-to-door collection using a tablet device. The demographic data gathered includes the full name, sex, date of birth, blood type permanent and present address, marital status (optional), mobile number (optional) and email address (optional).

Larena RC is located at 1/f Municipal Hall, North Poblacion, Larena, Siquijor and Siquijor RC at 1f, GAD Building, Poblacion, Siquijor, Siquijor which was opened on 07 June 2021. While San Juan RC is stationed at Senior Citizens Building, Poblacion, Siquijor and started on 14 June 2021.

PSA Siquijor targeted 59,622 Siquijodnons to go through Step 2 registration for the year 2021 prioritizing those pre-registered during Step 1 and residing in mountainous barangays with no Internet access. For the month of June 2021 PSA Siquijor processed about 8,797 registrants for Step 2 registration, which is 33.59% higher than the target for the month.

(SGD.) AURELIA M. CANDA
Chief Statistical Specialist