Importance of Postal ID Card

Source: PhlPost website - Sample of Postal ID Card

In every transaction you are doing in any financial institutions in our country. You always read or someone in the counter telling to you that you must provide government-issued id like driver’s license, PRC, SSS, GSIS id and even your passport as to confirm your identification to proceed the business.

All identification I mentioned above, each of them have requirement needed to acquire such as driving skills for Driver’s License, travel abroad for Passport, passing a licensure exam for PRC ID, or employment for SSS and GSIS ID.

But, another id that we provide as our proof of identification is the postal ID. The only basic difference of the Postal ID with other Philippine government IDs is ANYONE can apply for it. It is socially inclusive.

Importance the Postal ID card

According to Universal Postal Union (UPU), the United Nations specialized agency for the postal sector and Philippine Postal Corporation (PhlPost): A postal ID the most widely accepted means of identification in postal transactions worldwide. Generally, banks and other financial institutions honor the postal ID as proof of identity in their transactions.

In our country, a postal ID is a government-issued ID that is one of the easiest and fastest to obtain. People use it to show as a valid proof of identity and address. Therefore the postal ID can give them access to a range of public services.

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