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Postal ID: Checklist
Name: [Your name]. PHLPost resumed the Postal ID on 15 October 2024. Its latest notice we could read is from August 2025, so ask your post office first.
1. What you need
☐ One filled-in application form.
☐ One proof of identity: PSA birth certificate, National ID, UMID, driver’s license, passport or another government ID with photo and signature.
☐ One proof of address: barangay certificate of residency, utility bill, lease, land title or school billing statement.
☐ If it applies: marriage certificate for a married woman using her husband’s surname, death certificate, annulment or divorce decree, or naturalization certificate.
2. The form
– Application for Postal ID Card, revision 03/05/2025, on the PHLPost site. Choose Initial, Renewal or Card Replacement.
– Capital letters, black ink. Fill in every marked field: phone, mobile, email and addresses.
3. Your application
– Come in person. Your photo, fingerprints and signature are taken at the post office.
– PHLPost says no documents outside its list should be asked for.
– Apply only at a post office. PHLPost warns about offers on social media and fake IDs.
4. Where to file
– A post office that does capturing. PHLPost’s list is published as pictures, so ask yours before you travel.
5. Time limits
– Fee: ₱550 regular, ₱650 rush, tax and delivery included (PHLPost, 2024 and 2025). Confirm the 2026 amount.
– The card comes to your address by mail. PHLPost gives no delivery time.
– Valid 3 years. Holders of an ACR I-Card or similar: 1 year.
– Skip the capturing station for 3 months after your bill and PHLPost may keep the fee.
6. Keep it
– Keep your official receipt: its number shows your status at tracking.phlpost.gov.ph.
– Lost, stolen or damaged card: tell PHLPost within 5 working days. Replacement costs a fee.
– DFA accepts the Postal ID for a passport.
Post office [Post office]
Receipt no. [Receipt no.]
Filed on [Filed on]
Source: PHLPost application form (rev. 03/05/2025); Circular 25-48 as reported by PHLPost, 19.08.2025; PHLPost notices of 17.10.2024, 27.11.2024 and 10.03.2025; consular.dfa.gov.ph. No first-hand notice from 2026 was found on issuing or fees. Checked 02.11.2026. Not legal advice.