Consulate starts distributing digital IDs for overseas voters in HK

 

Overseas voters must scan the QR code above to start the process of securing their IDs

The Philippine Consulate General  (PCG) has begun distributing through email the digital copy of the voter’s ID of all registered overseas voters in Hong Kong.

To get it, the applicant must be a registered overseas voter in Hong Kong, has a valid ID (Philippine passport or HK ID card) and a working email address.

To start the process,  the applicant must scan the QR code posted in the Consulate’s website (and reposted above) to get to the google form which he/she must fill up.

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The voters will be asked for their last, first and middle names as they appear in their passports, their date of birth, email address and contact number. 

No document such as a passport or HKID card will be asked for uploading by the voter but the personal details he/she is required to provide must match those provided in their Philippine passport.

After the form has been submitted, the voter will have to wait for an email from the Consulate giving instructions on how to proceed to download the digital ID. If the voter has no registered email address, he/she will have to report personally to the OV Secretariat at the Consulate for identity verification.

Once the voter's identity is confirmed through a passport or HKID number, an email address that belongs personally to the voter (not employer, agent or any other person) must be submitted.

It is thus important for voters to provide an email address that they can access as all instructions, including the copy of their voter’s ID, will be sent to them via this route. It will also be used for pre-enrolment as a first-time internet voter, and acquiring the ballot for the actual voting.

For those with problems downloading, filling out or submitting the google form, they can inquire directly at counters 9-12 at the Consulate.

This is the first time that a digital ID is being provided by the Commission on Elections for all registered Philippine voters abroad.

Previously, a printed physical card was provided by the Comelec to registered voters through embassies and consulates abroad. But this was stopped in 2018, after legislators approved the National Identification System, which provides that only one national ID should be used in all government transactions.

Comelec said overseas voters may use the digital ID as an alternative proof of identification when they enrol for internet voting, in case their Philippine passport of seafarer’s identification record book is not available.

A dry-run for pre-enrolment to the digital voting for the 2025 mid-term elections in the Philippines will begin in February next year. The actual overseas voting will take place from April 13 to May 12, 2025. 

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