QuestionsQuestions (NEDA EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 420)
The policy is to provide greater convenience for those transacting business with government and to enhance the integrity and reliability of government-issued identification cards by streamlining and harmonizing government identification systems.
Key objectives include reducing costs (less burden from multiple IDs and redundant databases), improving convenience, facilitating wider private sector use, enhancing integrity/reliability of government IDs, and facilitating access to quality government service.
All government agencies and government-owned or controlled corporations (GOCCs) that issue or will issue ID cards to their members or constituents are covered.
The Director-General of NEDA is responsible for coordinating and facilitating the implementation.
A CRN is the unique number assigned to an individual upon successful enrollment into the CRN Registry, and it serves as the individual’s unique identifier during his or her lifetime.
The CRN Registry is the database containing records of individuals enrolled and assigned a CRN. The NSO is designated as the custodian of the CRN Registry.
Under no condition shall the absence of the unified multi-purpose ID card and/or the CRN be a ground for denying any government service to an individual.
The core components are: (a) the CRN, (b) the database/CRN Registry, and (c) the unified multi-purpose ID card.
It carries the CRN, basic data limited to name, sex, photograph, signature, date of birth, images of the two index fingers, and home address, plus control information such as card serial number, issuing agency name/logo, issuance date, expiration date, and return instructions if lost.
Biometrics data are verified and validated with the BDMC, while basic data (birth records) are verified/validated with the CVEA, and these validations occur only with the written or expressed consent of the individual through a waiver statement included in the enrollment form.
Validation/verification must only be done with the written or expressed consent of the individual, through a statement of waiver that forms part of the enrollment form.
Track 1 uses existing records from participating/registration agencies (basic and biometrics data) subject to validation of biometrics; Track 2 is new registration for individuals with no existing records, where registration forms are filed and biometrics are captured at a registration agency/center.
No. Once assigned, the CRN is permanent and cannot be reused or reassigned to another individual.
Phase 1: within first 60 days to lay groundwork (adoption of CRN, setup CRN Registry, finalize procedures and design). Phase 2: day 61 up to within one year—start issuance of Transition ID Cards and/or unified cards for new/replacement cards. Phase 3: one year after effectiveness—full implementation, where only unified multi-purpose ID cards are issued for new/replacement and CRN becomes the primary identifier in transactions.
Information is archived and removed from the active CRN Registry five years after sufficient evidence of death is presented; if death is not reported, removal occurs after a sufficient number of years equivalent to the maximum expected lifespan plus a margin of 30 years.
Personnel are strictly prohibited from unauthorized disclosure/sharing unless required by law or court order; access/disclosure requires owner authorization; in general, verification queries without additional consent are answered only with affirmative/negative results without specific data disclosure; only queries with the owner’s consent allow release of information.
Licenses/ID cards such as PRC professional IDs and LTO driver’s licenses are not required to be replaced, as well as IDs issued in conformity with international treaties such as the DFA passport and seafarer’s ID; holders must still undergo enrollment if qualified so their CRN becomes part of their ID records.