PhilSys Biometric Match

PhilSys Biometric Match

A Philippine national identity service for verifying official identity records.

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Provider details

Category and coverage

Category

Biometric Registries

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Philippines

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What you can verify

Always returned
  • Given name
  • Family name
  • Date of birth
Sometimes returned
  • Middle name
  • Name suffix

How to integrate

PhilSys Biometric Match

Every provider in the Trinsic network is added the same way. Three steps, one integration.

01

Create an account

Sign up for Trinsic and create a workspace in the dashboard.

02

Get an API key

Generate an API key for your workspace to authenticate verification requests.

03

Choose which identity providers to accept, then run your first verification session.

PhilSys Biometric Match verification, one API for every ID

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Frequently asked questions

01

What is the PhilSys Biometric Match?

The PhilSys Biometric Match verifies a user's Philippines National ID by comparing a live selfie against the government's stored biometric records held by the Philippine Statistics Authority.

02

Which country does the PhilSys Biometric Match cover?

The PhilSys Biometric Match covers the Philippines.

03

What can you verify with the PhilSys Biometric Match?

It returns given name, family name, and date of birth, with middle name and suffix returned when provided.

04

How does the PhilSys Biometric Match work?

The user enters their identity data via a form, which can be bypassed if the data is pre-populated, then completes a liveness selfie check hosted by the government agency. If any attribute or the selfie does not match, the flow fails.

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Biometric Registries

Biometric registries are databases, often government source databases, that provide for user verification using a biometric—either by matching a submitted image against the source or by directly performing a liveness session.

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