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DITO has just released a Quick Guide for its subscribers relative to Republic Act No. 11934, or the Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) Registration Act and NTC Memorandum Circular No. 001-12-2022. Based on its Quick Guide, new DITO subscribers can register starting December 27, 2022 via the SMS link sent after SIM card insertion. Existing subscribers on the other hand can register via the DITO APP. Registration is free of charge.

All existing DITO subscribers must register within 180 days of the law’s effectivity which will be on December 27, 2022 or a three-month period until April 2023. However, RA 11934 also allows the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) up to a maximum period of one hundred twenty (120) days. DITO SIM cards not registered during the said period will be automatically deactivated.

Submission of the electronically and duly accomplished registration form with the following data and information only.

By individual (natural person) end-user:

1. Full Name;
2. Date of Birth;
3. Sex;
4. Present/ Official Address (Choice by end-user);
5. Type of ID Presented; and
6. ID Number Presented.

By juridical entity end-user:

1. Business Name;
2. Business Address; and
3. Full Name of Authorized Signatory.

By foreign national end-user:

1. Full Name;
2. Nationality;
3. Date of Birth;
4. Passport;
5. Address in the Philippines;
6. For Persons of Concern or POCs, the Type of Travel or Admission Document Presented; and
7. ID Number or Number of Document Presented.

Smart Communications Inc. and Globe Telecom have earlier provided online links where their respective subscribers can register their SIM cards.

Just be sure you have any of the following valid IDs:

• Passport;
• Philippine Identification System ID, or Philippine Identification Card;
• Social Security Service ID
• Government Social Insurance System e-Card;
• Driver’s License;
• National Bureau of Investigation clearance;
• Police clearance;
• Firearms’ License to Own and Process ID;
• Professional Regulation Commission ID;
• Integrated Bar of the Philippines ID;
• Overseas Worker Welfare Administration ID;
• Bureau of Internal Revenue ID;
• Voter’s ID;
• Senior Citizen’s card;
• Unified Multi-purpose Identification Card;
• Persons with Disabilities card; or
• Other valid government-issued ID with photo.

Here’s DITO’s Quick Guide to the SIM Card Registration Act.

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