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For anyone preparing for a session

Which IDs work, and what else you need

The ID list, the photo-and-signature rule, and why every single person in the session needs their own account.

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Quick answer

You need at least one valid, unexpired, government-issued ID showing both your photo and your signature. Expired IDs are rejected automatically. Every participant needs their own ID and their own platform account — no sharing.

What counts

"Competent evidence of identity" means a current government-issued photo-and-signature ID. Commonly accepted:

  • Philippine passport
  • Driver's licence
  • PhilID (national ID, under the PhilSys Act)
  • UMID
  • PRC professional licence
  • Postal ID
  • OFW / OWWA ID
  • Seafarer's book
  • PWD ID
  • Senior citizen ID

Bring a second one if you have it. It costs nothing and solves problems.

What does not count

  • Anything expired. The platform rejects it automatically — there is no person to persuade.
  • Photocopies or photos of an ID where the original is required.
  • Company, school or barangay IDs on their own — these are not government-issued in the sense the Rules require.
  • An ID with no signature, even if it is government-issued.

Check the expiry today, not on the day

The most common reason a session fails is an ID that quietly expired. Look now, while there is still time to renew or find another one.

The own-account rule

Every participant — you, your spouse, each witness, each co-signatory — needs their own account on the platform.

This is not the platform being difficult. Each person has to be separately identity-verified with their own e-KYC, their own liveness check and their own multi-factor authentication. Two people signing from one login means one of them was never verified.

If a platform is relaxed about this, treat that as information about the platform.

The rest of the kit

  • The document as a PDF — unsigned if it needs a jurat
  • A device with a working camera and microphone
  • Internet at 2 Mbps or better per person
  • A quiet, private room where you can be seen and heard
  • A digital payment method
  • No VPN running

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We are not a provider. This is an independent educational website. We do not notarize documents, we are not an accredited Electronic Notarization Facility, and we are not affiliated with the Supreme Court or with any platform listed here. We cannot notarize, process or verify anything for you.

Not legal advice. General legal information only — not legal advice. For your specific case, consult a Philippine lawyer or notary public.