03 December 2020 – QUEZON CITY.  In our efforts to provide convenient payment alternatives to its clients, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) has partnered with digital-payments provider PayMaya Philippines.

PayMaya is an online payment system now available to Civil Registration System (CRS) clients when transacting for civil registry documents thru the QR payment facility. Transacted payments thru PayMaya are fast-tracked as there are designated cashier windows in the Central Outlet at CRS Bldg., PSA Complex, East Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City. The PSA also considers the payment method to be available in other PSA CRS Outlets nationwide.

With this, CRS clients are still advised to bring all the necessary requirements for smoother transactions. These requirements are the following: a) one valid ID for document owner requesting for his/her CRS documents, spouse, children or parents; and b) original copy of  the authorization letter if the client is a duly authorized representative and one original valid ID, and its photocopy from the document owner and the authorized representative.

Getting PayMaya for contactless payments is quite easy. Just download the app for Android or iOS, register for an account, and start enjoying a hassle-free payment. A QR Code is made available in every designated payment counter for PayMaya payors. Designated PSA personnel will assist all transacting PayMaya payors.

This undertaking ensures the public that PSA will continue to adopt measures necessary to facilitate contactless, and cashless transactions for civil registry documents amidst the pandemic.

The said online payment option is PSA’s response to Republic Act No. 8792, also known as the “E-Commerce Act of 2000” and Republic Act No.11032, or the “Ease of Doing Business and Efficient Government Services Delivery Act of 2018”. Both enactments mandate all offices and agencies to improve transactions systems, and procedures. The PSA streamlined its payment transactions, and reduce long queues for civil registry document requests especially in this trying times.

-Civil Registration Services, Civil Registration and Central Support Office