How to get a PSA birth certificate (without lining up)
A PSA birth certificate is asked for everywhere — school, work, passport, marriage. The good news: unlike a passport, you do not have to get it yourself. Here is how.
Bisaya: PSA birth certificate: pwede i-order online o ipakuha sa representative — walay biometrics.
Tagalog: PSA birth certificate: pwedeng i-order online o ipakuha sa kinatawan — walang biometrics.
What a PSA certificate is
The PSA (Philippine Statistics Authority) issues the official copies of civil records — birth, marriage and death certificates, and the CENOMAR (certificate of no marriage). A PSA birth certificate on security paper is asked for in school enrolment, employment, passport and many government transactions.
How to get one
Two easy ways. Order online for home delivery through the PSA’s official service and wait for it to arrive; or go to a PSA outlet or Serbilis centre and request it over the counter. Unlike a passport, a PSA certificate needs no biometrics — so a representative can request and claim it for you with an authorisation letter and valid IDs.
Why a Hopper can do this one for you
Because no biometrics are needed, this errand can be fully handed off. A Hopper can line up at a PSA outlet, request your certificate with your authorisation, and deliver it to your gate — or pick up your online order once it reaches a branch.
How it works on HazzaHub
1. Choose Deliver & pick up (or Stand in line for the counter). 2. Add the details and your authorisation letter and IDs. 3. A Hopper requests or collects it and brings it over, with a gate code at hand-over.
What it costs
The PSA fee per copy is paid to the PSA and is separate. You pay the Hopper only for the errand. You set the price. The app suggests ₱20 for an errand inside your own barangay and ₱30 to another barangay, each covering the first 3 km of road, then ₱22 per km by day (₱27 per km from 6 pm to 6 am). Customers pay no booking fee.
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