SIM card registration

My SIM is Globe and I have a 13a Visa.
Globe had "non-citizen resident" as a choice that's what I selected.

I had to use one of my life lines and phone a friend.
Globe wanted me to upload a photo showing where I live. Maybe I was overthinking, maybe I wasn't thinking at all. What the H3ll did they want? A picture of my house? A picture of my gate? A picture of a cardboard box?
On the advise of my friend I uploaded a photo of my ACR-I card that showed my address on the back.
Globe could have worded their request a little better. If they had said "send us a photo of an official document showing your address.

 

So they Lied AGAIN, we were told that August was the deadline to register NOW, they have changed tack and made the deadline April 26 th.

 

Did three Globe/TM yesterday in 30 minutes, including mine as foreigner. No issues. I used 13A visa card as both ID (front) and proof of address (rear). Assume it would have also accepted Phils driving license front for both.

 

Your 13a is not a tourist visa.
The non tourist visa doesn't "require" a work permit.
The work permit is only needed when applicable.

 

I have a UK Vodafone SIM, when i am in the Philippine's it connects through the Smart network, would i have to register it, can i register it ?
Surely there's no way they can de-activate a foreign SIM

 

I disagree that this law would require users of foreign sims to register these.
The Sim card registration act (RA 11934) refers to "end users" and defines these as follows.
Definition of Terms.
As used in this Act:

(a) End-user refers to any existing subscriber or any individual or juridical entity which purchases a SIM from the public telecommunications entities (PTEs), its agents, resellers or any entity;

As a user of a foreign sim you obviously don't have a subscription with a local PTE, nor did you buy the sim from any local PTE.
When you use the sim in the Philippines (roaming), you still get charged by your foreign provider (which then reimburses the local PTE). Obviously the Philippines has no jurisdiction over foreign PTE's. Moreover, when roaming the person using the phone doesn't even necessarily know which network it connects to.

 

The law says you have 180 days following the effectivity date of the law (15 days after publication in the official gazette). Publication was October 12, 2022, so the law is effective since October 27. Add 180 days and you get to April 26, 2023.
However, the law also states that DICT (Dep. of Information and Communication Technologies) can extend this period with another 120 days.
Obviously they won't tell you now that they will extend the registration period. In my opinion they'll make the rounds among the Telcom companies involved toward the end of April, listen to the actual registration status numbers and then decide to grant another 120 days.

 

Hmmmm so why, is all this rubbish written about from December 27?