After the release of the machine readable passport, here comes another version which is said to be better and more advanced- the Philippine Electronic Passport (or Philippine e-passport). The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) started issuing it for passport renewals via the online appointment system on August 26. The first Filipino to ever received it is President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, given during its launching ceremony that was held in the main office of the government agency.

Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and any Filipino who wish to travel abroad need to be familiar with this new kind of travel document because the manually scripted and machine readable passports will no longer be valid in time. Read more.