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Feb
4

Passport Mobile Schedule from DFA for March

For those who need to apply or renew for a Philippine passport, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) will conduct mobile passport services in different locations in March. All the mobile passport services are scheduled on a Saturday.

 

The schedule below is taken from the official website of the DFA.

 

Date

Area

March 3

San Jose Del Monte City

Quezon City

March 10

Santa Maria, Bulacan

Bustos, Bulacan

March 17

Rodriguez, Rizal

North Caloocan City

March 24

San Lorenzo Vill., Makati City

Bocaue, Bulacan

March 31

Guimba, Nueva Ecija

Muntinlupa City

 

Important Reminders for Passport Mobile Services

 

The processing of passports at Mobile Passport Services is guided by the Philippine Passport Act of 1996 and its implementing rules and regulations, other relevant Department Orders, Circulars and Memoranda.

 

Participation in the Mobile Passport Services must be coordinated with the Passport Coordinator designated by the Local Government Unit (LGU) in advance. The designated LGU Passport Coordinator will collect copies of the application forms from interested applicants at least two weeks in advance of the scheduled date of the mobile passport service.

 

The LGU Passport Coordinator will inform the applicant of the indicative time during which he or she will have to file the passport application on the scheduled date of the Mobile Passport Service.

Personal appearance is a requirement for all passport applicants.

The Mobile Passport Service will not accept applications for the replacement of lost valid passports but will entertain applications for lost expired passports.

The Mobile passport fee is same with the Expedite Rate.

For Any Details please call RCOCC at 834-400

Local Nos. 2406 – 2410 or 836-7750

 

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Jun
16

Schedule a DFA Passport Appointment Online

Do you need to apply or renew your Philippine passport or need to renew your existing travel document? To avoid long lines and unnecessary trip to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), the government agency encourages passport applicants to schedule an appointment first before heading to their office.

Not all passport applicants though can avail of the DFA Passport Appointment System. It is only available open to new applicants, those who are applying for renewal and for senior citizens (applicants more than 60 years old). Those who have lost their passports and want to apply for a new one, they have to personally go at the Gate 2 of the DFA, Pasay City to schedule an appointment.


What are the steps one should do to be able to schedule an appointment on the web.

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Jan
16

DFA Reminder: Claim Passports Within 6 Months

The Department of Foreign Affairs – Office of Consular Affairs (DFA-OCA) wishes to remind all passport applicants to claim their passports within six months from its release.

Pursuant to DFA regulations, all unclaimed passports at the DFA-OCA main office in Paranaque, Philippine Overseas Employment Agency (POEA) Passport Extension Office, Regional Consular Offices (RCOs) nationwide or at the Philippine Embassies and Consulates General will be cancelled and immediately disposed of after six months.

Taken from DFA.

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