Patrick
DFA Online Passport Application Appointment
Posted by Patrick on January 13, 2008
NOTICE: THIS IS ONLY A REPOST OF A NEWSPAPER ARTICLE.
The author of this blog is in no way connected with the Department of Foreign Affairs.
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Machine-readable passport app’ts allowed via Internet
STARTING MONDAY, APPLICANTS FOR Machine Readable Passports (MRPs) can make an appointment with the Department of Foreign Affairs through the Internet.
DFA spokesperson Claro Cristobal said the DFA launched the Passport Appointment System By Internet to address the influx of applicants who wish to travel abroad.
Initially, the system will be limited to applicants whose passports had already expired or would be expiring within one year, and to senior citizens or those aged 60 and above.
Cristobal said the system would later be expanded to cover all passport applicants.
Qualified applicants may avail of the appointment system by sending their request via Internet to appointment@dfa.gov.ph.
Applicants must provide the following information: Full name (first name, middle name and surname); date of birth; place of birth; and latest passport number and date of issuance.
Cristobal said an application must be made one week before the proposed date of appointment.
Applicants must wait for confirmation of the proposed appointment and take note of the reference number that will be provided by the DFA-Passport Office before proceeding to the DFA for the filing of the application.
Once the appointment has been set, the applicant must be at the DFA Passport Office (Special Area for those with appointments) at the confirmed designated date and time for the filing of the passport application.
Cristobal said that with the appointment system, applicants will skip the first step of the process which is the verification of their documents. They will now proceed to step 2, which is pre-processing, and step 3, which is encoding and payment.
Cristobal said the DFA would set up call centers to handle the increase in daily appointment transactions by Internet.
OUANO, GINA DELA PENA said
renewal of passport
Abdurasid Akim Sapaih said
Requesting for passport renewal
Jessie James said
ayos tong sistema
Victorino B. Gutierrez said
I sent my online request for passport renewal last Monday. I am a senior citizen and I welcome this type of service. But I have not received any reply till now. All I request at this point is an acknowledgement that you received my email so that I don’t have to re-send it. Thanks.
internetwifi said
can i renew my passport without machine readable?
alberto gulinao said
request for passport renewal
Suzette villanueva said
Ok na ang sistema ng DFA, except for one thing… Sana kung talagang authorized ang mga photo machine ek-ek sa labas at loob ng DFA… dapat pag nagpapicture once, tama na, hindi yung puro sinasabi, hindi yan dapat, dapat ganito.. eh parang nagaaksaya ng pera sa picture pa lang.. pag standard, standard… hindi naman pinupulot ang pera…
I hope you pay attention to this…
Suzette villanueva said
bakit merong standard photo ek-ek sa may court, tapos pagdating sa may auditorium meron ulit? sa labas meron din?… P400+ na picture pa lang.. anu ba yan?…panu yng sakto lang ang pera?
yolynda caliao said
ask ko lang po mag kano lahat magagastos ko sa pag papa renew sa june 7 ,2009 pa po expire passport ko
paul martinez said
i got scared of what the other two commenters had commented… about sa ‘photo ek-ek’.. i just finished the step one kanina and they gave me a small sheet of green paper where they told me to come on the date and time where i scheduled on… then they was talking about the photo ek-ek worth 400 plus… damn! ganon ba talaga ang gagastosin in having your photo taken?! plus pa yung passport fee…
chris said
kawawa talaga kapag saktong pera lang ang dala mo. At nagpunta ka ng dfa,
WAG NA KAYO PA PAPICTURE SA LABAS…dun na lang sa loob…
sayang lang 150, tapos i-re reject lang pagdating sa verification of documents..
kahit pa for appointment ka, meron nga ako nakasabay, naka 3 take ng picture
imagine 150 x 3 = 450…aba dagdagan mo na ng 50 bagong passport na ulit…
e dun kunuhanan nsa loob ng auditorium ng dfa yun…ANO BA YAN?????
ma.stella ramirez said
hi,ano po ang other option s problema k.kasi flight kn po s april 18,eh binalik ung application k s kuwait embassy,dahil lessthan 6mos.nlang ung validity ng passport k.ano po pwede kng gwin pra ma rush ung renewal ng pasport k,ibabalik k pa s kuwait embassy at s poea.wala n po akong time.
sana po matulungan nyo ako.
des said
Hello po, firt time po ako mag-aapply ng passport pagkakaintindi ko renewal lang at sa senior ang online appointment 4 passport application. E ang mga firt time po paano? Thanks!
ronald allan esley said
mam/ sir,
mag rerenew p ako ng passport ko pero hindi ko alam ang pag renew through internet. ano po ba dapat gawin or guidelines sa pag renew ng passport sa pmmgitan ng appoinmnet sa internet. pls reply asap. thanks
ronald allan esley
Patrick said
As per the news article above:
Qualified applicants may avail of the appointment system by sending their request via Internet to appointment@dfa.gov.ph.
Applicants must provide the following information: Full name (first name, middle name and surname); date of birth; place of birth; and latest passport number and date of issuance.
savingkathy said
What will happen if the address was not properly checked? I mean, The address is wrong? The renewing of passport will not be valid?