Passport Authentication

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Hello istoryans.

Don't know if asa ni dapat i-post but I'm hoping that naa diri nga section ang right people (aside from the personnel sa DFA) who can answer my concern.

Kapila na ko sige balik2 pada ani and dako2 nasad ang gasto,
- photocopies lang sa
- pa notarize
- karon pa authenticate nasad

Please share experience sa processes sa pag-authenticate sa passport ky I find it general ra kaayo naa sa website:
https://www.dfa.gov.ph/index.php/sit...on-information

Authentication Functions

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) performs its authentication function/services in the context of 1963 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations. Given the existence of a multi-state system, aforesaid Convention stipulates that, among other things, the various kind of documents sourced from particular sovereign states (e.g. public documents, private documents, and commercial documents) shall have validity or operative effect in another sovereign state's legal jurisdiction after subjected to an agreed upon authentication procedure.

The DFA through the Authentication Division-Office of Consular Affairs may authenticate an act, deed documents etc. executed or sourced within Philippine legal jurisdiction by way of certifying said act, as follows: a) executed before a local notary public officer authorized to execute such functions, b) testified to by a public seal, c) rendered public by the authority of a competent magistrate, d) certified as being a copy of a public register. When these acts, deeds or documents have been duly authenticated by the Department, the receiving embassies or consulates or any other foreign legal entities are, in effect assured that aforesaid documents are in order or have been legalized in accordance with proper procedure. Foreign Embassies, Consulates and foreign legal entities may or may not require the authentication of documents sourced from the Philippines for use within their respective jurisdictions. However, under rules of reciprocity in international relations, sovereign states normally require authentication of foreign documents to be used.The DFA authentication attest to the genuineness of the signature appearing on the attached certification for the purpose of identifying a specific document and giving credence to the official acts of the notary public or certifying officer thereon for use, if and when required, as instrument of evidence in foreign countries. As such, the DFA certification/authentication does not, per se, authenticate the validity/efficacy/enforceability of the basic document itself. However, the Authentication Officer is impressed with duties calling for carefulness and faithfulness whereby he must inform himself of the facts to which he intends to certify and avoid participation in illegal enterprises.

Procedure:

Base sa statement above,:
- sa DFA makapa-authenticate but asa kaha ni ang Authentication Division-Office of Consular Affairs?
- before pa authenticate, pa notarize sa sa notary public
- base sa procedure, naa siguro sila'y own format but dapat pasad mag produce photocopies sa passport


Naa ko na search gikan sa lain nga forum and medyo mo fit sako situation so quoting Pat0 (di nlng nako ibutang ang link ky basi di allowed ngari),

Procedure for Authenticating a Copy of Your Wife’s Philippines Passport

If you need an authenticated copy of your wife’s passport, as I did to file for a U.S. Individual Tax Identification Number, following is the procedure.
1. Print out an Affidavit stating her name, passport number, married to, residing at, purpose of request (a standard Philippines Affidavit can be found at: Free Legal Forms & Contracts - Philippines. I modified a general affidavit form. Make sure your document allows for the Notary statement and stamp and document number.
2. Go to a Notary and have it notarized. Bring 3 copies of passport and affidavit. I went to Dumaguete City Hall Legal Office 2nd floor. Cost 130p for notarization.
3. The next step is to get a Judge to give you a Authorization of Authentication of Notary. We went to the RTC (Regional Trial Court) first floor all the way to the last right turn first office on the left (not sure what the sign on the door is). A lady named Marylyn is the administrator and will print out a boiler plate document for the judge to sign. You pay 100p and she will give you the docs to take up to a judge’s office. The administrator will take the docs and obtain the judge’s signature. You then go back down to Marylyn to get the docs registered.
4. Once you have the docs you can either go to the DFA in Manila (new office close to Mall of Asia) or you can do like we did and go to WWW Express on Silliman Ave in the WWW/DHL office. They have a round trip courier arrangement with the DFA and will take you docs (don’t have to ship your actual passport) and ship to DFA Manila for 650p. Your authenticated passport docs will be returned to WWW office in 7-10 days.

Similar amo purpose which is to get an iTIN.

Base sa iyang statement,

- not sure if dapat paba ko maghimo og affidavit
- then, dapat paba gyud mo adto sa Manila nga DFA, di pwede sa Cebu lang? (if over-the-counter gyud)
but kana "WWW Express on Silliman Ave in the WWW/DHL office" ky I think courier rana siya and is located sa ilang place sa dumaguete, pwede rapud siguro courier here in cebu.


Thanks a lot.

[adzilla81]

Wala ka mo try ug adto sa DFA mismo bossing to ask assistance bahin ani imong concern?
Karon ra pud ko ani da nga ipa authenticate ang passport, nganung need man ipa authenticate diay TS para asa and kinsa man ang usual mag ask ani?

[cebu.opportunities]

^ yup, moadto ko didto nig ready na sa mga documents...

naa ra diay. na overlooked nako.

Below is the list of GOVERNMENT OFFICES with its corresponding
- ADDRESS,
- TELEPHONE / FAX,
- FEE (authentication),
- PROCESSING PERIOD,
- EMAIL ADDRESS / WEBSITE

1. Authentication Division, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA)
- Office of Consular Affairs Building in Macapagal Avenue, Parañaque City
- Tel. #. 834-4000
- P100.00
- Five (5) working days
- www.dfa.gov.ph

2. Department of Education, Culture and Sports-National Capital Region (DECS-NCR) - Misamis St., Bago Bantay, Quezon City
- (+632) 651-780
- P30.00
- Five (5) working days

3. Authentication Unit, Legal Office, Office of the President, (Malacañang)
- 1610 J.P. Laurel St., Watson Building, Malacañang , San Miguel, Manila
- Tel. No. 733-36-03
- P50.00
- One (1) working day

4. Bureau of Licensing and Regulation, Department of Health (DOH-BLR)
- San Lazaro Compound, Rizal Avenue, Sta. Cruz, Manila
- Tel. No. 711-6982
- P10.00
- Two (2) working days
- Department of Health

5. Commission on Higher Education-National Capital Region (CHED-NCR)
- 6th floor, Pacific Corporate Center, 131 West Avenue, Quezon City
- Tel. No. 373-5551 to 53
- P40.00
- Five (5) working days

6. Department of Social Welfare and Development-National Capital Region (DSWD-NCR)
- San Rafael St., Legarda, Manila
- Tel. No. 921-9017
- No fee for Travel Clearance
- Five (5) working days

7. Commission on Elections (COMELEC)
- Intramuros, Manila
- 527-9362

8. Land Transportation Office (LTO)
LTO Branch Director: Honorio S. Quiambao
- LTO Main Cmpd., East Avenue, Diliman Quezon City
- Tel. No. 926-7081
- P30.00
- Three (3) to four (4) working days

9. National Statistics Office (NSO)
- East Avenue, Quezon City (in front of Social Security System (SSS) building)
- Releasing:
Releasing: Vibal Building, EDSA cor. Times St., West Triangle, Quezon City
- Tel. No. 927-8672
- NSO Hotline Plus (Teleserv):737-1111
- P25.00 for birth, marriage and death certificates
- Average of Seven (7) Working days
- P25.00 for Certificates of Conversion to Islam
- P80 for Certification of No Marriage Record
- Average of Fifteen (15) days

10. National Bureau of Investigation (NBI)
- Taft Ave., Ermita, Manila
- Tel. No. (632) 523-8231 to 38
- Fax # (632) 526-1216
- P100.00
- Three (3) to four (4) working days
- Welcome to National Bureau of Investigation

11. Office of Muslim Affairs (OMA)
- Ablaza Bldg., 117 E. Rodriguez Ave., 1102 Quezon City
- Tel. No. 742-2711 to 16
- P10.00 for documentary stamp
- P10.00 for lamination
- Fifteen (15) working days

12. Professional Regulations Commission (PRC)
- P. Paredes, St. cor. Morayta St. Sampaloc, Manila
- Gen Inquiries: (632) 314-0026
- Tel. # (632) 314-0026
- Fax # (632) 735- 4475
- P50.00
- No fixed processing time
- Official Website of the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC), Manila, Philippines

13. Regional Trial Court having jurisdiction over the area where Notary Public holds office/where affidavit was notarized (e.g. RTC of Manila, RTC of Pasay etc.) (RTC)

14. Technical Education and Skills Development Authority-NCR (TESDA-NCR)
- TESDA Complex, East Service Road, South Superhighway, Taguig, M. Mla.
- Tel. # (02) 887-7777
- Send Text to 0917-4794370
- P30.00
- No fixed processing time
- tesdacontactcenter@gmail.com
- PANGASIWAAN SA EDUKASYONG TEKNIKAL AT PAGPAPAUNLAD NG KASANAYAN

15. Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines
- MIA Road, Pasay City, Philippines 1300
- Tel. # (632) 879-9286
- Fax # (632) 879-9139

Source: https://www.dfa.gov.ph/index.php/2013-04-11-08-53-57

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DFA Authentication Guidelines:






Source: https://www.dfa.gov.ph/index.php/2013-04-11-08-53-28

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I find this useful sad:

DFA Red Ribbon

If you're looking to work abroad, you need to get your documents "red ribboned" by the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). The DFA red ribbon serves to show that your documents have been verified and found to be authentic.

WHAT DOCUMENTS CAN BE RED RIBBONED?:

Apparently, you can have any document red ribboned. Here are some that I know of.

NSO Birth and Marriage Certificates, CENOMAR
Certified true copies of academic records.
Notary Public Affidavit (If they are intended to support the above-named documents.)
Before taking these documents to DFA, make sure that they already have been certified by the corresponding offices you got them from.

If it's birth, marriage and certification of singleness (CENOMAR) then these documents must be from NSO. For academic records, You need to request certified true copies of these from your school and in turn, be forwarded to DepED (if your authenticating high school records) and CHED (if you're authenticating college records.)

Likewise with affidavits of discrepancy that supports any documents for travel will have to be taken to be red ribboned itself and attached to the document it supports.

REQUIREMENTS:

- The document that needs to be authenticated, already certified as true by the corresponding office it was issued from.
Fee of Php 100.00 for regular processing which takes 5 business days and Php 200.00 for rush processing, out by 2 business days.

- Processing for red ribbon is at the old DFA office located in Libertad, Pasay city. Beware of fixers as there still are lots of them out there. Just go directly to the DFA building itself and ask question from the Security Guard at the entrance if unsure of where to proceed. You need to look for where the lane says "Authentication" once you enter the DFA building.

Source: Authenticating Philippine Documents, CAV and Errors on NSO certificates: DFA Red Ribbon

^ So, the step before Authentication is having the document be Certified as True Copy to where it's being issued (some of which have sub-processes).

[jackdi]

...same here.. unsa PURPOSE ana Boss nga magpa-authenticate man?
Para unsa na? Wa ko ka-gets sa purpose.

_________

Ako ra suggestion, aron dili ka mahasol, pag-agent nalang.

[cebu.opportunities]

@jackdi,
naka-state na ang purpose sa previous posts.

Authentication is done to prove that the document/s sourced from particular sovereign states is/are really in order and legalized and shall have validity or operative effect in another sovereign state's legal jurisdiction after subjected to an agreed upon authentication procedure.

Basing sa Socio-Political Science: under rules of reciprocity in international relations, sovereign states normally require authentication of foreign documents to be used.

Usually gigamit na siya when you want to work abroad or you have income abroad.
ako2x lang pud ni nga reason but may be possible pud but I cannot present facts.... Useful ni siya to get an iTIN sa foreign sovereign states because there are some things that you cannot benefit as an "alien" or not a citizen didto so this would help lessen the taxes being paid but since "alien" man pud ka, you have some taxes pud nga bayran but I think ma outweigh sa former ang latter.

Update:
I already went to DFA located at the 4/F of Pacific Mall but sad to know the confirmation that ang pa Certified True Copy and pa Authenticate sa Passport should be done sa ilang Manila branch ra.

Inquired if they have an idea sa requirements needed or the basic steps lang but the response was just "di mi kahibaw ana ky ang Manila ra mo process ana....". Ooops

Basing sa Gov't Offices listed from above, murag sa Luzon rjud tanan, huhu... ka ggb, passport authentication is just one of the requirements.
'will try DHL first (JRS and LBC di pwede) then last resort is going there nlng jud.

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DHL in Cebu:


1. SM Cebu
DHL SERVICE POINT - SM Cebu
2nd Floor Loc. Code 2109B North Reclamation Area
SM Cebu City
TEL. NO.: 032 236-0833
BUSINESS HOURS : Mon - Sun, 10 am to 9 pm

2. MCIAA Complex Mactan Cebu
DHL Express Service Center - Cebu Service Center
G/F CHI Rapid Freight Bldg. Airport Road
MCIAA Complex Mactan Cebu City
TEL. NO.: 032 341 7400
BUSINESS HOURS : Mon-Fri, 8 am to 5 pm; Sat 9 am to 12 nn

3. Lapu-Lapu City
WWWE CEBU
Warehouse No. 1 MENZI Complex corner
M.L. Quezon Nat'l Hway Pajo, Lapulapu City, Cebu
Tel Nos. CS: (032) 268-7086 / 268-7087

4. Cebu City
WWWE RAMOS DROP CENTER
Door No. 4 Borromeo Arcade
F. Ramos St., Cebu City
Tel Nos. (032) 412-2643

5. Cebu Downtown
WWWE DOWNTOWN DROP CENTER
Door No. 5 Patria de Cebu Bldg.
Legaspi St., Cebu City
Tel No. (032) 412-1806

6. Lapulapu
WWWE LAPULAPU DROP CENTER
Marina Mall, Airport Road
Lapulapu, Cebu City
Tel No. (032) 494-0054

7. Talisay
WWWE TALISAY DROP CENTER
Zone 5 Sangi
Tabunok, Talisay City, Cebu 6045
Tel No. (032) 267-0556

8. Minglanilla
MINGLANILLA DROP CENTER (MNG)
Ward III Poblacion
Minglanilla, Cebu City 6046
Tel No. (032) 267-0713

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Source (DHL centers): DHL | DHL in Visayas | English

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DFA authentication express service/online forms

The following are the legal documents issued from the Philippines that we assist for DFA authentication in Manila:

DOCUMENTS FOR AUTHENTICATION
AGENCY PUBLIC/OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS
1 NSO Birth Certificate
2 NSO Death Certificate
3 NSO Marriage Contract
4 NSO Certificate of Non-Marriage Record
5 OMA Certificate of Muslim Tribal Affiliation*
6 Shari'a Court Certificate of Conversion to Islam
7 PNP Police Clearances
8 NBI NBI Clearances
9 LTO LTO Certificate
10 LTO Driver's License
11 PRC Report of Rating
12 PRC Certificate of Registration
13 PRC Certificate of Good Standing
14 PRC Professional License
15 LGU Community Tax Certificate
16 LGU Barangay Certification/Mayor's Certification
17 LGU Barangay Clearances
18 COMELEC Voter's ID/Certificate
19 DSWD Travel Clearance of a Filipino Minor without Accompanying Parents
20 BI Alien Certificate of Registration
21 BI Immigrant/Native-Born Residence Certificate
22 DFA Passport Certification
PRIVATE DOCUMENTS
1. SCHOOL RECORDS
23 CHED College Diploma and Transcript of Records (Collegiate Level)
24 CHED College Diploma and Transcript of Records
25 CHED Special Order
26 CHED Certificate of Enrollment/Report of Grades
27 CHED Certification of Graduation
28 DEPED Secondary/Elementary Diploma
29 DEPED Form 137-A, Special Order
30 DEPED Certification of Graduation
31 DEPED Certificate of Enrollment/Report of Grades
32 TESDA Diploma on Technical and Skills Development
33 TESDA Courses
34 TESDA Transcript of Records
35 TESDA Certificate of Enrollment/Report of Grades
36 TESDA Certification of Graduation
2. PERSONAL RECORDS
37 DOH-BLR Medical Certificate
38 DOH-BLR AIDS-Free Certificate
3. AFFIDAVITS
39 RTC Employments Certificates
40 RTC Job Description
41 RTC Training Certificates
42 RTC Agreement/Contract
43 RTC Affidavit of Support and Guaranty
44 RTC Affidavit of Parental Consent / Single Status
45 RTC Affidavit of Loss
46 RTC Special Power of Attorney
47 RTC GOSI Forms
48 RTC Doctor's Affidavit
49 RTC Court Decision/Court Order/Resolution

Source: DFA Express Authentication

[jackdi]

Usually gigamit na siya when you want to work abroad or you have income abroad.

ako2x lang pud ni nga reason but may be possible pud but I cannot present facts.... Useful ni siya to get an iTIN sa foreign sovereign states because there are some things that you cannot benefit as an "alien" or not a citizen didto so this would help lessen the taxes being paid but since "alien" man pud ka, you have some taxes pud nga bayran but I think ma outweigh sa former ang latter.

Nice info Boss.
Usually, unsa nga "sovereign states" ang gapangayo ani? US - UK - CA?
Kay daghan mi nga mga iStoryans pod nga currenly working in a foreign sovereign state pero wala man mi/ko pangayui og ingon ana.