Passport: Inquiries and information

[Gypsy]

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Mao ba? asa ni cya sa DFA Cebu? well bag-o na na rule nila ok raman to before... meaning muadto paka didto paramagpa picture then wait before you get to apply..how about if daghan pipol, taas linya..hasol..delaying tactic..wala baya problema sa manila pero mas daghan lang tawo mura lagi election

[taga-Laguna]

lahi diay ang procedure sa DFA Manila ug Cebu? it should not be. as a government agency, there should be a standard, a uniformity, so that wherever you go you know the procedures would be the same. morag sa LTO para magrenew ug driver's license or mag-register ug car. bisag asa nga LTO, would have the same steps/procedures kay if there is any digression from the SOP, then u can suspect that there's corruption going on.

When i first applied for a passport, as required, personal appearance didto sa DFA. This was in Manila though back in 1991. You can imagine the fixers outside DFA at that time, sus grabe. I didnt have my ID pictures taken inside. I brought my own. Anyway, 3 passport renewals later, latest was November last year, travel agency na ang akong gpalihok. i had my pictures taken sa Kodak, they ask para asa ang ID picture, i said sa passport, they would know what to do. lain pud ang requirements sa ID picture sa US Visa and some other visas. photo studios should know those things kay that's added value to their business.

i guess its ok if u can have your pictures taken in DFA, but to say nga dili nila dawaton ang gikan sa studio, siguro that needs to be validated. siguro ang kadtong nag-submit nga gikan sa studio kay wala nag-meet sa requirements, mao siguro nga wala gidawat. so i guess to be sure that the pictures would meet the DFA requirements mas maayo nga didto na lang pa-picture.

eh basi kanang pa-picture sa DFA kanang mga FOTOME..bati imo hitsura, then adto na lang sa studio para naman at least you look good in your passport and dili ka mauwaw nga ipakita...hehehehe....

[Wayth Vader]

ok ra mn sri cdo, bisan pag asa ka na studio as long nga with collar imo suuton then tugma sa head size...

[Gypsy]

So far naka process ko both sa Cebu and Manila, the same procedure raman..usually dali ra ang processing adto ka malangay sa que esp Manila daghan kaayu mu apply mura lagi election as in first part is adto gud sa mura condem na basketball court turned waiting area..shocking how many people travels in the Phils usually mu work abroad..pero ok lang coz naa man delivery service so no need to go back and que again bayad nalang ka para hatud Aboitiz. But renewal shud be easy no need for appearance

[doce_pares]

sayon ra man mag process og passport and mas cheaper if you do it yourself..

i agree, pro dpat musayo jd mu kay wa pa ga open ang dfa muabot ng 200 ang galinya sa gawas n dey only entertain mga 200 or less n a day

[Gypsy]

yah heared that..ingun ana daw sa Cebu DFA run...weird no? meaning kadlawon palang adto naka hehehe or better yet adto nalang ka overnite sa gawas to make sure matagaan ka number (gosh!) how about if online registration nalang like if u intend to apply pa register ka online to get priority number and schedule para inig adto nimu imoha gyud time slot or if no available PC then you can call in and get the next schedule available kay pait man nang ila system run na first 200lang oi... needs to refine this one

[doce_pares]

^^^basta mg open cla mga 8 or 9, i jst 4got d exact tym. was der around 6 ika 130++ na ko imagine dat

[Gypsy]

Wahhhh, i cant imagine ilog diay ang number kuyaw stampede hehehe

[doce_pares]

dili pod noon coz nkapila na man daan ang mga tao so sunod lng ka. nya inig enter ninu sa DFA naa na mu number tag so u can jst sit anywer u want bsta lng ing tawag naa ka

[Wayth Vader]

ingon ana sad sa cdo.....