Online appointment for passport renewal adopted
01/11/2008 | 07:11 PM
Applying for passport renewal at the Department of Foreign Affairs will be done by appointment through the Internet beginning January 14 to lessen the inconvenience of having to queue in waiting for one’s turn at the counters.
Claro Cristobal, DFA spokesman, said the appointment system will do away with the first step of verification of pertinent documents, thereby shortening the process.
Normally, applicants have to go through verification, then pre-processing, encoding and payment of fees.
Apart from passport renewal, or those with expired or expiring passports within a year, first-time applicants who are senior citizens (60 years old and above) may also set an appointment for passport processing through the Internet.
The DFA said it will expand the appointment system to cover all passport applications in due time.
The DFA will designate a call center (556-0000) dedicated to entertain the increasing number of passport applicants, Cristobal said.
Here's the procedure in seeking an appointment for passport processing:
1. Send a request for appointment via the Internet through email address:
appointment@dfa.gov.ph
2. Passport applicants applying for appointment must provide the following information:
a. Full name of applicant (first name, middle name and surname);
b. Date of birth;
c. Place of birth;
d. Latest passport number and date of issuance
3 Application for appointment must be made one week before the proposed date of appointment.
4. Applicant must wait for the confirmation of the proposed appointment and take note of the reference number that will be provided by DFA-Passport Office before proceeding to the DFA for the filing of the passport application.
5. 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
Basin ma pareha na pud ni sa computerized passporting nga palpak.Daghan hocus pocus.