Finally got my passport!
It's no longer hassle to get passport nowadays. From filling up the application form, getting schedules for appointment, finding the location up to releasing, it's easier!
Application can be filled up thru online. Though you still need to line up to pass the requirements, it is not longer compared lining up at DFA main office. They extended their service through nineteen mall-based Regional Consular offices.
Good news to the NCR-Southerners! They put one here in the South which is accessible for me to get there from Molino Bacoor Cavite via Daang Hari. It is located at the 4th Floor inside
Metro Department Store in
Alabang Town Center.
For the first-time applicants like me, here are the list of
Requirements you should have completed before filling up the application online, choose the location and schedule you will pass your requirements and for the appearance. If you are done the online process, they will email you for the confirmation of your schedule of appearance.
There are three steps you will do when you get to the consular office after Checking your documents.
1. Processing Window - approval of documents.
2. Cashier Window - Pay the fee a). regular P950; b). Saturday (express) P1200
3. Documentation and picture taking. Check all the information (spelling) that will print on your passport.
4. Pay P250 for Delivery fee (Optional)
They will give you the receipt stamped with the scheduled releasing date for pick up passport. It will count 10 working days for pick-up and 3 working days for delivery.
Take Note:
You don't need to bring passport ID pictures when you get there. They provide it that comes in hollographic security image.
Bring all necessary
original and photocopies of documents as proof of your identity. One (1) Valid ID and
atleast Three (3) supporting documents because they are strict when it comes to the requirements. If you lack one, you cannot proceed to the next steps.
On releasing day, re-check all the information typed in your passport.
