Various services being offered by the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) will soon go digital as the agency formalized its collaboration with the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT). DFA Secretary Enrique Manalo and DICT Secretary Ivan John Uy on Wednesday signed a...
Bureau of Immigration (BI) Commissioner Norman Tansingco expressed alarm over the use of genuine, but illegally acquired Philippine passports by overstaying foreign nationals The BI chief noted that immigration officers have seized a number of fraudulently-acquired passports since the start of the...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) is considering adding more Temporary Offsite Passport Services (TOPS) to accommodate more Filipinos seeking passport applications and renewals. Amid rising demand for booking appointments, Assistant Secretary Henry Bensurto said one short term action that DFA...
More appointment slots for processing of passports have been added to all consular offices and temporary off-site passport service (TOPS) around the country, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said. (FILE PHOTO/JANSEN ROMERO/MANILA BULLETIN) Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Brigido Dulay said...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), in coordination with the Pasay City local government, conducted "Passport on Wheels" on Monday (April 11) at the Cuneta Astrodome. Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano said the mobile passport renewal/application program is open to all residents who wish to apply or...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has called on the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to address the apparent misinformatioin that have recently caused the influx of passport applicants and apostille services that flocked and lined up at the Aseana Business Park office in Parañaque City. Gatchalian...
"Bring him to my office." This was Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr.'s order after receiving reports that a man claiming to be an employee at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) was selling passport appointment slots, and was running away with his victims' money. Foreign Affairs...
The Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) expressed its support to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) in its move to stop reserving passport appointment slots to recruiters , saying this will give every Filipino an equal opportunity to obtain the said document. Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA)...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) will no longer allot passport appointment slots for recruiters of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) starting March 14. Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. (PCOO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) "Recruiters will no longer be given passport slots. They...
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. slammed passport fixers anew as he debunked an applicant's suspicion that the difficulty in booking of appointments "is a ploy to enrich" fixers. Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. (File photo/Malacañang) Locsin stressed on Wednesday, March...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) reminded the public to claim their passports as it announced that after March 1, it will cancel and dispose of passports scheduled for release until January 2021. (FILE PHOTO/JANSEN ROMERO/MANILA BULLETIN) In a statement, The Department of Foreign Affairs -...
More than 13,000 passport appointment slots intended for overseas Filipino workers were left unused in January 2022, an official of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) bared. (FILE PHOTO/JANSEN ROMERO/MANILA BULLETIN) Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Brigido Dulay disclosed that of the 13,650...
