Different Types of Passport Applications

If you have plans of getting out of the country for working, studying or traveling, you need to have a passport. But there are different kinds of passport applications that you can apply.

NEW APPLICATIONS

***Have all your original documents and valid ID photocopied before going to DFA on your appointment date.

1. Personal appearance is required

2. Birth Certificate from NSO.

FOR MINORS:

1. Passport of both parents (original & photocopy)

2. Birth Certificate from NSO

3. Personal appearance of minor with either parent: Father appearance- bring the Marriage Certificate from NSO, mother appearance – no need to bring marriage certificate

EXPIRING OR EXPIRED PASSPORTS

***A passport has a 5 year validity but it has to be renewed 6 months before its expiry.

=> Brown Passport: Issued prior to May 01, 1995

1. Present passport and photocopy of pages 1,2,3 & 4.

2. The pages showing latest Bureau of Immigration departure and arrival stamps.

3. Original valid ID: Drivers License, SSS Digitized ID, PRC ID.

4. Birth Certificate from NSO

=> Green Passport

1. Present passport and photocopy of pages 1,2,3 (amendment) and last page.

2. The pages showing latest Bureau of Immigration departure and arrival stamps.

3. Photocopy of Birth Certificate for minor applicants.

4. For illegitimate minor, personal appearance of mother is required.

=> Machine Readable Passport (Maroon)

1. Present passport and photocopy of pages 1,2,3 (amendment) and last page.

2. The pages showing latest Bureau of Immigration departure and arrival stamps.

3. Photocopy of Birth Certificate for minor applicants.

4. Original Birth Certificate from NSO in Security Paper (SECPA) if city/municipality & province on birth place is not specific (Example: NCR instead of San Juan, Metro Manila)

5. For illegitimate minor, personal appearance of mother is required.

REPLACEMENT OF LOST PASSPORT

***Have all your original documents and valid ID  photocopied before going to DFA on your appointment date.

1. Personal appearance is required

2. Original or Certified True Copy of Birth Certificate from NSO

3. Notarized Affidavit of Explanation

4. Police Report if passport is still valid

5. Replacement fee of Php 200 if passport is still valid.

AMENDMENT OF PASSPORT

***For female applicants wishing to change her maiden name to her married name and married in the Philippines

1. Marriage Certificate from NSO (original & photoc0py)

***For female applicants wishing to change her maiden name to her married name and married outside the Philippines

1. Marriage Certificate (original & photoc0py)

2. Duly accomplished Consulate Report of Marriage Contracted Abroad form ((Note: Registration of Marriage requires the following: original copy of the marriage contract/certificate/license, passport photos of both parties, proof of citizenship of both parties, i.e. passports or birth certificates).

***For female applicants wishing to revert to the use of their maiden names

1. For widowed applicants: certified true copy and photocopy of death certificate of husband, or a court order of presumptive death.

2. For annulled marriages: certified true copy and photocopy of annotated Marriage Contract or Certificate of Registration and certified true copy of Court Order.

3. For divorced applicants (Allowed only in cases where the non-Filipino spouse acted as the plaintiff; and not allowed when both parties are Filipino citizens at the time of the divorce): original copy of Divorce Decree. In all the foregoing cases, the female applicant must accomplish a Sworn Declaration to Revert to Maiden Surname. A sample form of this Affidavit can be downloaded in the Consular Services category.

EXTENSION OF VALIDITY OF PASSPORT

***The passport to be amended has a validity of less than 6 months; no need for appointment.

1. Original Passport

2. Photocopy of the first and last page of passport

3. Passport Application form

4. An affidavit stating the urgency of having the validity of passport extended OR

5. Airline tickets, Job Order, Working Visa, Medical Form

Read the step by step procedure in applying for extension of validity of passport here.

DFA website: http://www.passport.com.ph/

Application for Extension of Validity of Passport

Hubby and I will fly to Singapore next month but our Philippine passports are due for renewal on May. We have no idea that we cannot travel outside the country if our passports’ validity was less than 6 months. I just learned it from the pexers of Pinoy Exchange and it was confirmed by the staff of Air Philippines Express. OMG! @_@

Application for Renewal of Passports at DFA is now being done online. When I tried to schedule my hubby for an appointment, there were no more slots available for the month of January! There were available slots for February but still, we cannot! Why? The dates available were after our 5 day trip to Singapore! But I was still lucky enough to get some information at Trusty Travel & Tours. I was advised by one of the staff, whom I considered as an “angel”, to go directly to the DFA and make a request for extension of validity of passport. And that’s we did!

Without the help of that travel agency, I wouldn’t know that there is such application like that. For the benefit of many Filipinos out there, I made a research and found out that there are many types of passport application together with the necessary requirements to submit. You can find it here. B-)

UPDATE: For the benefit of many, please read this DFA NEWS UPDATE regarding passport application.

Step by Step Procedure of What We Did For Application of Passport Validity Extension

STEP ONE: Prepared all the necessary documents: marriage certificate, passports & airline e-tickets. In case you have other reasons for extension, you can prepare a letter of request. For OFWs: passport, working visa & job order.

STEP TWO: Went to DFA ASEANA Office at around 7 o’clock in the morning to avoid long queue. From MRT Taft Station, we took a bus with “DFA Baclaran” signage. Buses going to Baclaran with DFA signage take the Macapagal Boulevard.

STEP THREE: Entered Gate 1 (Gate 2 is for people with scheduled appointments and Gate 3 is for DFA’s personnel), showed the guard our passports with the travel tickets, informed him of our purpose: EXTENSION; and asked the directions to the Director’s Office.

STEP FOUR: Went to the Director’s Office, fronting Gate 3. Entered the enclosed glass area with “Passport Division” written on it.

STEP FIVE: Filled-out the small form given by the guard and gave it to the other guard inside the office. Took the passport application  form to be filled-out again and waited to be called for an interview. It took us 2 hours of waiting. And there were 30 persons waiting on their seats when we arrived.

STEP SIX: Our names were finally called at exactly ten o’clock. Interviewed by the personnel on desk 17 and stated our reasons. Submitted our tickets, passports and application forms for approval. I also took the opportunity to apply for amendment so that I’ll be able to use my married name instead of my maiden name. We were told to go back to our seats and waited to be called again. Make sure to have the first & last page of your passport photocopied and submit it together with the other documents. You can have your documents photocopied in a booth at Gate 1.

STEP SEVEN: After almost 30 minutes of waiting, we went to the second floor at the Passport Enrollment  Center to pay the fees. P200 for extension and P100 for amendment (to use my married name). We paid a total of P500.

STEP EIGHT: Returned to the Director’s Office and submitted the receipts. We were given a copy of the receipt with the date of release. Our passports with approved validity extension will be available for pick-up after three working days! Yey! We’re finally done at eleven in the morning!

Passport stamped with 2 year EXTENSION

How to get there: Take a bus with “Baclaran” signage. Inform the “konduktor’ to drop you at DFA ASEANA. It’s right across Mcdonalds, which is on your right side. As you get off the bus, cross the street and IGNORE those people who would call your attentions by asking asking if you’re applying for a passport. They are not related to DFA, that’s why don’t try to transact business with them.

TIP: In front of Mcdonalds, you can take buses going to Cubao or Fairview to reach Baclaran or MRT & LRT stations in going back home.

REMINDERS:

1. Only those Filipinos holding a passport with less than 6 months validity can apply for the EXTENSION.

2. All Filipino citizens applying for passports will NO longer need to submit photographs, as their pictures, their fingerprints, and their signatures, will be taken on-site. This also means that all passport applicants, regardless of age, are henceforth required to appear personally.

NOTE: If you have other questions regarding passport application which are not discussed in this post, kindly call the DFA Hotline or the Philippine Embassy of the country you are currently in. I cannot answer questions of OFWs wishing to renew their passports or extending their passports validity. What I only shared in this post were the things that my hubby and I experienced in getting an extension prior to our 5 day vacation in Singapore and Malaysia.