DFA Courtesy Lane

Passport application is now being done online for you to get an appointment. No appointment, no entry! But through experience, I learned that there are certain people who can apply for new, renewal or lost passport with no appointment and can be done in less than an hour. Where? At the Courtesy Lane.

NOTE: Please read this post carefully before posting your questions or anything. I have not experienced applying at the Courtesy Lane personally. Everything that I posted here were just based on what I have seen and learned when we had our passport validity extension at the DFA ASEANA. Just wanna share this to every single Juan who is not aware that the Courtesy Lane exists.

Courtesy Lane at DFA ASEANA can be found at the second floor,

Passport Processing Area 2.

RUSH PROCESSING ONLY

Bring your GSIS ID or any VALID ID

List of Valid Govenrment IDs:

– Driver’s license

– PRC license

– SSS Digitized ID

In case you don’t have any of the aformentioned IDs, try to bring any of the following:

– Voter’s ID

– Postal ID

– NBI Clearance

Note: In case you don’t any of the above mentioned IDs, try to call DFA hotline and ask about it.

Who can apply at the Courtesy Lane with

NO APPOINTMENT?

1. Government employee (permanent employee only)

2. Spouse of government employee

3. Unmarried children of government employee

4. Parents of government employee

5. Incumbent elected officials

6. Barangay Elected Officials: Brgy. Chairman, Brgy. Kagawad, Brgy. SK Chairman

7. Retired government employee of not more than 1 year

Who can apply at the Courtesy Lane

WITH APPOINTMENT?

1. Senior Citizens

2. Pregnant women

3. Parents with kids below one year old

    (Sometimes they allow families with kids as long as the kids are not five years old and above. It depends to the guard.)

THREE STEPS

in passport application

at the Courtesy Lane:

Step ONE:

Collection of applications forms and issuance of number

Step TWO:

Checking of passport requirements

Step THREE:

Scanning of documents submitted, encoding of passport information and picture taking

 

NOTE: NO NEED to bring ID pictures because picture taking is being done in a digital way, like in getting an NBI Clearance or SSS ID.

Things to bring for NEW APPLICATIONS:

• passport application form (can be downloaded online)

• NSO-authenticated birth certificate

• original & photocopy of your valid government office ID (back and forth)

• processing fee of P1,200

Things to bring for RENEWAL:

• passport application form (can be downloaded online)

• original & photocopy of your valid government office ID (back and forth)

• original & photocopy of your old passport (1st & last page + stamped pages)

• processing fee of P1,200

SIMPLE GUIDES IN APPLYING AT THE COURTESY LANE:

Use Gate 3 across Mcdonalds and show your GSIS ID or government ID.

Walk straight to the building, get inside and go upstairs using the escalator.

Present your ID to the staff on the counter beside the Area 2.

Fill-out the passport application form and return it to them.

Follow their instructions of what to do next.

The queue in this area is shorter and the processing is faster compared to the ground floor, where scheduled applications take 2-3 hours.

You can also download the application form here:  ePassport Application Form

Disclaimer: I am not connected in any way at the DFA ASEANA. So if you have questions that have not been answered by this post, PLEASE CALL THE DFA HOTLINE FOR ANY INQUIRIES. Thank you!