100,000 Passport Appointment Slots is Now Open!

For those who are waiting for Department of Foreign Affairs' (DFA) passport online appointment to be opened, the wait is now over but only for the meantime.

Around 100,000 passport appointment slots for February to May is now open starting Tuesday, January 23, 2018, around 1:00 pm.

It was only last month when netizens criticized DFA for a full schedule of passport online appointment slot until March.


Read: Who Are Exempted From DFA's Online Appointment for Passport Application?

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Read: DFA to Open 9 Consular Offices in Provinces to Step-Up Passport Processing

Because of this, DFA Secretary Allan Peter Cayetano implemented some reforms to fix the system and make passport application process fast and easy for all.

Including in this reform is the "passport on wheels" program. DFA is planning to implement longer work hours from 12-16 hours for DFA personnel to process more passport daily.

Cayetano added that 140 machines are expected to be delivered soon and will be deployed to satellite offices across the country and abroad to increase capacity. Each machine can process 80 to 100 passports in an 8-hour period.


Read: Passport on Wheels (POW) of DFA Starts With 4 Buses To Process 2000 Applicants Daily

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No appointment is needed for the following:

• Senior citizens with Senior Citizen ID
• Persons with Disability (PWDs) with PWD ID or visible disability
• Solo parent with valid Solo Parent ID
• Pregnant women with medical certificate
• Minors seven (7) years old and below
• Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs), even those who are working abroad for the first time

Those qualified may walk into the Priority Lane at DFA Aseana or any DFA Satellite Office or Regional Consular Office.

If you want to set an appointment for passport application, click here! If you cannot open the page just try and try. Expect the page to be very busy since too many people are waiting for this appointment slot to be opened! Have patience and good luck!

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Passport on Wheels (POW) of DFA Starts With 4 Buses To Process 2000 Applicants Daily

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Did you had any trouble placing your online appointment as all slots are now occupied and you need to get a passport as soon as possible? Sit tight, Passport On Wheels (POW) is now up and ready to serve and your place might be their next destination.

With the initiative of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) headed by Secretary Allan Peter Cayetano, the consular services, in their aim to decongest the consular offices in Manila, launches "passport on wheels" with four buses that can serve at least 500 people a day— a total of 2000 slots per day.

The program was launched on January 15, 2018 at the Villar sipag, Pulang Lupa, Las Piñas as a recognition of Senator Cynthia Villars role in co-sponsoring and pursuing the passport longevity bill that has been a law increasing the validity of Philippine passports to ten years.
Passport on wheels next destination will be Manila City hall.

Phe mobile passporting system will then visit different cities and municipalities starting next week. DFA is planning to bring passport on wheels in as far as Visayas and Mindanao as well.

Cayetano said that the growing demand on passport application caused delays and hassle in making online appointments. Passport on wheels is an effective tool to lessen the burden of falling in long queues at DFA consular offices.

DFA is also eyeing on improving passport on wheels by switching on to bigger vehicles in the near future.

In his speech during the launch of passport on wheels, DFA Secretary Cayetano quoted what President Rodrigo Duterte is always saying to his cabinet— to do every possible way to make the lives of Filipinos easier.

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DFA to Open 9 Consular Offices in Provinces to Step-Up Passport Processing

To make passport application process fast and easy to Filipinos, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) announced that it will open nine more consular offices across the nation this 2018!

Read: Processing of Passport with 10-Year Validity Starts January 3

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These offices will be in addition to current 28 DFA consular office that catering 9,000 passport application a day according to DFA Secretary Allan Peter Cayetano. Through this move, DFA's daily capacity of passport applicant will increase from 9,000 to 15,000.

Read: Who Are Exempted From DFA's Online Appointment for Passport Application?

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According to the DFA Chief, these consular offices will be set up to the following regions;

• San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte
• Santiago, Isabela
• Malolos or Meycauayan, Bulacan
• Calamba or San Pablo, Laguna
• Dasmariñas City, Cavite
• Antipolo, Rizal
• Oroquieta City or Ozamiz City
• Misamis Occidental
• Tagum, Davao del Norte.

Aside from this four mobile trucks for passport processing or passport on wheels will roll out very soon to process another 2,500 passports per day. But this "passport-on-wheels" unit will be deployed in Metro Manila.

Read: DFA to Require Advance Payment in Passport Application in 2018

Netizens are criticizing and calling out the DFA in social media for its fully-booked passport appointment until March 2018 while the schedule for April onward has yet to be opened.

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