The Republic of the Philippines
Before leaving the consular office, make sure that you check the details of your new passport carefully. If the details on your passport are incorrect, such as your name, sex or date of birth, you may reapply for a passport and pay the regular passport fee of $60.00.
No. Stapling documents, especially on the covers, and putting unnecessary designs or accessories may damage the passport or which might damage the chip and make the ePassport invalid.
No. Expired and Renewed passports do not affect the validity of the foreign visas. However, you must bring your old passport with valid visas along with your new passport when travelling. When in doubt, consult the Foreign Embassy that issued your visa.
No. Your passport must be at least six-months valid for you to be able to travel abroad. However, Filipinos who are currently abroad may travel back to the Philippines even if their passport are less than 6-months valid.
Yes. You may request for a Certificate of Unclaimed Passport from DFA-Aseana or the concerned Consular Office or Philippine Embassy/Consulate, and submit this certification together with your application.
No. The Philippine passport has a standard booklet containing forty-four (44) pages. Should the passport run out of pages, you need to renew your passport.
In accordance with Department Order No. 010-2017 or the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act No. 10928 (2017), the Philippine passport has a ten-year validity period, for those issued to Filipinos 18 years or older. Filipinos under 18 years will still be issued five-year valid passports.
The Consulate will not cancel a passport as long as it is valid. The applicant is only required to present it to Consulate for cancellation once the new passport arrives. Once cancelled, the old passport will also be returned to the applicant.
The applicant is advised to present documents to justify the need to change/amend data found on his/her passport. The Consular Officer reserves the right to require further proof. Applicant is further advised that implementing changes/amendments may not be carried out immediately, but may require corresponding with the Philippine Statistics Authority.
No passport photo is required. Your photo will be taken digitally by our Data Encoders during the passport application enrollment step. Please note of the following tips for posing during photo capturing : Straight frontal shot (no tilting of head)“Medium” smile (no teeth showing)Collared shirt/decent attireBoth ears visible/both eyebrows visible (no bangs)Head scarf/veil for religious or health reasons allowed Image can be rejected for the following reasons: Distorted image – head is tilted or smile is too wideWomen – excessive makeup, large earringsMen – wearing makeup, earringsColored contact lenses that disguise the natural color of the applicant’s eyes. Clear contact lenses however, are allowed.Use of headgear other than scarf/veil for religious or health reasonsUse of eyeglasses/shadesPoor photo quality/poor or uneven lighting