The Republic of the Philippines
Yes, a ballot receptacle box will be provided at the Philippine Center for voters who wish to personally drop off their sealed accomplished ballots.
Only Philippine citizens may participate in the overseas elections. You may petition for reacquisition of Philippine citizenship before the 09 May deadline to rectify this situation. Please send an email to newyorkpcg.dual@dfa.gov.ph to request for consideration.
Yes, the Consulate is open 24 /7 for the entire voting period (including weekends and holidays) from 09 April 2022 to 08 May 2022 for registered voters who wish to personally drop off their ballots at the Consulate. The Consulate will be open on 09 May 2022, the last day for the casting of ballots until 7:00 a.m. Ballots received after 7:00am will no longer be counted.
For those who recently moved and their current address is different from the registered address they provided, they may send an email to newyorkpcg.ov@dfa.gov.ph with the following attachments: 1. Copy of your valid PH passport or PH citizenship re-acquisition documents; 2. Duly accomplished OVF-1 (https://www.vancouverpcg.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Overseas-Voting-form-OVF-1.pdf). Answer both the front page and back page. On the back page, the item to be answered is APPLICATION FOR CHANGE OF ADDRESS (WITHIN THE SAME POST AND COUNTRY) if you recently moved within areas under this Consulate's jurisdiction (Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont). Otherwise, the item to be answered is APPLICATION FOR TRANSFER; and 3. Copy of a document showing proof of new/updated address (e.g. utility bill)
The mode of voting for the Philippine Consulate General in New York is postal voting. Registered voters in this list: https://newyorkpcg.org/pcgny/consular-services/overseas-voting/ will receive their respective ballots through mail OR if they wish to have their ballots picked up, they may do so, once the Consulate is in receipt of these materials from COMELEC. Ballots mailed to the registered voter will either be mailed back to, OR dropped off at, the Consulate
For the registered overseas voters in the US, we will be following postal voting: the ballots will be mailed to your registered address and you may either mail them back to the Consulate in New York or personally drop them off at the Philippine Center on 556 Fifth Avenue, New York NY. You have up to 7:00am of 09 May to personally drop them off at the Center.
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.