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New US visa application process
(article source: www.dfa.gov.ph) MANILA, Philippines – All 19 regional consular offices (RCOs) of the Department of Foreign Affairs have been issuing electronic passports (ePassports) since April 28, Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto Romulo said.
“This way, our kababayans (countrymen) living in the provinces and overseas need not come to Manila to get a passport. They just have to go to an RCO nearest them and avail of the same fast and efficient services,” ne added.
The same day that the RCOs shifted from the machine-readable passport (MRP) to the ePassport, the Philippine consulate general in Hong Kong also rolled out the ePassports, the DFA-Office of Consular Affairs (OCA) said.
Other embassies and consulates general will soon follow suit, it said.
In the coming months, the DFA-OCA plans to accommodate more people as it will ramp up the system to accept more appointments—from 2,800 a day to around 3,300 a day, and even more in the near future. It is also aiming for a shorter queuing and turnaround time from receipt of application to the issuance of the passports. Earlier, Romulo said ePassport applications could last no more than 30 minutes from start to end.
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good day po sa lahat,.. pansin ko mabagal ang proseso sa DFA… sana magdagdag sila ng mga tao para mapabilis ang proseso ng mga passport namin… salamat
Apply for immigration is really complicated. But if we really want it to happen then we should persevere. US VISA Application will be much more better in the coming years. Thanks for this post.
Ang husband ko po na isang seaman ay hndi makaalis for another contract in the agency dahil ang passport nya will be release after 60 days pa.Nagfile kami June 7 sa DFA Lucena so Sept 2 pa raw ang released.Nalito kami dahil nagpa-appointment kami thru internet noong April pa at June 7 ang napabigay sa amin.Kaya lang sa Lucena kami nagpunta, wala namn palang appointment doon.Ask ko lng bakit napakatagal? Sana may exemption sa OFW or mas mabilis dapat ang processing kapag OFW.Pls help!