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Friday, May 16, 2003
DFA to process passports in city on May 24-25
By Julie G. Fianza
THE Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Regional Consular Office based in San Fernando, La Union will conduct passporting services for interested residents of Baguio and the rest of the Cordilleras at the City Council Session Hall from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, May 24.
Processed passports shall be released the following day, May 25, from 9 a.m. to 12 noon at the same venue.
The announcement came from DFA officer-in-charge William Garcia, who, through a letter, informed Mayor Bernardo Vergara that this processing service should be limited to 1,000 applicants on a first-come, first-served basis.
It may be recalled that the local government through Mayor Bernardo Vergara and the City Council, headed by Vice Mayor Betty Lourdes Tabanda, requested for said services from the DFA earlier.
According to Garcia, the passporting process is part of the reforms being undertaken by the DFA to streamline operations and enforce government efforts to "deliver frontline services promptly, extensively and closer to the people."
First-time passport applicants are requested to bring with them an original copy of their birth certificates, and if married, their original certificate of marriage. Both documents should be in security paper issued by the National Statistics Office, issued by their local civil registrar and duly authenticated by the NSO.
Other requirements are: baptismal certificate; NBI clearance; school diploma; transcript of records from the school graduated from; driver's license; seaman's book; and of the following identification cards with photographs; school ID: TAN/TIN, PRC ID, SSS ID, office ID or postal ID.
For non-Baguio residents, proofs of residency such as barangay clearance and residence certificate are needed.
The processing of passport shall be P750; P500 for regular processing with additional fee of P250 for expedited processing. Fees for amendment of passport and certification of passport are also pegged at P100 each.
(May 16, 2003 issue)
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