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A passport office at Robinsons Starmills mall in San Fernando, Pampanga DFA CO Pampanga signage at the entrance to Robinsons Starmills DFA CO Cebu in Mandaue City. A Philippine passport is a document issued by the Government of the Philippines to citizens of the Republic of the Philippines requesting other governments to allow them to pass safely and freely.
A Philippine passport (Filipino: Pasaporte ng Pilipinas) is both a travel document and a primary national identity document issued to citizens of the Philippines.It is issued by the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and Philippine diplomatic missions abroad, with certain exceptions.
There are two MWO offices within the consular jurisdiction of the Embassy: one in Riyadh, which covers the central regions of Saudi Arabia, and one in Al Khobar, which serves OFWs in the Eastern Regions. On the other hand, in the western parts of Saudi Arabia, the MWO-Jeddah is based within the Philippine Consulate General's office in Jeddah. [27]
Passport renewals were initially still handled by the Philippine Embassy in Oslo, [13] ostensibly due to delays in receiving passport issuing equipment due to the COVID-19 pandemic, [22] although it was able to handle all other consular transactions. The embassy officially began accepting passport applications on August 24, 2020. [23]
Visa requirements for Filipino citizens are administrative entry restrictions imposed on citizens of the Philippines by the authorities of other territories. As of 9 February 2024, Filipino citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 69 countries and territories, ranking the Philippine passport 74th in the world according to the Henley ...
The Philippine Consulate General in Houston is headed by Consul General Gunther Emil M. Sales, who assumed the position on July 30, 2024. [9] Prior to his current post, he served as Assistant Secretary for American Affairs at the Department of Foreign Affairs in Manila, [9] and before that was posted at the Philippine Embassy in Washington, D.C. as minister and consul. [10]
The Philippine Consulate General in Nagoya was opened on December 1, 2020, [2] taking over from a previous honorary consulate. [3] Although a resident mission had been requested for many years by members of the local Filipino community, [2] planning for the consulate only began in 2019, when funds for the mission, on the initiative of Senator Loren Legarda, were allocated for its opening.
The former chancery (and now consular section) located at 1617 Massachusetts Avenue President Manuel L. Quezon sojourned at the Shoreham Hotel during the war and had plans to turn his room into a permanent official residence, but these plans were abandoned by Sergio Osmeña after he became President of the Philippines .