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It is issued by the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and Philippine diplomatic missions abroad, with certain exceptions. The DFA began issuing maroon machine-readable passports on September 17, 2007, and biometric passports on August 11, 2009. Green colored cover non-electronic passports remained valid until they expired.
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.
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA; Filipino: Kagawaran ng Ugnayang Panlabas) is the executive department of the Philippine government tasked to contribute to the enhancement of national security, protection of the territorial integrity and national sovereignty, to participate in the national endeavor of sustaining development and enhancing the Philippines' competitive edge, to protect the ...
Under the basis of Commonwealth Act No. 732, [3] Republic Act No. 708, [4] and Republic Act No. 7157, [5] the duties and powers of the Secretary is: "advises and assists the President in planning, organizing, directing, coordinating, integrating, and evaluating the total national effort in the field of foreign affairs relations in pursuit of its Constitutional mandate".
Countries hosting diplomatic missions of the Philippines. The Republic of the Philippines has a network of diplomatic missions in major cities around the world, under the purview of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), to forward the country's interests in the areas that they serve, as well as to serve the ever-growing numbers of Overseas Filipinos and Overseas Filipino Workers.
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 Act is jointly enforced by the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and the Bureau of Immigration (BI). Visitors from 157 countries are permitted visa-free entry for periods ranging from 14 to 59 days. Generally, foreign nationals who wish to enter the Philippines require a visa unless the visitor is:
President Duterte signing Republic Act No. 11641 or the Act Creating the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) on December 30, 2021. On July 12, 2019, during the Araw ng Pasasalamat for OFWs (Thanksgiving day for the Overseas Filipino Workers), President Duterte in a speech promised to finish the framework for the creation of a department that caters to the need of OFWs.