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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.
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 ...
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.
The chancery of the Consulate General in Honolulu is a two-storey mansion constructed in 1905. [4]Originally owned by the family of German-born businessman William Pfotenhauer, [10] who was hailed as one of Honolulu's greatest businessmen upon his death in 1913, [11] the house later passed to the possession of another German couple, Kauaʻi sugar barons Albert and Florence Horner, to serve as ...
The Philippine Embassy in Kuala Lumpur is headed by the Philippine ambassador to Malaysia, Maria Angela A. Ponce. The embassy's activities center around providing to the needs and welfare of the large community of Overseas Filipino Workers and other Filipinos in Malaysia, a point made by those who have lived in the country. [13]
Spurred in part by the reopening of the Finnish Embassy in Manila in 2020, [12] this was reaffirmed by Vice President Sara Duterte in October 2023, [13] and some time thereafter the DFA itself confirmed that it was undertaking final preparations for the reopening of a resident Philippine mission in Finland in 2024. [14]
The Philippine Consulate General in Chicago is headed by Consul General Jesusa Susana V. Paez, who assumed her position on October 20, 2021. [9] Prior to becoming Consul General, Paez, a career diplomat, served as the executive director of the DFA's Office of the Undersecretary for International Economic Relations, [ 10 ] and before that served ...
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: