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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.
A common Filipino name will consist of the given name (mostly 2 given names are given), the initial letter of the mother's maiden name and finally the father's surname (i.e. Lucy Anne C. de Guzman). Also, women are allowed to retain their maiden name or use both her and her husband's surname as a double-barreled surname , separated by a dash.
Most older people, however, still keep the singular given name given to them by their parents while also using the "Christian names" to conform to Philippine law. The singular given names of some individuals living in the early 20th century have since been adopted as a surname by their descendants.
Philippine Overseas Employment Administration: Overseas Filipino Workers: Postal identity card: Philippine Postal Corporation (PhilPost) Filipino citizens and non-Filipino citizens with residency: Passport: Department of Foreign Affairs: Filipino citizens: Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) Card: Bureau of Internal Revenue: Taxpayers [6]
The front side of the PhilID bears the coat of arms of the Philippines and the logo of the National ID system. The information displayed in the front include the assigned PhilID Card Number (PCN), photograph of the bearer, the bearer's full name (Surname, Given Name, Middle Name), birth date, and domicile.
This practice changed when the Philippines became a United States colony in the early 20th century. The order was reversed to follow the conventional American form "Christian name - Middle name - Surname," which in this case is actually "Christian name - Mother's surname - Father's surname" (Francisco Concepcion Casas or simply Francisco C. Casas).
The card features the text "Republic of the Philippines, Unified Multi-Purpose ID" on the top. Information fields on the front include: [4] [8] Surname; Given Name; Middle Name; Sex; Date of Birth; Address; The card also contains a picture of the bearer's face, signature and common reference number (CRN) or SSS number on the front.
For people using a variant of their first name in daily speech, for example the former US president Bill Clinton whose full name is William Jefferson Clinton, the advice is to spell their name as in the passport. In Scandinavian legislation, a middle name is a name placed between the given name and surname, and is usually a family name.