STARTING MONDAY, APPLICANTS FOR Machine Readable Passports (MRPs) can make an appointment with the Department of Foreign Affairs through the Internet.
DFA spokesperson Claro Cristobal said the DFA launched the Passport Appointment System By Internet to address the influx of applicants who wish to travel abroad.
Initially, the system will be limited to applicants whose passports had already expired or would be expiring within one year, and to senior citizens or those aged 60 and above.
Cristobal said the system would later be expanded to cover all passport applicants.
Qualified applicants may avail of the appointment system by sending their request via Internet to appointment@dfa.gov.ph.
Applicants must provide the following information: Full name (first name, middle name and surname); date of birth; place of birth; and latest passport number and date of issuance.
Cristobal said an application must be made one week before the proposed date of appointment.
Applicants must wait for confirmation of the proposed appointment and take note of the reference number that will be provided by the DFA-Passport Office before proceeding to the DFA for the filing of the application.
Once the appointment has been set, the applicant must be at the DFA Passport Office (Special Area for those with appointments) at the confirmed designated date and time for the filing of the passport application.
Cristobal said that with the appointment system, applicants will skip the first step of the process which is the verification of their documents. They will now proceed to step 2, which is pre-processing, and step 3, which is encoding and payment.
Cristobal said the DFA would set up call centers to handle the increase in daily appointment transactions by Internet.
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