DFA Shortens Passport Processing For Pinoys By 30 Minutes Releasing Time For Renewal, 5 Days For New
Filipinos had a glimpse of the new “high
security passport,” and is now available to all especially to those who wished
to work or travel abroad, according to Malacañang.
Presidential Communications Secretary
Martin Andanar announces the printing of new passports starting last August.
The new passports have an improved design that features the regions of the
country and an upgraded microchip security feature to capture the personal data
of the applicant, invisible UV fluorescent ink and thread, and elaborate design
when subject to UV light.
The APO Production Unit is tasked to produce
the Philippine passports, and is a government owned and controlled corporation
under the Presidential Communications Office.
The new passport that contains “intaglio
printing” most commonly used in printing money or currency so it will not be
faked and the “printing of the coat of arms using optical variable illusion ink
where color varies at different angle” can now be claimed by applicants for
only 5 days.
Each passport is also added with
security features like a microchip that contains personal data of the applicant
or the passport holder, with an invisible UV fluorescent ink and thread and an
elaborate design when placed in UV light.
Secretary Andanar assured that
there will be no more problems or delays in printing the passports.
“The new APO printing system
increases the production speed of the new passports to 35%, this means the new
passport printing system results to delivery of passports from press to the
Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to an average of 5 days compared to 7-14
days previously,” he said.
On the other news, the DFA branch
at Ortigas, Robinson’s Galleria is now fully converted to an OFW Branch to
cater solely for OFW services. OFWs can now process their passport renewal for only 30 minutes to one day, according to reports.
Source: OWWA.Gov
DFA Shortens Passport Processing For Pinoys By 30 Minutes Releasing Time For Renewal, 5 Days For New
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