The Department of Affairs (DFA) announced that they will add more appointment slots in their Cebu office for Cebuanos who want to get their passport this year.
'Although it is not yet final, but like what we did for the month of September where we added slots, same goes to the months of October and November,' Cebu Inquirer has quoted Wendel Canque, executive assistant of the DFA in Central Visayas, as saying.
- The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) headed by Secretary Allan Peter Cayetano, has launched Passport on Wheels (POW) to speed up passport processing and decongest the consular offices in Metro Manila and other regional offices. The Passport in Wheels Program will have four (4) buses that can serve at least 500 people a day – a total of 2000 slots per day.
- The DFA's position, Abuzo noted, was that it does not sell slots through private entities. 'Granting DFA's claim is true, then a third person who sells DFA (passport) slots commits estafa—panloloko,' he said. 'If the government denies na nakakapagbenta ‘yung third parties—online sellers—then they are deceiving people.
All the passport appointment slots on all 27 branches of DFA is already filled up (or blocked?). Yes, you can check it out at The only time I saw it opened up was the first week of December 2017. Then after a few weeks, all slots were already taken. Below is our archived listing for DFA Cebu City branch. They are open for all sorts of your passport inquiry and concerns so don't hesitate coming over if needed be. This is part of our commitment to help Filipinos (pinoys) easily find the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) branch near their area.
Currently, the appointment slots of DFA-Cebu for the months of September to November are already full.
For Cebu-based people who want to apply for passport, they have to get their appointments in adjoining areas like Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental or Bacolod City, Negros Occidental.
If the plan will push through, Canque said than an additional of 90 slots per day will be offered in DFA-Cebu for the months of October and November.
Dfa Cebu Pacific Mall
The office of DFA in Cebu accommodates at least 400 to 600 applicants per day who booked their appointments months before, excluding allowed walk-in applicants like senior citizens, solo parents, children below seven years old, and overseas Filipino workers (OFW).
Canque reminded the public to attend to their appointments because missing their schedule could only apply for a new appointment after 30 days.
Source: Cebu Daily Inquirer
Photo credit: ethanllemit.com
(Source: FilipinoTimes.net)
Early of 2017, slots for passport appointment are closing one by one much to the frustration of many applicants. This did not change by the start of 2018 where an increase of over 100k slots was added but still, this addition did not cater every past applicant and even the new ones.
UPDATE: How to renew your PASSPORT online.
Casino in italiano definizione. Due to the increasing backlog, many Filipino are cursing the incompetence of the Department of Foreign Affairs or DFA in opening more slots to cater all those who wants to apply or renew their passport. The passport appointment system was controversial in January of 2018 due to the slots being fully booked until March of the same year causing many workers and travelers so much inconvenience.
Appointment Dfa Cebu
This is why to accommodate the influx of applicants, TheDepartment of Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano released a statement on Thursday announcing that the DFA will open about 100,000 appointment slots for those who want to apply for a passport and those who wished to renew their passport.
Related: DFA Launches ePayment to Help Address Surge in Passport Appointment Demand
He clarified that the 10k appointments are on top of the 336,743 appointment slots for June 1 up to the 30th of September 2018 that are already taken. He also said in the briefing that the 50k slots will be open and available at the DFA website from noon and the other 50k will be open at around 9 p.m.
He added that the department also plans to open another 10k slots from Mondays to Saturdays at aroud 12 noon onwards until 9 p.m to further accommodate the rising number of passport applicants nationwide. However, only 12k slots are open for online applicants while 1,000 slots are available for the first time overseas Filipino workers through their licensed recruitment agencies, 4k slots for passport on wheels, and 2k slots for walk- in applicants.
Dfa Cebu Passport Appointment
The earliest appointment available in the website for the DFA office located at Aseana is on June 25. The agency reminded the applicant to refresh the website for the opening of more appointment slots.
Source: http://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1038265
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The Department of Affairs (DFA) announced that they will add more appointment slots in their Cebu office for Cebuanos who want to get their passport this year.
'Although it is not yet final, but like what we did for the month of September where we added slots, same goes to the months of October and November,' Cebu Inquirer has quoted Wendel Canque, executive assistant of the DFA in Central Visayas, as saying.
- The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) headed by Secretary Allan Peter Cayetano, has launched Passport on Wheels (POW) to speed up passport processing and decongest the consular offices in Metro Manila and other regional offices. The Passport in Wheels Program will have four (4) buses that can serve at least 500 people a day – a total of 2000 slots per day.
- The DFA's position, Abuzo noted, was that it does not sell slots through private entities. 'Granting DFA's claim is true, then a third person who sells DFA (passport) slots commits estafa—panloloko,' he said. 'If the government denies na nakakapagbenta ‘yung third parties—online sellers—then they are deceiving people.
All the passport appointment slots on all 27 branches of DFA is already filled up (or blocked?). Yes, you can check it out at The only time I saw it opened up was the first week of December 2017. Then after a few weeks, all slots were already taken. Below is our archived listing for DFA Cebu City branch. They are open for all sorts of your passport inquiry and concerns so don't hesitate coming over if needed be. This is part of our commitment to help Filipinos (pinoys) easily find the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) branch near their area.
Currently, the appointment slots of DFA-Cebu for the months of September to November are already full.
For Cebu-based people who want to apply for passport, they have to get their appointments in adjoining areas like Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental or Bacolod City, Negros Occidental.
If the plan will push through, Canque said than an additional of 90 slots per day will be offered in DFA-Cebu for the months of October and November.
Dfa Cebu Pacific Mall
The office of DFA in Cebu accommodates at least 400 to 600 applicants per day who booked their appointments months before, excluding allowed walk-in applicants like senior citizens, solo parents, children below seven years old, and overseas Filipino workers (OFW).
Canque reminded the public to attend to their appointments because missing their schedule could only apply for a new appointment after 30 days.
Source: Cebu Daily Inquirer
Photo credit: ethanllemit.com
(Source: FilipinoTimes.net)
Early of 2017, slots for passport appointment are closing one by one much to the frustration of many applicants. This did not change by the start of 2018 where an increase of over 100k slots was added but still, this addition did not cater every past applicant and even the new ones.
UPDATE: How to renew your PASSPORT online.
Casino in italiano definizione. Due to the increasing backlog, many Filipino are cursing the incompetence of the Department of Foreign Affairs or DFA in opening more slots to cater all those who wants to apply or renew their passport. The passport appointment system was controversial in January of 2018 due to the slots being fully booked until March of the same year causing many workers and travelers so much inconvenience.
Appointment Dfa Cebu
This is why to accommodate the influx of applicants, TheDepartment of Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano released a statement on Thursday announcing that the DFA will open about 100,000 appointment slots for those who want to apply for a passport and those who wished to renew their passport.
Related: DFA Launches ePayment to Help Address Surge in Passport Appointment Demand
He clarified that the 10k appointments are on top of the 336,743 appointment slots for June 1 up to the 30th of September 2018 that are already taken. He also said in the briefing that the 50k slots will be open and available at the DFA website from noon and the other 50k will be open at around 9 p.m.
He added that the department also plans to open another 10k slots from Mondays to Saturdays at aroud 12 noon onwards until 9 p.m to further accommodate the rising number of passport applicants nationwide. However, only 12k slots are open for online applicants while 1,000 slots are available for the first time overseas Filipino workers through their licensed recruitment agencies, 4k slots for passport on wheels, and 2k slots for walk- in applicants.
Dfa Cebu Passport Appointment
The earliest appointment available in the website for the DFA office located at Aseana is on June 25. The agency reminded the applicant to refresh the website for the opening of more appointment slots.
Source: http://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1038265