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DFA-NCR to limit services to OFWs, individuals with 'urgent needs' during quarantine

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 14 04:53 PM

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) announced Saturday that their consular offices in Metro Manila will only be able to cater to individuals with "urgent needs" when the region undergoes community quarantine beginning March 16, Monday until April 14, Tuesday. Read more »

Babae tiklo matapos umanong mangikil sa passport applicants sa Ilocos Norte

Grace Alba, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 26 01:50 AM

Nagpakilala umano ang suspek na empleyado ng DFA, pero paliwanag ng DFA sa pulisya hindi konektado ang suspek sa nasabing kagawaran. Read more »

UK to start issuing post-Brexit blue passports

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 22 10:00 AM

LONDON, United Kingdom - Britain will issue blue passports next month for the first time in almost three decades following its departure from the European Union, the government said on Saturday.   Read more »

Japan should ban confiscation of foreign employees' passports, lawyer says

Sakura Murakami, Reuters
Posted at Jan 23 03:53 PM

TOKYO - The Japanese government should forbid employers from retaining the passports of their foreign workers, a lawyer said on Thursday after a Filipino woman sued her former employer for refusing to return her personal documents. Read more »

Philippines up a notch in global passport ranking

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 08 04:53 AM

Philippine passport holders are now allowed to travel to 67 destinations visa-free, placing the country at the 76th spot in the global ranking. Read more »

Lapid wants lifetime passports for senior citizens

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 17 08:09 PM

Senior citizens should be given passports with lifetime validity top spare the elderly from the "rigorous process" of renewing their travel documents, Senator Lito Lapid said. Read more »

Chinese passports na may 9-dash line, tatatakan muli ng Pilipinas

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 07 12:57 AM

Tatatakan na muli ng Bureau of Immigration ang pasaporte ng mga taga-China na pupunta sa Pilipinas. Read more »

Japanese legal firm refuses to return passport to Filipino woman

Kyodo News
Posted at Nov 04 09:45 PM

A legal service firm in Yokohama, Japan is refusing to give a passport back to a Filipino woman under an employment contract they signed earlier this year, preventing her from seeking a new job or returning home, she said Monday. Read more »

4 Chinese na nagpakilalang 'embassy fixer' timbog sa panloloko sa kababayan

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 16 07:58 PM

Arestado ang 4 Chinese noong Huwebes dahil sa umano'y pangingikil at pananakot sa kapwa nila Tsino sa Makati City.  Read more »

Pinay with fake passport intercepted at Manila airport

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 14 04:09 PM

MANILA – A Filipina bound for Tokyo in Japan was intercepted after presenting a fake passport at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 1, the Bureau of Immigration said on Wednesday. Read more »

Visa featuring PH map may soon be stamped on Chinese visitors' passports

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 07 12:42 AM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte has approved a proposal to stamp Philippine visas on passports of Chinese visitors bearing the map of Beijing’s contested maritime claims in the South China Sea. Read more »

Postal IDs may soon be used for passport application

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 26 01:48 PM

Postal IDs may soon be used to apply for a Philippine passport as an online verification system will now be used to confirm its authenticity. Read more »

Postal ID tatanggapin na sa passport application simula Agosto 1

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 25 10:12 PM

Simula Agosto 1, tatanggapin na ang postal ID bilang valid ID ng mga mag-a-aplay para sa passport. Read more »

ALAMIN: Parusa sa mga magsasanla ng passport

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 09 01:26 PM

Aabot sa 1,000 Pilipino ang nakumpiskahan ng passport matapos nila itong isanla para makautang ng pera. Read more »

Mahigit 1,000 isinanlang Philippine passport, nakumpiska sa Hong Kong

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 05 08:17 AM

Mahigit sa 1,000 Pilipino ang nakumpiskahan ng passport sa Hong Kong matapos nila itong isanla para makautang ng pera, sabi ni Antonio Morales, Philippine Consul General sa Hong Kong, Biyernes. Read more »

Locsin on diplomatic passport row: 'Go to court'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 03 10:53 AM

Locsin said he cancelled the courtesy passports after former foreign affairs secretary Albert del Rosario was barred from entering Hong Kong and eventually deported despite carrying a courtesy diplomatic passport. Read more »

Sotto on ex-DFA chief's passport trouble in HK: 'He was asking for it'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 27 11:14 AM

Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto III on Thursday said former Foreign Affairs Chief Albert Del Rosario was "asking for" trouble when he supposedly "misused" his courtesy diplomatic passport during a business trip to Hong Kong. Read more »

Tips by seasoned travelers on how to get that visa

Frances Sales
Posted at Jun 27 09:36 AM

Here are some secret hacks—and a few obvious reminders—on how to get approved pronto. Read more »

Duterte: Del Rosario had ‘no business’ using diplomatic passport in HK trip

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 26 10:37 PM

President Duterte on Wednesday criticized former Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert Del Rosario for using a diplomatic passport in his Hong Kong Trip. Read more »

Robredo shrugs off Locsin's 'boba' tweet

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 25 06:10 PM

Vice President Leni Robredo refused to engage Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr., after the country's top diplomat called her "boba" or moron in a controversial tweet. Read more »