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This includes the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), Commission on Higher Education (CHED), and Department of Education (DepEd). The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) announced Monday that it will open its Courtesy Lane to eligible applicants in all of its consular offices nationwide starting March 16. The DFA emphasized, however, that only fully-vaccinated and qualified applicants will be accommodated. "Unvaccinated and partially-vaccinated applicants will not be accommodated," the DFA statement added. They will have to go online like everyone else," DFA Secretary Teodoro Locsin, Jr. The DFA assured that passport appointment should be free of charge. The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has announced that six Temporary Offsite Passport Services (TOPS) will continue providing passport services until the end of December 2021, to address the demand for additional passport appointment slots. The six DFA TOPS located in SM Mall of Asia, SM North EDSA, SM Aura, Robinsons Place Las Pinas, Robinsons Place Magnolia, and Ayala Glorietta 3 will continue their operations until the said month. Read more in our articles including "eCAV system launched in the Philippines to digitize academic records" and "DFA courtesy lane opens in all consular offices for eligible walk-in applicants".