#dfa passport on wheels

Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has launched today, January 15, 2018, the Passport on Wheels program which aims to decongest the consular offices in Metro Manila. Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said in a press conference in Cebu City on Saturday that the DFA has made several improvements in the passport application system including the deployment of passport on wheels. The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has updated their policy for passport renewal for married women. The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has announced that it is opening five special off-site locations on July 7 to provide an additional 177,500 passport appointment slots to the public in the NCR Plus area. Dulay mentioned that the DFA Temporary Offsite Passport Services (TOPS) offices will open at SM Mall of Asia, SM City North Edsa, SM Aura, Robinsons Place Las Piñas, and Robinsons Place Magnolia. “The DFA is aware of the demand for passport appointment slots during the pandemic and so we prepared a temporary expansion of our consular operations in off-site locations to address this need while maintaining health and safety protocols”, said Undersecretary Dulay. With all sites operating at full capacity, 177,500 additional passport appointment slots have become available until the end of September on the DFA’s online appointment system on top of the regular appointment slots at the Department’s ASEANA office and its consular offices all over the Philippines. Read more in our articles including "DFA launches Passport on Wheels" and "DFA updates passport renewal policy for married women".