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A passport office at Robinsons Starmills mall in San Fernando, Pampanga DFA CO Pampanga signage at the entrance to Robinsons Starmills DFA CO Cebu in Mandaue City. A Philippine passport is a document issued by the Government of the Philippines to citizens of the Republic of the Philippines requesting other governments to allow them to pass safely and freely.
The Philippine Consulate General in Houston is headed by Consul General Gunther Emil M. Sales, who assumed the position on July 30, 2024. [9] Prior to his current post, he served as Assistant Secretary for American Affairs at the Department of Foreign Affairs in Manila, [9] and before that was posted at the Philippine Embassy in Washington, D.C. as minister and consul. [10]
The Philippine Passport Act of 1996 governs the issuance of Philippine passports and travel documents. Philippine passports are only issued to Filipino citizens, while travel documents (under Section 13) may be issued to citizens who have lost their passports overseas, as well as permanent residents who cannot obtain passports or travel ...
Passport renewals were initially still handled by the Philippine Embassy in Oslo, [13] ostensibly due to delays in receiving passport issuing equipment due to the COVID-19 pandemic, [22] although it was able to handle all other consular transactions. The embassy officially began accepting passport applications on August 24, 2020.
Visa requirements for Filipino citizens are administrative entry restrictions imposed on citizens of the Philippines by the authorities of other territories. As of 9 February 2024, Filipino citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 69 countries and territories, ranking the Philippine passport 74th in the world according to the Henley ...
The Philippine Consulate General in Nagoya was opened on December 1, 2020, [2] taking over from a previous honorary consulate. [3] Although a resident mission had been requested for many years by members of the local Filipino community, [2] planning for the consulate only began in 2019, when funds for the mission, on the initiative of Senator Loren Legarda, were allocated for its opening.
The chancery of the Philippine Embassy in The Hague was designed by architect Jan Hendrik van Sluijters, and built between 1871 and 1872. [7]Purchased by the Philippine government in 1968 during the ambassadorship of Delfin R. Garcia, the three-story French eclectic-style townhouse along Laan Copes van Cattenburch has 13 rooms, a basement and a parking area in the rear. [7]
The chancery of the Consulate General in Honolulu is a two-storey mansion constructed in 1905. [4]Originally owned by the family of German-born businessman William Pfotenhauer, [10] who was hailed as one of Honolulu's greatest businessmen upon his death in 1913, [11] the house later passed to the possession of another German couple, KauaŹ»i sugar barons Albert and Florence Horner, to serve as ...