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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.
In 2006, the DFA and the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas started a five-year passport modernization project designed to issue new Philippine machine-readable passports (MRP). However, an injunction was issued against the project by a lower court, only to be overturned by the Supreme Court and ordering the DFA and the BSP to continue the project.
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 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 signing ceremony was hosted by H.E. Adnan V. Alonto, the Philippine Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and was attended by Hon. Robert Borje, the Special Envoy of the President and Presidential Assistant on Foreign Affairs (PAFA), along with Hon. Sarah Lou Arriola, DFA Undersecretary for Migrant Workers’ Affairs, Assistant ...
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 Philippine Embassy in Helsinki is headed by Ambassador Domingo P. Nolasco, who was appointed to the position by President Bongbong Marcos on June 25, 2024. [21] Prior to his appointment, Nolasco, a career diplomat, served as the DFA's Assistant Secretary for Financial Management Services, [22] and before that served at the Philippine Embassy in Rome as ambassador to Italy. [23]
The embassy is headed by ambassador Junever M. Mahilum-West, who was appointed to the position by president Rodrigo Duterte on August 6, 2021. [17] Prior to becoming Ambassador, Mahilum-West, a career diplomat, served as the DFA's assistant secretary for ASEAN Affairs, [18] and prior to that headed the Philippine Embassy in Amman as ambassador to Jordan after serving as Consul General at the ...