Passport application

THIRTY DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS!!! 1. Make sure that you are in DFA (basketball court) even before the sun rises if you want to avoid being hungry, dizzy, and annoyed. Fill up the application form and start looking for the end of the box-office/blockbuster line to reach the windows A&B.

2. Then, your next stop is Gate 2. You will actually be given an appointment date and time to enter the Gate 2, if your schedule time is 1pm, be sure to be there at around 11:30am to be the first in line.

A. Processing and evaluation – there are more than 20 windows here, so if you’ll be lucky, you do not have to wait anymore, you can just proceed in any window right away and have your requirements evaluated.

B. Payment – proceed to the auditorium to pay; Php 500 for 14 working days and Php 750 for 7 working days (prices to change without prior notice).

C. Encoding – the DFA personnel will encode the data from your application form, so you can check them before you go. But, before you can reach and talk to the personnel, you AGAIN have to be in the spectacular box-office/blockbuster line.

3. Return on the date specified on your receipt to pick-up your passport (but you have the option to have it delivered to you, there are lots of delivery services in the area).

Important:

• Requirements: 3 passport size ID, NSO certificate, NBI clearance, valid ID’s • have your ears very visible in your ID pictures (don’t wear earrings when you have your picture taken) • bring a small plastic pouch for the IDs (paste 1 ID on the application form, place the other 2 inside the pouch and staple it to the application form) • bring your own paste, stapler, and stamp pad (you will definitely need it) • have a photocopy of the valid IDs that you’ll be submitting • BE PATIENT!!! Applying for the passport has been very frustrating; I was in the DFA around 8am and finished the whole procedure by 4pm.