Passport Thread7

[happy_pomelo]

Thanks sachism and billy.

I remember signing after my daughter's picture was taken. I used a digital pen, parang pang driver's license sa LTO.

[ceejhei]

^salamat po sa lahat ng nagreply regarding sa original documents na kinukuha ng DFA.

how true ba na kapag may immediate family member ka na nag wwork sa government eh kahit wala ng appointment okay na dumerecho?

TIA

[chardonnay]

^supertrulily...parang me courtesy lane sila dun. 

[mhacyful]

hi mga sis! help naman po. baka po meron kayo kakilala sa dfa na pwede namin malapitan para makakuha ng rush passport? kindly pm me pls?we are willing to pay. desperate na kasi.we were late informed about the trip from our company. nagpunta na kami lucena, pampanga dfa pero di pa rin abot sa flight. may 18 namin need yung passport..kahit sa mga travel agencies lumapit na din kami di pa rin talaga abot so eto nalang siguro pag-asa ko..pls help. thank you po.

[tennisgirl]

share ko lang experience ko yesterday. whle waiting for the release of my passport, may mga names na tinawag yung isang dfa employee at kinausap sila dun sa isang window. ayun pala di mare-release mga passport nila. out of frustration, yung isang applicant napamura and sinabi nya na sayang lang daw pamasahe nila, di naman pala marerelease passports nila. nung narining nung dfa employee yung pagmumura nung guy, nagalit sya. kaya ayun, nagsigawan silang dalawa dun sa counter/window, inawat na lang nung guard. for us who heard and saw the incident, eto lang ang reaction namin: di na lang dapat sumagot yung employee kasi nasa kanila ang problem. dapat nga apologetic pa sila. true naman yung sinabi nung guy na sayang ang pamasahe plus the effort pa (ang layo pa naman ng dfa).

anyway, nung tinawag yung name ko, tama nga kutob ko na di marerelease ang passport ko. by may 9 na lang daw. sabi ko dun sa dfa employee, "pano yan flight ko na on may 10?". pinapunta nya ako sa helpdesk and ipakita ko daw itinerary receipt ko. pag punta ko dun sa helpdesk, walang tao! may mga nagaantay na doon and ang sabi nila 11:30 pa daw walang tao sa helpdesk so nagreklamo na kami sa mga guards (2:30pm na po nung nasa helpdesk ako). later, may 2 employees ang umupo pero we noticed na sila din yung nasa releasing section. when we asked kung bakit sila pa rin, ang sabi nila nasa meeting daw yung naka-assign sa helpdesk. 

[betty]

sino ang nakapagset ng appointment online? waah pag nakapili na ng date at oras di na sya nagpush through

[omneecka]

i did this morning and it went well naman, i chose July 8 though July 5 is available.. try mo na lang again sis.. =)

[betty]

i did set via phone na lang. kase naka 50 times na ata akong refresh wala pa din

[omneecka]

what date ang nakuha mo sis and sa 556-0000 ka ba nagpa-set? kasi kahapon nung tumawag me sa number na yan as in maghapon ang hirap makapasok, after 48 years eh may sumagot naman sa wakas..

=)

[betty]

dun sa 737 1000 july 5, 2:30pm

[esor]

nakuha ako online, july 6 naman 1pm.
for renewal, hay sana umabot naman before August 23 yun.

[betty]

mga sis, mahal ba yung sa agency na rate na 2000 per pax? pero mas maagang date sa kanila

[chuzzle]

dumating na din sa wakas yung passport ko!!!!

[tonette815]

worried ako yung pamangkin ng friend ko wala pa ang passport next week na ang biyahe namin. almost 2 weeks na atang delayed.

may nakapag renew na bang GT sis natin na naka based sa US particularly L.A. side? how is it super delayed ba?

[btrcup]

Mga sis, saw this sa PAL FB page just now, press release from DFA about sa delays ng passport processing:

  http://www.gov.ph/2011/05/04/dfa-consular-office-issues-advisory-on-passport-applications/

[flexusob]

I just scheduled our passport renewal online this afternoon. I was able to get the May 30, 7am slot.  The calendar they have for scheduling always shows the message 'there are no slots...' but I clicked on my preferred date (May 30) and the site showed the time choices available.

Misleading yung message nila na there are no slots available.  I suspect there are still vacant slots for May. 

[omneecka]

^ ang galing naman! try ko uli.. hehe! naka-grayed-out na kasi yung dates prior July 05, 2011.. thank u for sharing sis! =)

[flexusob]

^ weird nga yung calendar nila.  Up to August grayed out lahat ng dates. I'm renewing together with my daughter kaya dapat before school starts.

[Lei_Glee]

Ceejhei,
Sis yup so true government employees can process their passports without appointments and can go directly if I am not mistaken, sa second floor, may government employees lounge doon, same with ofw, may ofw lounge doon.

Betty,
Sis just try again getting an online appointment, baka yugn dates na napili mo nakuha na ng iba. It is like that, ang una makakuha ng date kuha niya, ma-lock out na ang iba kaya refresh mo na naman browser mo for another date.
Sis betty I guess okay na yang passport processing ng agency na Ph2000 kasi my brother got his and same din ang binayaran niya na Ph2000.


Mga sis,
News alert: until Saturday na daw ang passport processing ng DFA, and marami daw mga pagkaantala.
OFWs with expiring passport can go directly to the DFA office, Director’s office, ground floor.

[tennisgirl]

@Lei_Glee & btrcup: i've just called dfa releasing section to check if my passport is ready for pick-up. it's already there. when i asked if i can claim it on sat, ang sabi nung dfa employee na they're close during weekends daw. sabi ko, "eh ano yung nabasa ko sa Official Gazette nyo na nag-extend kayo ng service hours nyo?". but still deny pa rin ang lolo mo