DFA Cebu to launch online appointment system today

• Source:http://www.sunstar.com.ph/cebu/local-news/2016/06/14/dfa-cebu-launch-online-appointment-system-today-479492
• Tuesday, June 14, 2016

(Sun.Star Cebu)

The Department of Foreign Affairs Regional Consular Office in Cebu announced it will officially launch its online appointment system today, June 15.

DFA 7 Director Anika A. Fernandez said that this initiative is in line with the Department’s e-Passport system upgrade to further improve its front line services by providing the public the convenience of obtaining online an appointed date and time for their passport transactions.

Beginning July 1, priority numbers will no longer be distributed and DFA Cebu will only entertain applicants with confirmed online appointments.

Exempt from obtaining confirmed online appointments are applicants entitled to the Courtesy Lane (senior citizens, minors aged seven and below, overseas Filipino workers with contracts, differently-abled/PWDs, etc.). The exemption is, however, subject to certain conditions.

Appointments may be obtained by visiting the website: https://www.passport.gov.ph/

Setting a passport appointment online is free of charge.

In filing and scheduling for an appointment online, an applicant needs to have: a working computer with Internet access, a Web browser (Internet Explorer ver. 11 or higher/Mozilla Firefox ver. 45 and up recommended), a valid and working email address to receive system-generated messages with file attachments, and a PDF reader and a working printer to view and print the system-generated the application form in A4-size paper.