How to Renew Philippine Passport & Requirements?

If your passport has already expired, and you want to renew it. But you do not know on how to do in renewing a passport. Here the procedures and requirements needed to renew your Philippine passport.

Today, renewing passport is easier and faster. Unlike before, we need to wait for many weeks to receive our new passport.

Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) have a new version of passport, they called it "e-Passport" a shortcut for electronic passport. This passport features a microchip technology. An integrated circuit (chip) within its pages contains the data that are essential in verifying the identity of the passport holder and a digital signature to verify the authenticity of the data stored on the chip.

This changes was taken by DFA in response to the standard set by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

REQUIREMENTS FOR RENEWAL OF PASSPORT

General Requirements

• Personal appearance
• Confirmed appointment
• Duly accomplished application form
• Most recent expiring or expired passport
• Acceptable IDs at least one (1): for Brown, Green and MRP (without IC Chip logo). Please refer to List of Acceptable IDs
• Other Supporting Document as necessary

Other Documents Required for Renewal Philippines Passport

Passports issued prior to 01 May 1995 (Brown Passport):

• Bring original brown passport and photocopy of passport pages 1,2,3,4 and last page
• Birth Certificate (BC) in Security Paper (SECPA) issued by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) or Certified True Copy (CTC) of BC issued by the Local Civil Registrar (LCR) and duly authenticated by PSA, to determine complete middle name.
• If PSA Birth Certificate is blurred or unreadable; transcribed certified true copy of the birth certificate from the Local Civil Registry is required when entries in PSA Birth Certificate are blurred or unreadable.
• If born abroad, Report of Birth duly authenticated by PSA

Passports issued after 01 May 1995 (Green Passport):

• Bring original green passport and photocopy of the data page and last page of passport
• Birth Certificate (BC) in Security Paper (SECPA) issued by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) or Certified True Copy (CTC) of BC issued by the Local Civil Registrar (LCR) and duly authenticated by PSA, to determine complete middle name
• If PSA Birth Certificate is blurred or unreadable; transcribed certified true copy of the birth certificate from the Local Civil Registry is required when entries in PSA Birth Certificate are blurred or unreadable.
• If born abroad, Report of Birth duly authenticated by PSA

Machine Readable Passport (MRP without IC Chip logo) issued in the year 2007:

• Bring original passport and photocopy of data page and last page of passport
• Birth Certificate (BC) in Security Paper (SECPA) issued by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) or Certified True Copy (CTC) of BC issued by the Local Civil Registrar (LCR) and duly authenticated by PSA, to determine complete middle name
• If PSA Birth Certificate is blurred or unreadable; transcribed certified true copy of the birth certificate from the Local Civil Registry is required when entries in PSA Birth Certificate are blurred or unreadable.
• If born abroad, Report of Birth duly authenticated by PSA

Electronic Passport (E-passport)

• Bring original e-passport and photocopy of page 2 (data page).

For women who would change their civil status from single to married:

• Marriage Contract (MC) in Security Paper (SECPA) issued by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) or Certified True Copy (CTC) of MC issued by the Local Civil Registrar (LCR) and duly authenticated by PSA.
• If entries are blurred or unreadable, submit Transcribed Marriage Contract from the LCR
• If married abroad, Report of Marriage duly authenticated by PSA
• Original and photocopy of Commission of Filipino Overseas (CFO) Guidance and Counseling Certificate of Attendance (required for women with foreign national husband married in the Philippines).

For married women who would like to revert to their maiden name:

• Bring original passport and photocopy of data page and last page of passport
• Birth Certificate (BC) in Security Paper (SECPA) issued by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) or Certified True Copy (CTC) of BC issued by the Local Civil Registrar (LCR) and duly authenticated by PSA, to determine complete middle name
• If PSA Birth Certificate is blurred or unreadable; transcribed certified true copy of the birth certificate from the Local Civil Registry is required when entries in PSA Birth Certificate are blurred or unreadable.
• If born abroad, Report of Birth duly authenticated by PSA
• If already widowed: Death Certificate in Security Paper (SECPA) issued by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) of the deceased husband
• If marriage is annulled: Annotated PSA Marriage Contract and Certified True Copy (CTC) of Court Order effecting the Annulment
• If divorced: Certified True Copy (CTC) of the Divorce Decree duly authenticated by the Philippine Embassy or Consulate where the divorce was obtained or by the concerned foreign diplomatic or consular mission in the Philippines. Certified True Copy (CTC) of Philippine Court recognition of foreign divorce decree must also be present and the PSA Marriage Contract with the annotation of the Divorce Decree.

For minor applicants, requirements for first time minor applicants are still prescribed, in addition to the passport of minor

Applicants who availed of Dual Citizenship under RA 9225:

• Birth Certificate (BC) in Security Paper (SECPA) issued by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) or Certified True Copy (CTC) of BC issued by the Local Civil Registrar (LCR) and duly authenticated by PSA. Transcribed Birth Certificate from the LCR is required when entries in PSA Birth Certificate are blurred or unreadable.
• If born abroad, Report of Birth duly authenticated by PSA
• Identification Certificate from the Bureau of Immigration or Philippine Embassy/Consulate
• Oath of Allegiance
• Order of Approval

Applicants who were naturalized:

• If born in the Philippines, Birth Certificate (BC) in Security Paper (SECPA) issued by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) or Certified True Copy (CTC) of BC issued by the Local Civil Registrar (LCR) and duly authenticated by PSA.
• Identification Certificate from the Bureau of Immigration

Applicants who elected Philippine Citizenship:

• Birth Certificate (BC) in Security Paper (SECPA) issued by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) or Certified True Copy (CTC) of BC issued by the Local Civil Registrar (LCR) and duly authenticated by PSA.
• Certified True Copy of the Sworn Statement duly signed by authorized to administer oaths filed at the nearest Local Civil Registry
• Oath of Allegiance
• Identification Certificate from the Bureau of Immigration

For Muslim Applicants

For converts who would like to use their Muslim name::

• Annotated Birth Certificate (BC) in Security Paper (SECPA) issued by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) bearing the Muslim name.
• National Commission on Muslim Filipinos (NCMF) Certificate of Conversion

For divorced women

• Marriage Contract (MC) in Security Paper (SECPA) issued by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) or Certified True Copy (CTC) of MC issued by the Local Civil Registrar (LCR) and duly authenticated by PSA with annotation effecting the Divorce
• Court Order from the Philippine Sharia Court effecting the Divorce

To request for NSO Birth & Marriage Certificates online. Or call (02) 737-1111 

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Source: consular.dfa.gov.ph