Validity of the Green Passport
Monday, August 23, 2010
All four of us are holders of the green Philippine Passports (non-machine readable passport). The kids' passports are already expired and I am renewing it. Now I heard from someone that the validity of the green passport is an issue. Some say that there are countries that will not honor it. I went to the DFA (Department of Foreign Affairs) website to check on it's validity. And this is what I got. "All green passports (non-machine readable passports) will be valid until the stated date of expiry." If this is the case, no country should turn away green passport holders when trying to enter their country. This was made clear by DFA by issuing that statement I quoted.
I went ahead and applied online for the kids' passport renewal. They are scheduled to go to DFA on October 13 yet and it's only August 23rd now. Whoa is that how much Filipinos want to travel outside the country? It will take 10 days if you opt for the rush renewal and 20 days if you go for the regular one. Of course if you choose rush, there is an additional fee on top of the regular processing fee which is not really that big.
If Malaysia can issue passports within the day, why can't our government do the same? Can someone please tell me?
I went ahead and applied online for the kids' passport renewal. They are scheduled to go to DFA on October 13 yet and it's only August 23rd now. Whoa is that how much Filipinos want to travel outside the country? It will take 10 days if you opt for the rush renewal and 20 days if you go for the regular one. Of course if you choose rush, there is an additional fee on top of the regular processing fee which is not really that big.
If Malaysia can issue passports within the day, why can't our government do the same? Can someone please tell me?
2 comments:
Wooow Girlie.
That is to long waiting time.
Now, Malaysia immigration planning on doing the passport renewal in one hour.
i know Z and a lot are complaining already, but what can we do? Probably there are just too many Filipinos who want to get passports that's why all can't be accommodated in a day. sad but hoping that things will get better
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