Philippines: CFO Online Appointment System effective May 15, 2014

[DandC 13]

Hey Guys, just letting you know that effective May 15th, CFO will be implementing online appointment system. No more falling in line at 3am in the morning!

Press Release: http://www.cfo.gov.ph/images/Press_Release_on_CFO_Online_Appointment_System_2014.pdf

Pre Registration is on the CFO website. http://www.cfo.gov.ph/

Hope this helps!

[Pitaya 2,577]

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[aurpol 17]

Finally! This is a welcome news to those who will undergo PDOS. My son woke up early and was in line at 5am, filed the application form, and was told to come back at 2pm for the seminar! How cruel that was! So the online application is a no brainer and should have been implemented months or years ago.

Thanks for sharing.

[Hank_ 9,174]

It's about time!! No more annoying lines at 3AM

[Al422 221]

Thank you so much. Sounds really great and just in time for Candy, whose USEM interview date is May 20.

I looked there now and it still says first come first served. Is this going to change on May 15, or should I look there every day for when the change is implemented? I can just see logging on May 15 just to find a message that the next date is something obscene like September 15..

[Al422 221]

I'm not getting in at the moment. The system is probably being overwhelmed. I will try again later today.

[Hank_ 9,174]

The scheduling site is up and running, you have to create a username/email address and password to access it.

http://pre-registration.cfo.gov.ph/

[Leatherneck 693]

Finally! This is a welcome news to those who will undergo PDOS. My son woke up early and was in line at 5am, filed the application form, and was told to come back at 2pm for the seminar! How cruel that was! So the online application is a no brainer and should have been implemented months or years ago.

Thanks for sharing.

You'd think so, right!

Now if only the Philippines government would step into the 21 century and allow no-fault divorce.

Edited April 27, 2014 by Leatherneck

[sweet cakes 326]

Thanks for sharing, DandC! Great news to those next in line!

I hope SLEC would also something like this. SLEC's online registration is only for entering the applicant's info in the system, not really for scheduling the medical.

CFO is definitely moving things forward.

[Al422 221]

While we are at it, what about meaningful appointments at USEM? Yes you get a day certain, but everyone gets 7:30.

[Hank_ 9,174]

Thanks for sharing, DandC! Great news to those next in line!

I hope SLEC would also something like this. SLEC's online registration is only for entering the applicant's info in the system, not really for scheduling the medical.

CFO is definitely moving things forward.

There really is no issues at SLEC, no one is turned away... just have to stand in line... but that is life isn't it?

While we are at it, what about meaningful appointments at USEM? Yes you get a day certain, but everyone gets 7:30.

We had 6:30 ... and at the time I thought everyone got 6:30 as that was the only time showing up no matter what day I looked at.

[Al422 221]

I just tried to register Candy at CFO. They let us go through the whole thing, and the last question was visa number and date of issue. And it would not let us get past that point without that info, which of course does not exist yet.

So if I am reading this right, you cant register until you already have the visa, and by then the online system will probably have appointments backed up for two months. This is not an improvement. Some things are better left alone.

[Hank_ 9,174]

Well that sucks! Would it allow you to leave that info blank, or do they have it setup as required?

One other thing I noted was they are increasing the number of seats per session to 30 in Manila, that is 60 per day.

[son1020 2]

3am? when did CFO had a line of applicants starting 3am? ... i went there 1hr. before seminar starts and i was entertained

[Al422 221]

3am? when did CFO had a line of applicants starting 3am? ... i went there 1hr. before seminar starts and i was entertained

I am delighted you got in so easily. I heard stories of people getting bumped who showed up at 1 AM.

The online system would not let us proceed to the next page until we gave them a valid visa number and date of issuance, and it was not accepting blanks either.