IMPORTANT NOTICE: Passport applicants holding manually scripted passports, machine-readable passports (MRRP), & machine readable passports (MRP)

[Greenbaum 12,259]

From an email that was sent out today from the Washington DC Consulate's Office - Philippines:

Effective 01 July 2016, pursuant to Department of Foreign Affairs guidelines, all applicants for passport renewal holding manually-scripted passports, machine-readable ready passports (MRRP) and machine-readable passports (MRP), which were issued before March 2010, are required to submit the following:

1. Actual old passport;
2. Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)-issued birth certificate, original and photocopy (Copies may be ordered online via https://www.ecensus.com.ph/Default.aspx ); and
3. Proof that applicant has not applied for foreign citizenship (i.e. valid green card, valid visa, dual citizenship certificate, etc).

This is very vague information and I can't ascertain if it is for just the Consulate in Washington DC, All US Consulate's or anyone living in the Philippines. If anyone can shed some light on this topic, would be appreciated by all who will read this topic.

http://www.philippineembassy-usa.org/news/5113/589/IMPORTANT-Notice-for-passport-applicants-holding-machine-readable-ready-and-machine-readable-passports-MRRP-and-MRP/d,phildet/

Edited July 7, 2016 by Greenbaum

[Hank_ 9,174]

From an email that was sent out today from the Washington DC Consulate's Office - Philippines:

Effective 01 July 2016, pursuant to Department of Foreign Affairs guidelines, all applicants for passport renewal holding manually-scripted passports, machine-readable ready passports (MRRP) and machine-readable passports (MRP), which were issued before March 2010, are required to submit the following:

1. Actual old passport;

2. Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)-issued birth certificate, original and photocopy (Copies may be ordered online via https://www.ecensus.com.ph/Default.aspx ); and

3. Proof that applicant has not applied for foreign citizenship (i.e. valid green card, valid visa, dual citizenship certificate, etc).

This is very vague information and I can't ascertain if it is for just the Consulate in Washington DC, All US Consulate's or anyone living in the Philippines. If anyone can shed some light on this topic, would be appreciated by all who will read this topic.

http://www.philippineembassy-usa.org/news/5113/589/IMPORTANT-Notice-for-passport-applicants-holding-machine-readable-ready-and-machine-readable-passports-MRRP-and-MRP/d,phildet/

Philippines passport is only good for 5 years, can't see how any from 2010 would still be out there.

My wife had the old style passport when she renewed her passport; old passport and GC or whatever was asked for, birth certificate wasn't.

REQUIREMENTS:

1. Duly-accomplished passport application form, typed or printed legibly in black or blue ink
2. Latest passport
3. One (1) photocopy of each of the data page/s of the passport; i.e. pages 1-3 for the brown passport or page 1 for the green passport
4. Photocopy of any valid identification card where the middle name is fully spelled out, such as state ID, driver’s license, Birth Certificate, Marriage Certificate, or Baptismal Certificate, if applicant’s last passport is the brown one.
5. Proof that applicant has not applied for foreign citizenship, e.g. resident alien card (green card)
6. Self-addressed return envelope, with appropriate stamps for express or priority mail with tracking numbers via US Postal Service, or with pre-paid mailing envelope from private courier of choice, if Passport is to be mailed back.
7. Passport fee of $60.00 (non-refundable), payable in cash or money order made payable to "Embassy of the Philippines" (or "Philippine Consulate General", if application is made at one of the Philippine Consulates General in the U.S.).

Edited July 7, 2016 by Hank_