{"id":166995,"date":"2018-06-14T04:25:36","date_gmt":"2018-06-14T08:25:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=166995"},"modified":"2018-06-14T04:25:36","modified_gmt":"2018-06-14T08:25:36","slug":"dfa-opens-100k-more-passport-appointment-slots-on-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/06\/14\/dfa-opens-100k-more-passport-appointment-slots-on-thursday\/","title":{"rendered":"DFA opens 100k more passport appointment slots on Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Of the total slots, 50,000 were opened at noon with the remaining 50,000 to be made available at 9 p.m. Cayetano also said that 10,000 slots will be opened from Monday to Saturday, except for holidays. (Photo by<\/a> Edwin Sarmiento\/Flickr,<\/a> CC BY-SA 2.0)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano on Thursday announced the opening of 100,000 appointment slots for passport application and renewal to address the increasing backlog.<\/p>\n

Of the total slots, 50,000 were opened at noon with the remaining 50,000 to be made available at 9 p.m. Cayetano also said that 10,000 slots will be opened from Monday to Saturday, except for holidays.<\/p>\n

The 10,000 are on top of the 336,743 appointment slots for June 1 to September 30, 2018, that have already been opened and taken up.<\/p>\n

Upon checking the passport.gov.ph website at around 2 p.m., the earliest available appointment for DFA-Aseana is on June 25. The DFA reminded all applicants to refresh the website.<\/p>\n

In a press conference, Cayetano reported that the DFA has increased its capacity from 10,500 daily passport appointments in 2017 to 19,000 this year.<\/p>\n

Of the 19,000, around 12,000 are allotted for regular online passport applicants; 1,000 for first time overseas Filipino workers through licensed recruitment agencies; 4,000 for passport on wheels; and 2,000 walk-ins.<\/p>\n

From January to May 2017, DFA has issued 1.58 million passports. For the same period in 2018, they issued 1.85 million or a 16.74 percent growth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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