Last month, I went to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Office and applied for Philippine passport – a document required for every citizen who intends to travel abroad. It took me three hours there until my name is called and I submitted my identification documents along with the processing fee of 500 pesos (PHP 500). I saw on the receipt the release date and time of my passport which was scheduled January 23, 1PM.
On January 24, I went to the Department of Foreign Affairs in Davao City to claim my passport. I thought I would have a hard time getting my passport since I appeared a day after the scheduled release. Luckily, I was able to get it. The process was smooth and amazingly fast. They showed me documents and let me signed on to it to certify that I have acquired my passport issued by them.
The passport application process took over a month from the usual two weeks time for expedited processing and three weeks time for regular processing. It was because the Department of Foreign Affairs was still adopting the new system brought about by the implementation of machine-readable passports that was launched on November 2007.
Well, now that I have my passport. I am one step ahead, ready to travel abroad. One of my goals is to work and live somewhere together with open-minded people, help my family and to get a life.
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