do you have a passport already?
By flagella08
@flagella08 (5065)
Philippines
October 18, 2010 1:22am CST
i am not really concerned of having a passport but now i see the need of having it. my husband is bound for UK and he wants me to have my passport too so that everytime he wants me to be with him there i can readily be with him that soon. i am planning to file for it this month and i wish it's just that quick. our city hall has it's local kiosk already and they say that i can have it the soonest possible time. do you have a passport already?when did you acquire it?
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46 responses
@jaiho2009 (39141)
• Philippines
18 Oct 10
Yes i had my passport since i am 19 yrs old.
I use it when i traveled to Singapore and visit my mom.
Passport is very important when doing some legal transactions too.
You can easily deal things using your passport as primary identification.
You need two valid ID's when you apply for passport,if you lived here in the Philippines.
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@flagella08 (5065)
• Philippines
23 Oct 10
this will be my first time being out of the country. i just wanna share to my fellows about the requirements in getting passports here in our place:
So here are the standard list of DFA Philippines passport application requirements that you will have to provide or produce before you make a move to apply for a Philippine passport. Please be reminded that this list only applies to DFA new passport applicants as passport renewals cover a different set of requirements as well as other special cases.
FIRST TIME DFA PASSPORT APPLICANT REQUIREMENTS
* Personal Appearance is required.
* Duly accomplished application form.
* Birth Certificate (BC) in Security Paper (SECPA) issued by the National Statistics Office (NSO); for born 1950 & below, Negative Birth Record from NSO & Joint Birth Affidavit from Two Disinterested Persons if no record from NSO.
* Three (3) colored photos of the applicant taken against a royal blue background & no shadow. Applicant should be in decent attire with collar & sleeves and in dark-colored shirt. Photo must be studio taken & of good quality, and must have been taken within the last six (6) months. Photo size: 4.5 cm x 3.5 cm. Facial image size: About 3cm-tip of head to chin; with 8-10mm head clearance from top edge. Ears and forehead should be visible. Wearing of accessories, colored contact lenses or eyeglasses, with name/name board are not allowed. DFA has the right to reject photos that do not comply with specifications and international standards.
* Original ID i.e. Senior Citizen’s ID, Voter’s ID, digitized government-issued IDs like SSS, PRC, BIR, Driver’s License, original school ID (for students only) AND original supporting documents indicating full name, date and place of birth and citizenship (Please refer to the list below)
* If late registered, submit 2 original supporting documents indicating full name, date and place of birth and citizenship prior to date of late registration.
* NBI Clearance (not required if presenting 2 digitized Identification Cards.)
* Certified True Copy (CTC) of BC issued by the Local Civil Registrar if BC secpa is unreadable
* MC secpa of parents if Last & Middle name are foreign sounding (Chua, Ong, etc)
SOURCE:http://www.internetphilippines.com/dfa-philippines/dfa-passport-application-requirements/
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@jaiho2009 (39141)
• Philippines
23 Oct 10
yes i know it...i responded that i had my passport since i am 19...and i just renew it last year...so my passport is the new kind of passport...
@flagella08 (5065)
• Philippines
23 Oct 10
that's right and that's the only way to identify one's self aside from the biometrics in some other countries. i am keeping myself safe from scammers especially when you go to the DFA when there are people telling you to process your papers and in the end they will just scam you and wave goodbye to your money. i am always careful in terms of this issue.
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@shia88 (4571)
• Malaysia
18 Oct 10
Hi,
Yes...I do have a passport as I am travelling out from town
every year. Since I graduated from high school, my father make me
a passport for my travelling as I went to overseas for my study.
So i have been carrying passport for more than 15 years.
It is convenience to have passport in hand,so that when I need it anytime to
book any air ticket, I just need to key in my name and passport number.
Sometimes during emergency, we may really need passport in hand.
For my son, since he was a baby, I have make a passport for him.
Because he will follow me for travelling too.
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@von_xy (35)
• Philippines
18 Oct 10
I had a passport since 2004 and now it is expired already.. Having a passport is really of big help .It is one of the best / valid Identification a person would have.. It is very important and as well as very useful and badly needed when you go abroad.. It is easy to get one if you will have the right papers and some identifications.
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@namdaemun (283)
• Indonesia
18 Oct 10
I haven't made one, as I haven't gone abroad. I even don't have any plans to go abroad. maybe if I have enough money to take vacation abroad, I'll consider a passport. Usually, how long do they make passports??
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@tess_quinain (1149)
• Philippines
18 Oct 10
Yes, it is considered as your identification already and it's useful in other ways though you're not going abroad. I would secure one too if i have time to process it. Who knows. I might need it right away so i don't need to fall in a long line and wait for days to get it.
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@bellis716 (4799)
• United States
20 Oct 10
No, I don't have a passport, but I believe that I should have one. Every Texan should have one. Then, if the violence on the border ever gets quieted down, we can once again enjoy day shopping trips across the border. However, my husband says that he doesn't expect that to happen in our lifetime, so it isn't worth the expense.
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@bamrahkirti (1821)
• India
18 Oct 10
Yes i have had my passport when i was 16 years of age and i just got it renewed .I forgot to submit my old passport along with application for new passport and they imposed a heavy penalty on me.I had to pay the price but ultimately i got my passport valid for another 10 years.
@xenachinah30 (597)
• Philippines
18 Oct 10
Hi.Yes i do.My work is singing abroad and i already renewed it many times.What i hate about it is the very long line after lines of people that consumes my whole day for that reason only so i choose to go to agency whenever i want to renew my passport or apply for a visa.Passport is necessity now a days.
@monsterfishlover (222)
• Philippines
18 Oct 10
Huh? When was the last time you renewed your passport? There's a new process of renewing passport in DFA Manila and it doesn't take that long, though there are still lines to follow through but it won't take your whole day just to finish the process. Check out the DFA official website, you'll see what i'm talking about. I just have renewed my passport last May2010 'coz i had my vacation in Hongkong last June2010.
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@komal123456 (70)
• India
18 Oct 10
no i have no passport but i just want to passport and i also want to apply passport please suggest me that the online apply of passport is to be good or not.after applying online passport after that how i can i get my passport ........
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@fabsprecious (1565)
• United States
18 Oct 10
Personally I think it is extremely important now a days to have a passport. First of all it's the identification you can ever have and with immigration laws and homeland security regulations being so difficult, its worth getting it. I recently had to get passports for my 3 an 5 year old, because apparently now to leave on a cruise it is required for all passengers to have a passport no matter the age. So I would definitely consider purchasing it, anyways it lasts for approximately 10 years, so you minus well just to be on the safe side.
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@chrislotz (8137)
• Canada
2 Oct 11
I got my passport in 2008 because I wanted to fly to Ls Vegas with my daughter for a holiday. So I had to apply for one and when I did it was not long after they made it a law that you needed a passport to be able to go to the United States from Canada. Till then we didn't need one unless we were going somewhere other than the states like Mexico and since I never went anywhere else I didn't need one till then.
I had only a month till our flight so I applied and they said it would take about 3 months. I asked if I paid more could they put a rush on it and they said yes. So it cost me an extra $75 to have it done within two weeks and they did it in one week. I was pretty happy when they phoned me that it was ready and I could pick it up.
I have since then used it several times. I don't fly anymore because I have problems now with my ears so I can't fly. The last time I flew was 2 years ago and I blew holes in my eardrums. I had blood running out of them by the time I got off the plane and I had to go straight to the hospital and that is how I found out I had holes in them. I had to use drops for 6 months before they healed totally. It was the most painful thing I have ever experienced and I can't take the chance again to fly because the doctor says it will definitly happen again.
So now I drive when I go to the states but I still need to use my passport to get across the border, didn't have to have a passport to drive across before either but do now.
Cheers my friend and happy mylotting,
Chris 
@sona22 (1430)
• India
18 Oct 10
I have my passport last year. It took about 60 days. Here in my counter getting passport is not easy. The local office staffs are trying to harass people for some other reason. We applied for passport for my husband, daughter and myself. The local office employees demanded number of useless documents and they also refused to received passport application of my husband as his photo was with spectacles. But when we go to the city office we submitted it easily.
In our country only password is that valid documents which serve the purpose of photo identity and address proof.
@anurag3786 (6267)
• India
18 Oct 10
No I have no any passports but now I want to take it. because if we goes in any big company for jobs then company always ask for our passports because sometimes they can sent you in foreign for training. So I think it is must to have passports because it is need of time and also it helps us in many types of circumstances.
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@kukueye (1759)
• Malaysia
18 Oct 10
i think my international passport is expired already.One thing good about my country is passport can application is just 24 hours business and it can done fast and collect as soon as possible.If i bring along the revelent documents all can be done within the hours and can be collected faster is 24 hours and maxinum is 1 week.I hear some reneweal is on the spot as long the person is not blacklisted and the old passport is in good order.
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@monsterfishlover (222)
• Philippines
18 Oct 10
Yes i have my passport since i graduated college. Me and my GF love travelling abroad, so passport is a must for us.
About the processing time, i'm not sure how fast and how to get a passport in your province. I live here in manila and getting a passport here needs a schedule through internet (DFA official website). It takes a long time to be scheduled, like if you get a schedule in the website today most probably you'll get to go to the DFA office around a month after. But during your schedule in DFA office it only takes 30 minutes to complete all the process.
Good luck!
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@littlemissy (200)
• Canada
3 Oct 11
I got my passport about three years ago. I was going to Mexico because my brother was getting married there and so I needed to have a passport. It was the first trip I have ever taken by airplane so it was exciting for me. I took trips to places with my parents when I was a kid but always trips by car, never by plane.
I loved the plane ride and the whole vacation and swore ever since that I am going to do a lot of travelling and I have since then. Since then, since I got my passport, I have been to Las Vegas twice and Mexico twice more and Dominion Republic and Cuba and a few others. Too many to mention them all.
I love to travel so I needed to have a passport to do so, like everyone does unless you don't travel out of your own country. If I travel somewhere in Canada and I live in Canada, I don't need my passport to travel.
Have a good mylotting day my friend,
Littlemissy
