MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) thumbed down the passport applications of 171 “questionable nationalities.” At Senate on the 2025 budget of DFA, Sen. Loren Legarda asked ...

Did DFA approve 13 marine scientific research (MSR) applications in Benham Rise for the US alone? Not necessarily. MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) released ...

MANILA, Philippines — Around 17,000 passport applications have been pending with the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) since July due to staffing problems caused by pandemic restrictions. The huge ...

MANILA, Philippines — A Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) official on Friday reported a 17,000 passport backlog due to errors in applications. “There are still 17,000 passport applications that are ...

MANILA, Philippines - An association of local travel agencies has agreed to assist the Department of Foreign Affairs to ease the time-consuming and tedious processing of passport applications. The six ...

MANILA, Philippines — Offices of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) handling passport applications will be closed on May 14, which has been declared by Malacañang as a special non-working holiday ...

Travel and recruitment agencies will have until July 31 this year to seek accreditation from the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). Applications, both new and renewal, may be brought to the Office ...

In the Visayas and Mindanao, DFA consular offices will operate with skeleton workforces, and will accommodate only applicants with urgent consular needs, such as overseas Filipino workers and those ...