Renewal of Philippine Passport 2018

My passport need to be renewed this year, because it just expired last month of October. So in its last day of that month I searched online about renewal of Philippine passport & got a schedule at DFA(online) for the second week of November.

I went to 7-Eleven Store & went directly to the cashier, I thought I could just pay it directly and the cashier told me to get a number about it(using the reference number that the DFA e-mailed) through their machine(Cliqq) which I ask first the cashier how. Paid a total amount of PhP1,250. Then waited for an e-mail confirmation of my DFA appointment, which I received in the morning on the second day of November and printed the required documents they sent me which are 4 pages in all. I inserted the pics under with my expired passport(punched holes) but not the 2 papers containing my personal information, I even blurred it if have it on here for I'm self-respecting my privacy. 😃 lol

So I went there on the date I'm schedule to go which is 4pm in the afternoon, got there one hour ahead. I stayed in line along with those schedule for 4pm outside the DFA. Thank God, it's in an air-conditioned mall. After 10-15 minutes or more, an officer checked the documents of each person in line for  4pm. Gee, the only thing required for Renewal of Passport is the expired passport with copy. I have my clearances: Barangay and Police with me, which are not needed that I spend for more than PhP200. Ha ha 😄

They let us in after checking our documents. Inside, it's packed of people it occupied 4-mall-store-size-room. The whole process takes more than one hour with bio-metrics & pic, I think it's passed 5pm when I finished. On one of my paper they stamped the day & time to get my New Passport, which is 10 days after.

After 10 days, I went there with my reference number(receipt), waited for my name to call. Showed my valid ID, and got my New Passport. Tanan! It's actually look WonderFul! I included the pics here in my post, to show how wonderful it LOOKs! Wow, it has inscription "Maka-Diyos, Maka-Tao, Makakalikasan, at Makabansa." Translated in english: "Godly, people-person, enviromentalist, and nationalistic." And will expire after 10 years, wow!!