One of the main reasons why people are looking for the Department of Foreign Affair (DFA) Office in the Philippines near them is for passport application or passport related matters. While some are related to VISA applications or getting Red Ribbon Documents (authentication).

Although, there are useful information you can get online such as related to Passport Requirements, New Passport Application, or Passport Renewal, it is still more satisfying to hear or know this from someone working in the DFA.

• All the passport appointment slots on all 27 branches of DFA is already filled up (or blocked?). Yes, you can check it out at The only time I saw it opened up was the first week of December 2017. Then after a few weeks, all slots were already taken.
• Personally, I would rather travel somewhere else and spend a day in order to secure my passport before my trip than wait to get a slot in Metro Manila DFA branches. And as a traveller, it is not bad to visit a city or a province that you might not have considered before.
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• CEBU CITY, September 27(PIA)—To cater to the high volume of passport applications and renewal for the remaining months of this year, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) here is set to increase the number of passport appointments slots for Cebu.In today’s Kapihan sa PIA Cebu, DFA Cebu.

For your convenience, I have listed down the contact details of DFA Offices: DFA Main Office, Office of the Consular Affairs, Satellite Offices in Manila, and DFA Regional Consular Offices. For passport inquiries, you may reach them through their hotlines included below.

For Cebu-based people who want to apply for passport, they have to get their appointments in adjoining areas like Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental or Bacolod City, Negros Occidental. If the plan will push through, Canque said than an additional of 90 slots per day will be offered in DFA-Cebu for the months of October and November.

Table of Contents:

DFA Main Office

Address: 2330 Roxas Boulevard, Pasay City, Metro Manila, Philippines
Hotline:(02)556-0000 – For passport, authentication and other consular inquiries
Official Facebook Page:Department of Foreign Affairs Republic of the Philippines
Website:www.dfa.gov.ph

DFA Office of the Consular Affairs

Address: Aseana Business Park, Pres. Diosdado Macapagal Avenue corner Bradco Avenue, Barangay Tambo, Paranaque City, 1700 Parañaque
Hotline:(02)737-1000 – For passport, authentication and other consular inquiries
Website:consular.dfa.gov.ph

List of DFA Satellite Offices in Metro Manila

DFA NCR North (Robinsons Novaliches)

Address: Quirino Highway, Novaliches, Novaliches, Quezon City, 1118 Metro Manila (across SM City Fairview)
Contact Number: (02)834-4000

DFA NCR Northeast (Ali Mall)

Address: Ali Mall Governtment Center Level 2 Ali Mall Cubao, Quezon City
Contact Numbers: (02)293-0105, (02) 293-0748

DFA NCR East (SM Megamall)

Address: 7th Floor Building C, SM Megamall, EDSA corner J. Vargas Avenue, Mandaluyong City
Contact Number: (02)570-3230

DFA NCR South (Alabang Town Center)

Address: 4th Floor, Metro AlabangTown Center, Alabang, ZapoteRoad, Muntinlupa City
Contact Number: (02)551-1051

DFA NCR West (SM City Manila)

Address: 5th Floor SM City Manila, Conception Street, Manila
Contact Number: (02)536-9994

DFA Regional Consular Offices in the Philippines

DFA Angeles

Address: 3rd Floor MarQuee Mall, Pulung Maragul Angeles City, Pampanga
Contact Numbers: (045)304-0193 (045)304-0194

DFA Bacolod

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Address: 3rd Level Robinson’s Place, Barangay Mandalangan, Bacolod City 6100
Contact Numbers:(034)441-2681 (034)441-2675

DFA Baguio

Address: SM City Baguio, Upper Basement, Luneta Hill, Upper Session Road corner Gov. Pack Road, Baguio City 2600
Contact Numbers: (074)422-1465 (074)442-2258

DFA Butuan

Address: 3rd Level Robinsons Place J.C. Aquino Avenue, Butuan City 8600
Contact Numbers: (085)815-5571 (085) 342-5700

DFA Cagayan De Oro

Address: 3rd Floor Centrio Mall corner Corrales and Recto Streets, Barangay 24, Cagayan de Oro City 9000
Contact Number: (088)857-6565

DFA Calasiao

Address: 2nd Floor Robinsons Place Pangasinan, Barangay San Miguel, Calasiao, Pangasinan 2418
Contact Number: (075)632-7705

DFA Cebu

Address: 4th Floor Pacific Mall Metro Mandaue, UN Avenue corner MC Briones Street., Barangay Estancia, Mandaue City
Contact Numbers: (032)520-5898 (032)520-6551

DFA Cotabato

Address: People’s Palace, City Hall Cotabato City 4400
Contact Number: (064)421-3495

DFA Davao

Address: 3rd Floor SM City-Davao Quimpo Boulevard, Ecoland Subdivision, Barangay Matina, Davao City 8000
Contact Numbers: (082)285-4885 (082)285-1900

DFA Dumaguete

Address: 2nd Level Robinson’s Place, Barangay Calindagan, Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental 6200
Contact Numbers: (035)532-0024 (035)532-0019

DFA General Santos

Address: Ground Floor Robinsons Place GenSan, Jose Catolico Sr. Avenue, Lagao, General Santos City
Contact Numbers: (083)553-8380 (083)826-9089

DFA Iloilo

Address: 3rd Floor Robinsons Place, Iloilo Quezon Wing, Iloilo City 5000
Contact Numbers: (033)337-8017 (033)336-1737

DFA La Union

Address: 2nd Floor Manna Mall, Marcos Highway corner Diversion Rd. Pagdaraoan, City of San Fernando, La Union
Contact Numbers: (072)607-6510 0917-895-2322 0949-883-8422

DFA Legazpi

Address: 3rd Floor Pacific Mall F. Imperial Street, corner Circumferential Rd., Barangay Capantawan, Landco Business Park, Legazpi City, Albay 4500
Contact Number: (052)480-3000

DFA Lipa, Batangas

Address: 2nd Floor Robinsons Place, JP Laurel Highway, Mataas na Lupa, Lipa City, Batangas
Contact Number: (043)722-0578

DFA Lucena, Quezon

Address: 3rd Floor Pacific Mall-Lucena, M.L. Tagarao Street, Barangay III, Lucena City, Quezon
Contact Numbers: (042)710-4526 (042)373-1119

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DFA Pampanga

Address: 2nd Level Robinsons Starmills, City of San Fernando, Pampanga
Contact Number: (045)636-0007

DFA Puerto Princesa

Address: 2nd Level Robinson’s Place Palawan, National Highway, Barangay San Manuel, Puerto Princesa City, Palawan 5300
Hotline:(048)723-0373 (048)723-0424

DFA Tacloban

Address: 3rd Floor Robinson’s Place, North Abucay, Barangay 91 Abucay, Tacloban City 6500
Contact Numbers: (053)321-8233 (053)832-0889

DFA Tuguegarao (recheck)

Address: Regional Government Center, Carig Sur, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan
Contact Number: (078)377-0267 0997-5448584

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DFA Zamboanga

Address: 2nd and 3rd Floors, Go-Velaso Building, Veterans Avenue, Zamboanga City 7000, Zamboanga del Sur
Contact Number: (062)991-4398 (062)991-2202

DFA Operating Hours

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That was the addresses, contact numbers and operating hours of DFA Offices in the Philippines. Should you have any questions, you may contact DFA through the given numbers above. Share to us your thoughts in the comment section.

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First: The Basics
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• The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) is at the Pacific Mall (also sometimes known as Metro Mandaue) in Mandaue City, Cebu.
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• DFA Cebu is open from Monday to Friday 9 AM-6 PM and Saturday 9 AM-3 PM. If you have questions, you can call them at (032) 520-5898 and (032) 520-6193. You may also contact them via email at cebu.rco@dfa.gov.ph or dfacebu@yahoo.com.
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• You can get an application form from the DFA security guard or download it online HERE.
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• A list of the documentary requirements can be found here: New Applications Passport Renewal List of Acceptable IDs and Supporting Documents. Have everything photocopied.
  • According to personnel from DFA Cebu, there may be changes in the requirements that are not reflected right away in the DFA website (and in this blog), so all applicants are encouraged to personally secure an updated list of requirements from the DFA office.
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• UPDATE (26 October 2015): According to Roderick, DFA Cebu is now offering expedited processing (10 days) for PHP 1,200.
  • Lady Love has confirmed that DFA Cebu now offers express processing for PHP 1,200. (Updated 6 November 2015)
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Requirements
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The list of requirements can be found in the following pages:

If you don’t have a government-issued ID yet, the easiest to obtain is probably the new postal ID. Although it is not in the official list of accepted IDs yet, news reports say that the DFA will accept the new postal ID — the one with the QR code and other security features and that was launched just recently. You can find out how to secure the new postal ID in this article: How to Get the New Postal ID in Cebu.

A PRC ID is one of the IDs considered valid and acceptable by DFA. Renewing a PRC license/ID is now very easy. See: PRC License Renewal in Cebu in Less than 2 Hours.

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Ang mga papeles nga gikinahanglan sa pagkuha ug passport makit-an ani nga mga website:

• Getting A Philippine Passport at DFA Cebu: List of Requirements for First Time Applicants (Bisaya/Cebuano)
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• Renewing A Philippine Passport at DFA Cebu: List of Requirements (Bisaya/Cebuano)
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Tips
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• Priority is given to certain individuals and the persons with whom they are processing their passports:
  • Minors (7 years old and below, according to this DFA release)
  • Senior citizens (people over 60 years old)
  • Pregnant women
  • Persons with disabilities
    If you have any of these priority applicants in your family, strongly consider getting your passport at the same time they are.
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• The DFA requires photocopies of all your requirements, but if you forget to photocopy something, don’t panic — there’s a photocopier inside the DFA itself (P3/page).

July 2016 — It’s already possible to book an appointment online at DFA Cebu and many other DFA offices nationwide so some of the tips below are already unnecessary. I am keeping them here for historical purposes, but please click HERE to read how you can set an appointment for your passport application/renewal and avoid lining up at dawn.

The Process
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• Update October 2015: According to Frolic Fraulein, the guard recommended applying for a passport from 3 PM to 5 PM, as there are fewer people during those times (those with priority numbers have presumably been entertained by then). Roderick went to DFA at 3 PM and completed the whole process in half an hour. Lady Love arrived at the DFA office at 4:47 PM; there were no other people around and she finished by 5:05 PM. Alternatively, Phil and Suzeth recommend going there on a Saturday, which tends to be less busy than other days. On Saturdays, DFA entertains those who go through agencies first, so Phil recommends going there at around 11 AM, while Suzeth suggests 1 PM. (Thank you so much to all those who took the time to share their experiences here!)
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This is what the schedule at the DFA looks like:

• As early as midnight
  • People start lining up for priority numbers.
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• 7:00 AM
  • The security guard gives out priority numbers to those in the queue. The priority numbers usually run out pretty fast. (There were no more priority numbers available when we arrived shortly before 8:00 AM.) Applicants without priority numbers MAY still be accommodated in the afternoon, when those with priority numbers have finished, but this is not guaranteed.
  • A DFA staff member collects the application forms of priority applicants: minors, seniors, pregnant women, PWD’s, and members of their party. This early collection is done so that their information can be encoded ahead of time.
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• Shortly before 9:00 AM
  • The guard admits all priority applicants and their companions to the building, where they proceed to the DFA office at the 4th floor.
  • Another guard right outside the office doors will give instructions (sit down first, form a queue, et cetera).
  • Once admitted to the office, those who were able to submit their forms at 7 AM can go straight in and are called first.
  • Those who weren’t able to submit their forms earlier should stop by the Information desk to hand their forms to the receptionist, who will then have these encoded.
  • Everyone sits and waits for their names to be called.
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• 9:00 AM
  • Another guard starts calling the names of priority applicants. When your name is called, you are told which counter to approach.
  • At the counter, present all your documents.
  • Once your documents are examined and approved, you proceed to the cashier. (It’s P950 for regular processing, and you will make the cashier very happy if you bring the exact amount.)
  • After paying, you get your photo taken and verify all your information. You then sign a form that says everything (spelling, dates, other info) is as it should be, and you are then told when to come back to get your passport.
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• 10:00 AM
  • The rest of the [non-priority] applicants are admitted to the DFA office.
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• 3 PM to 5 PM
  • If you can’t queue early in the morning for a priority number, several people recommend going to DFA late in the afternoon. Hopefully, all those with priority numbers will have been entertained by this time and you can just walk in and have your application processed.

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FAQs
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Dfa Cebu Branch

• DFA Cebu does not have the appointment system yet, as far as I know.
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• For emergency cases or lost passports, or if you need your passport validity extended for good reason, it’s best to go to DFA Cebu and present your case to them directly.
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• The usual processing time is 30 working days (6 weeks) from the date you applied. However, passport releasing is sometimes delayed — see the DFA’s statement here — so make sure you apply for a passport as early as possible. The DFA specifically says: “The public is advised to secure their passports prior to booking their flights. Flight bookings should ONLY be made if passports are still valid for at least six (6) months.”*

“Passport Application/Renewal at DFA Cebu: What You Need To Know” was created by LSS for travel site Small-Town Girls, Midnight Trains. Parts of this post were originally published in What You Need to Know for Passport Application/Renewal at DFA Cebu. Reposted with permission. All rights reserved.

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Please note that I will no longer entertain questions similar to this: “Mao ni akong documents X, Y, Z — okay na ni?” Please don’t give me a list of your documents and ask me if they’re enough to get a passport. It takes up too much of my time and it is something that you can do for yourself. Just compare the list of requirements with what you have. Pwede ra man ninyo tan-awon ang lista sa requirements ug i-kompara sa kung unsa ang naa ninyo nga mga dokyumento. Dili na man kinahanglan nga ako pa ang mobuhat ana, di ba? 🙂

For your convenience, here again are the articles that you might find useful:

Good luck! 🙂