DFA to Start Accepting PhlPost IDs for Passport Applications

Foreign Affairs Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs Neil Frank Ferrer and Assistant Postmaster General Luis Carlos sign the Memorandum of Agreement that provides the acceptance of PhlPost Postal IDs as a valid ID for passport applications effective 01 August 2019. (Nilo Palaya photo)

23 July 2019 – Starting 1 August 2019, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) will start accepting the Philippine Postal Corporation (PhlPost) ID as a valid government-issued ID for passport applications.

This comes after the DFA and the PhlPost signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) on the acceptance of PhlPost IDs as a valid ID for passport application on 08 July 2019.

The MOA also provides the establishment of the Postal ID Online Verification System (POVS), a software application that facilitates the easy verification of the PhlPost ID. END