PHL Embassy in Russia Releases First Batch of 10-Year Passports

OFW Ms. Josefina Bito-on Delfin (left) claims her new 10-year validity passport at the Consular Section of the Philippine Embassy in Moscow on 09 February 2018 as Mr. Rommel Briones, Passport Officer, looks on. Photo: M. Saberola.

13 February 2017 MOSCOW – The Philippine Embassy released the first batch of Philippine electronic passports with ten-year validity this week to the delight of Russia-based Overseas Filipino Workers.

Following the directive of President Rodrigo R. Duterte and Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter S. Cayetano, all passport applications received starting 1 January 2018 will be for the ten-year passports with no change in the application fee.

Ms. Josefina Bito-on Delfin, a Moscow-based household service worker who claimed her passport said, “Wow, thank you po. Malaking kaluwagan po sa amin na sampung taon bago ulit mag-renew ng passport lalo na at wala pong dagdag na bayad.”

The Philippine Embassy processed a total of 1,152 passport applications in 2017 while the Department of Foreign Affairs issued more than 3.7 million passports all over the world. END

 For more information, visit www.moscowpe.dfa.gov.ph.