PHL Embassy in Yangon Releases Its First 10-Year Validity Passport

Third Secretary and Vice Consul Jan Michael B. Gomez releases a new passport with ten-year validity to its first recipient.

28 February 2018 YANGON – The first batch of Philippine passports with a ten-year validity are now available for release at the Consular Section of the Philippine Embassy in Yangon, Myanmar. Third Secretary and Vice Consul Jan Michael B. Gomez released the first passport to the applicant, Mr. Christian Fernando T. Manlapaz on February 26.

Under Republic Act 10928 signed by President Rodrigo Roa Duterte on August 02, 2017, regular passports will have a validity of ten (10) years for Filipino citizens who are eighteen (18) years old and above and five (5) years for those who are below eighteen (18) years old. Both passports with a ten-year and five-year validity will use the current Philippine electronic passport booklets without any change in design, security features and number of pages. There are also no changes in passport application fees.

Philippine passports issued prior to January 01 will continue to have a five (5)-year validity. END

Mr. Christian Fernando T. Manlapaz poses with his new passport.

For more information, visit www.yangonpe.dfa.gov.ph or https://www.facebook.com/PHinMyanmar.