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New Passport Online Appointment System to Benefit Filipinos in Alberta, Saskatchewan

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CALGARY 19 November 2020 – The Philippine Consulate General in Calgary has launched a new passport online appointment system (OAS) that will make it easier and quicker for Filipinos in the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan in Canada to apply for Philippine passports.

During his guesting at the Facebook broadcast of Pinoy TV Special, a Calgary-based media program, on 14 November 2020, Philippine Consul General to Calgary Zaldy Patron explained that the new OAS allows the passport applicants to choose their appointments more than a month in advance. The applicants themselves will accomplish the passport application form online, which is later printed with a barcode. When the applicant comes to the Consulate General, the barcode is scanned which will automatically show the applicant’s details. The applicant’s biometrics are taken afterward.

Consul General Patron also said that passport appointments at the Consulate General for 23 November 2020 onward must be done using the new OAS, which can be found at www.passport.gov.ph.

“The Philippine Consulate General in Calgary has introduced a new online appointment system so we can make passport application more convenient for the Filipinos in Alberta and Saskatchewan, which are under the Consulate General’s jurisdiction.  With a quicker passport processing, we hope that we will be able to eventually process more applicants on a daily basis,” said Consul General Patron.

More information about the Philippine Consulate General in Calgary’s new OAS can be found at www.philcongencalgary.org. END

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Screenshots of Philippine Consulate General in Calgary’s new passport online appointment system.

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Passport applicants observing physical distancing inside Philippine Consulate General Calgary’s premises. (Calgary PCG photo)