If you have previously applied for a Philippine passport personally without passing through travel agencies, you know how horrible it is to get an appointment at the Department of Foregin Affairs (DFA) and skipping through different fixers that linger in the premises of DFA. I was fortunate enough that during the process of my first passport processing, an old colleague of my mother was working in DFA and I got my passport processing expedited – processed today, claimed tomorrow. It was a sudden issuance as I am bound to leave for Singapore then on Saturday and was able to submit only on the immediate Thursday.
Fast forward, I learned through our internal company travel advisory that the green passport might not be allowed for entry in certain countries even if there are previous advisories from DFA that they would still be valid. Since I don’t want to be inconvenienced of travelling and getting denied at my destination because of an old passport, I renewed my passport even if it is due for next year.
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