Do you need to apply for a passport but you live in the province so it would be difficult to travel to the main office of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA)? Or you live in the metro but simply have no time to go to the agency’s office and are hoping for an easier way to obtain a Philippine Passport? It is a good thing that the DFA recognized these concerns as evident with their Mobile passport Service.

It is a more convenient way to apply for a passport wherein the government agency is the one who goes to the area and process passport applications. This process is implemented under the Philippine Passport Act of 1996 and it's implementing rules and regulations, other relevant Department Orders, Circulars and Memoranda.

Things You Should Know about Mobile Passport Services

The DFA website lists the following terms and conditions about passport applications under the Mobile Passport Service program.

• Participation in the Mobile Passport Services must be coordinated with the Passport Coordinator designated by the Local Government Unit (LGU) in advance. The designated LGU Passport Coordinator will collect copies of the application forms from interested applicants at least two weeks in advance of the scheduled date of the mobile passport service.

• The LGU Passport Coordinator will inform the applicant of the indicative time during which he or she will have to file the passport application on the scheduled date of the Mobile Passport Service.

• Personal appearance is a requirement for all passport applicants except for minors who are 8 years old and below and senior citizens who are 65 years old and above

• The Mobile Passport Service will not accept applications for the replacement of lost valid passports but will entertain applications for lost expired passports.

• The Mobile passport fee is same with the Expedite Rate.

Here is the February 2010 Schedule of the Mobile Passport Service at different local government units throughout the country.

For more information, you may contact 834-4409.