Philippine passport
Travel document and primary national identity document for citizens of the Philippines / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A Philippine passport (Filipino: Pasaporte ng Pilipinas) is both a travel document and a primary national identity document issued to citizens of the Philippines. It is issued by the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and Philippine diplomatic missions abroad, with certain exceptions.
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Type | Passport |
Issued by | Department of Foreign Affairs (Philippines) |
First issued | 1946 (first edition) September 17, 2007 (machine-readable passport) August 11, 2009 (first edition biometric passport) August 15, 2016 (current edition biometric passport) |
Purpose | Identification |
Eligibility | Filipino citizenship |
Expiration | 5 years (minors below age 18); 10 years (at least age 18) |
Cost | ₱950 (12 working days processing time), ₱1,200 (6 working days processing time), or $60 (Foreign service posts) |
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The DFA began issuing maroon machine-readable passports on September 17, 2007, and biometric passports on August 11, 2009. Green colored cover non-electronic passports remained valid until they expired. Philippine passports are printed at the Asian Productivity Organization (APO) Production Unit plant in Malvar, Batangas.[1]