Philippine Epassport renewal

[ChuckandRhean 0]

Hello Kabayan ! Im from Texas.My husband and I have plans of taking a vacation in the Philippines this year.I have called the Philippine Consulate Gen. in LA to set an appointment and request if i could send the requirements early before my personal appearance. However, their service lines are out of reach ,and unable to save voicemails.Im holding a green pp which will expire 8 months from now and renewing it to an epassport . How many hours , at least, will it take processing the epassport?Are all applicants walk-in or some on schedule? For those who have applied for epassport , what are the requirements you've submitted, and how many copies of which the office asked ? I would love to hear your pp experience.

Hope to hear from you,soon..Salamat po.

[doug and leann 0]

They're closed today and tomorrow for Easter. I was just there 3 days ago for passport validity extension and renewal so it's your lucky day. hehe

Requirements:

Personal appearance

Filled application form (I suggest you do this ahead of time so you do not have to do it there)

Current passport

Copy of biological page of old passport (it's $0.25/page there)

$60 cash Application Fee + $6 Priority Mail Fee (OR $20 Express Mail Fee)

It's walk-in so no need to set an appointment. They start processing papers at 9AM, but I suggest you come in early around 8AM to be the first in line. They will be giving out numbers so be sure to be one of the first people in line, which is the window that says Legal Documents and Passports. I was 5th in line, so i was done in 2 hours including the wait time for my passport extension. Stay on the left side of the room so you'll hear them call out numbers. Once you're in, it will probably just take about 5 mins. They will ask you to remove your earrings. Then go to the Cashier window and pay the fees.

That's it, it's that easy and painless. The only downside is the release date of the epassport, which is 10 weeks. They stamped July 11, 2011 on my receipt and that is 12 weeks. So plan accordingly and do it as soon as you can depending on your planned travel to the Philippines. Good luck!

[DavenRoxy 1,073]

It's a long drive from TX to CA, but here's some info from a google search:

http://www.philippineconsulatela.org/consular%20services/conserv-ppt.htm

Here are the requirements:

http://www.philippineconsulatela.org/consular%20services/CONSERV-ePassport.pdf

I think it is crazy you can't renew it via mail. Who has the time or money to go to CA just to get one? Ridiculous, if you ask me!

[Psoas10 17]

It's a long drive from TX to CA, but here's some info from a google search:

http://www.philippineconsulatela.org/consular%20services/conserv-ppt.htm

Here are the requirements:

http://www.philippineconsulatela.org/consular%20services/CONSERV-ePassport.pdf

I think it is crazy you can't renew it via mail. Who has the time or money to go to CA just to get one? Ridiculous, if you ask me!

Yeah would have been nice for my wife to just mail it too. But when we mailed the report of marriage to the Honolulu consulate, they lost it. So me and my wife had to go thte consulate in Honolulu. Damn that cost us 400 dollars for the short puddle jump from Kauai to Honolulu. But the reason you have to go in person is they take your picture and fingerprints digitally now. I look forward to 3 more trips for my wife's citizenship.

[ChuckandRhean 0]

It's a long drive from TX to CA, but here's some info from a google search:

http://www.philippineconsulatela.org/consular%20services/conserv-ppt.htm

Here are the requirements:

http://www.philippineconsulatela.org/consular%20services/CONSERV-ePassport.pdf

I think it is crazy you can't renew it via mail. Who has the time or money to go to CA just to get one? Ridiculous, if you ask me!

I agree..its a pain in the butt. . I just hope they'll have an outreach program in Texas , it would be convenient for the applicants. I wont be driving. I'll take the plane going to LA.

[ChuckandRhean 0]

They're closed today and tomorrow for Easter. I was just there 3 days ago for passport validity extension and renewal so it's your lucky day. hehe

Requirements:

Personal appearance

Filled application form (I suggest you do this ahead of time so you do not have to do it there)

Current passport

Copy of biological page of old passport (it's $0.25/page there)

$60 cash Application Fee + $6 Priority Mail Fee (OR $20 Express Mail Fee)

It's walk-in so no need to set an appointment. They start processing papers at 9AM, but I suggest you come in early around 8AM to be the first in line. They will be giving out numbers so be sure to be one of the first people in line, which is the window that says Legal Documents and Passports. I was 5th in line, so i was done in 2 hours including the wait time for my passport extension. Stay on the left side of the room so you'll hear them call out numbers. Once you're in, it will probably just take about 5 mins. They will ask you to remove your earrings. Then go to the Cashier window and pay the fees.

That's it, it's that easy and painless. The only downside is the release date of the epassport, which is 10 weeks. They stamped July 11, 2011 on my receipt and that is 12 weeks. So plan accordingly and do it as soon as you can depending on your planned travel to the Philippines. Good luck!

Oh,Ive tried calling them up couple months ago and every other day last week , the same voice recorded reply I received.. geez ,can somebody pick up the phone

About the application form,report of marriage,and copy of old passport data pages, did the office asked one of each? Bringing as many copies as they want, I will save some quarters

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

It's a long drive from TX to CA, but here's some info from a google search:

http://www.philippineconsulatela.org/consular%20services/conserv-ppt.htm

Here are the requirements:

http://www.philippineconsulatela.org/consular%20services/CONSERV-ePassport.pdf

I think it is crazy you can't renew it via mail. Who has the time or money to go to CA just to get one? Ridiculous, if you ask me!

They do biometrics for the ePassport. They also do outreach to the various areas within a consular region if you can wait until they come closer to where you live.

[ChuckandRhean 0]

Yeah would have been nice for my wife to just mail it too. But when we mailed the report of marriage to the Honolulu consulate, they lost it. So me and my wife had to go thte consulate in Honolulu. Damn that cost us 400 dollars for the short puddle jump from Kauai to Honolulu. But the reason you have to go in person is they take your picture and fingerprints digitally now. I look forward to 3 more trips for my wife's citizenship.

If those next trips are for interviews,how i wish it could be done on skype

[ChuckandRhean 0]

They do biometrics for the ePassport. They also do outreach to the various areas within a consular region if you can wait until they come closer to where you live.

Availing their outreach program would be great.But They havent posted the new list of states for their forthcoming outreach programs. Besides,one crucial point to consider is that the span of pp release date is getting longer : from 6 weeks to 10 weeks now;others took 12 weeks.

[dan.and.audrey 2]

I agree..its a pain in the butt. . I just hope they'll have an outreach program in Texas , it would be convenient for the applicants. I wont be driving. I'll take the plane going to LA.

I saw in their website last year that they had an outreach program in Texas (I forgot if that's in Dallas or Houston). I hope that happens again soon. It would be so much easier to just drive down there than to fly to LA.

[ChuckandRhean 0]

I saw in their website last year that they had an outreach program in Texas (I forgot if that's in Dallas or Houston). I hope that happens again soon. It would be so much easier to just drive down there than to fly to LA.

Dang, I missed that.Hopefully ,Id travel closer to my place in getting things done.

[tallcoolone 102]

I saw in their website last year that they had an outreach program in Texas (I forgot if that's in Dallas or Houston). I hope that happens again soon. It would be so much easier to just drive down there than to fly to LA.

Dallas to Houston is a 5 hour drive

Texas is almost 3 times the size of Philippines.