REQUIREMENTS FOR RENEWAL OF PASSPORT

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

 Personal appearance
 Confirmed appointment
 Duly accomplished application form – may be downloaded from the DFA website,
www.dfa.gov.ph
 Most recent expiring or expired passport
 Acceptable IDs at least one (1): for Brown, Green and MRP (without IC Chip logo).
Please refer to List of Acceptable IDs
 Other Supporting Document as necessary

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

Brown Passport or passports issued prior to 01 May 1995:

 Bring original brown passport and photocopy of passport pages 1,2,3,4 and last page
 Birth Certificate (BC) in Security Paper (SECPA) issued by the Philippine Statistics
Authority (PSA) or Certified True Copy (CTC) of BC issued by the Local Civil
Registrar (LCR) and duly authenticated by PSA, to determine complete middle
name.
 If PSA Birth Certificate is blurred or unreadable; transcribed certified true copy of
the birth certificate from the Local Civil Registry is required when entries in PSA Birth
Certificate are blurred or unreadable.
 If born abroad, Report of Birth duly authenticated by PSA

Green Passport or passports issued after 01 May 1995:

 Bring original green passport and photocopy of the data page and last page of passport
 Birth Certificate (BC) in Security Paper (SECPA) issued by the Philippine Statistics
Authority (PSA) or Certified True Copy (CTC) of BC issued by the Local Civil
Registrar (LCR) and duly authenticated by PSA, to determine complete middle name
 If PSA Birth Certificate is blurred or unreadable; transcribed certified true copy of
the birth certificate from the Local Civil Registry is required when entries in PSA Birth
Certificate are blurred or unreadable.
 If born abroad, Report of Birth duly authenticated by PSA

Machine Readable Passport (MRP without IC Chip logo) issued in the year 2007:

 Bring original passport and photocopy of data page and last page of passport
 Birth Certificate (BC) in Security Paper (SECPA) issued by the Philippine Statistics
Authority (PSA) or Certified True Copy (CTC) of BC issued by the Local Civil
Registrar (LCR) and duly authenticated by PSA, to determine complete middle name
 If PSA Birth Certificate is blurred or unreadable; transcribed certified true copy of
the birth certificate from the Local Civil Registry is required when entries in PSA Birth
Certificate are blurred or unreadable.
 If born abroad, Report of Birth duly authenticated by PSA

Electronic Passport (E-passport)

  Bring original e-passport and photocopy of page 2 (data page).

For women who would change their civil status from single to married:

 Marriage Contract (MC) in Security Paper (SECPA) issued by the Philippine

Statistics Authority (PSA) or Certified True Copy (CTC) of MC issued by the Local
Civil Registrar (LCR) and duly authenticated by PSA.
 If entries are blurred or unreadable, submit Transcribed Marriage Contract from the
LCR
 If married abroad, Report of Marriage duly authenticated by PSA
 Original and photocopy of Commission of Filipino Overseas (CFO) Guidance and
Counseling Certificate of Attendance (required for women with foreign national
husband married in the Philippines).

For married women who would like to revert to their maiden name:

 Bring original passport and photocopy of data page and last page of passport
 Birth Certificate (BC) in Security Paper (SECPA) issued by the Philippine Statistics
Authority (PSA) or Certified True Copy (CTC) of BC issued by the Local Civil
Registrar (LCR) and duly authenticated by PSA, to determine complete middle name
 If PSA Birth Certificate is blurred or unreadable; transcribed certified true copy of
the birth certificate from the Local Civil Registry is required when entries in PSA Birth
Certificate are blurred or unreadable.
 If born abroad, Report of Birth duly authenticated by PSA
 If already widowed: Death Certificate in Security Paper (SECPA) issued by the
Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) of the deceased husband
 If marriage is annulled: Annotated PSA Marriage Contract and Certified True
Copy (CTC) of Court Order effecting the Annulment
 If divorced: Certified True Copy (CTC) of the Divorce Decree duly authenticated by
the Philippine Embassy or Consulate where the divorce was obtained or by the
concerned foreign diplomatic or consular mission in the Philippines. Certified True
Copy (CTC) of Philippine Court recognition of foreign divorce decree must also be
present and the PSA Marriage Contract with the annotation of the Divorce Decree.

For minor applicants, requirements for first time minor applicants are still prescribed,
in addition to the passport of minor
  Confirmed Online Appointment (if applicable) - Children 7 years old and below do
not need to have an online appointment. They are entitled to avail of the courtesy lane
together with their parent/s and minor siblings. Click here to schedule for an online
appointment.
 Accomplished Application Form (click here for Blank Application Form)
 Personal Appearance of minor applicant and either parent or authorized adult
companion
 PSA Birth Certificate
 Passport or Valid Government issued of either parent (click here for the List of
Acceptable IDs for Passport Application)
 School ID (if available)

*Additional requirements may be required. Please refer to the section below for additional requirements for
Minor New Applications