The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) conducts its first Gender Sensitivity Seminar for their personnel due for posting abroad.

Saying its trunkline numbers are down for maintenance, the Department of Foreign Affairs advised the public Saturday to use the agency’s other phone lines for the moment.

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said today that it has directed the Philippine Embassy in Riyadh and the Philippine Consulate General in Jeddah to make renewed representations and work closer with Saudi Arabian authorities towards improving the conditions at Saudi Deportation Centers where Filipinos who over-stayed or out of status are awaiting exit clearances. [...]

Following La Union, Clark and Cebu the City of Davao ranks next on the highest number of passport production since the start of implementation of electronic passport processing.

The Department of Foreign Affairs has issued the following tips to facilitate applications for passports:

Following criticism of supposed delays in the processing of electronic passports, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said its passport operations are now going “smoothly” after it reopened its extension office in Mandaluyong City.

Apparently, investing millions of pesos on modernizing the country’s passport service is not enough to rid it of illegal transactions.

Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) stand to benefit from the Department of Foreign Affairs’ reopening of its passport extension office at the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA).

THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS – OFFICE OF CONSULAR AFFAIRS WILL BE CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC ON 01 JUNE 2010, TUESDAY, IN OBSERVANCE OF THE DFA DAY CELEBRATION. PLEASE BE ADVISED OF THE FOLLOWING ARRANGEMENTS TO BE IMPLEMENTED:

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has justified the $10 increase in the application fee for the new electronic passport (ePassport), saying it has special features that make it secure and compliant with international standards.