The Philippine Embassy welcomes its first passport applicant of 2018. Mr. Jerome Tristan Daco Olaño, who applied for the renewal of his passport on 03 January 2018, was the Embassy’s first applicant of the year following the implementation of the 10-year passport validity.

Beginning 01 January 2018, all passport applicants age 18 and above will be issued passports valid for ten (10) years. Applicants seventeen (17) years old and below will still be issued passports valid for five (5) years.