According to an announcement from the Philippine Embassy: Effective immediately, period for passport collection is now extended from 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday to Thursday. On Sundays, collection is limited to emergency cases only from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. due to space constraints as some 700 to 1000 applicants for various consular and labor [...]
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The travel tax is a levy imposed by the Philippine government on the following individuals: Philippine Citizens Permanent resident aliens on-resident aliens who have stayed in the Philippines for more than one(1) year who are leaving the country irrespective of the place where the air ticket is issued and the form or place of payment, [...]
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Check the Address The chancery address is located at 20 Nassim Road, Singapore 258395. Within the same compound are the consular, labor and defense sections Check The Schedule Embassy Services Schedule Passport Application Mondays to Thursdays, 9:00 am – 2:00 pm only Collection of overdue passports and passports coursed through agencies Mondays to Thursdays, [...]
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In order to combat the growing number of illegal recruiters and victims who are illegally recruited in the hopes of finding a good job in Singapore, the Philippine Embassy has step-up its information dissemination. How to avoid Illegal Recruitment or Recruiters: Illegal recruitment shall mean any act of canvassing, enlisting, contracting, transporting, utilizing, hiring, or [...]
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According to the Philippine Embassy in Singapore, they will be lifting the quota or cut-off on passport application effective 19 July 2010 except on Sundays wherein 120-135 applications will only be accepted or on special occasion. The Embassy is also modifying the time period for passport applications. Filipinos may now apply for a passport from [...]
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Under Republic Act 9679, Pag-IBIG membership is now a requirement for the issuance of the Overseas Employment Certificate (OEC). Beginning July 18, 2010 the Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO – Singapore) will collect Pag-IBIG membership dues prior to the issuance of the OEC. This arrangement will provide more OFWs greater access to the huge benefits [...]
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From Philippine Embassy Singapore: The Pag-IBIG Fund announced that effective 1 July 2010, the Philippine Overseas Employment Agency (POEA), under the 18 June 2010 Collection Servicing Agreement signed between the Fund and the POEA, has started collecting Pag-IBIG Fund membership contributions from departing OFWs. Under Republic Act 9679, Pag-IBIG membership is now a requirement for [...]
The Philippine Embassy have started issuing ePassport since June 28, 2010. An ePassport is a passport which features microchip technology. An integrated circuit (chip) within its pages contains the data that are essential in verifying the identity of the passport holder. These data include the personal data found on the data page of the passport, [...]
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As Christmas is the season when most overseas Filipino workers usually come home for a vacation, the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration has issued an advisory on the issuance of POEA travel exit clearances. According to POEA: In order to facilitate the issuance of POEA travel exit clearances (OECs) to returning OFWs during the Christmas and [...]
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There has been a lot of confusion regarding the validity of the old Philippine Passport (green) ever since DFA introduced the Machine Readable Passport (or MRP). The Philippine Embassy in Singapore reiterates that all green Philippine passports (non-machine readable, including those whose period of validity extends beyond 2010) will be valid until the stated date [...]
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