PHL Embassy in Tokyo to process only online ePassport requests starting June

Applicants will get a confirmation email with the application number and date and time of their personal appearance, the Embassy said.

"Only those with Application Numbers and confirmed schedules for Personal Appearance will be processed ... Applicants who fail to appear on their appointed schedules will have to file a new application," it said in an announcement on its website.

It also said the online ePassport request and appointment system is not applicable to lost and mutilated passport applications.

A separate information page said the service is offered only to Filipinos living in Japan whose area of domicile falls under the jurisdiction of the Philippine Embassy in Tokyo, "seeking to apply a passport for the first time (i.e. babies born in Japan), or intending to renew a regular passport with no discrepancies."

Requirements

Applicants will need a working computer with Internet access, with Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 or higher; or Mozilla Firefox 3.5 or higher; and a PDF reader such as Adobe Reader or FoxIt Reader to view and print the application form.

They will also need a valid and working email address to receive system-generated messages with file attachments; and a printer with A4-size paper to print the application forms.

On the appointment date, applicants are to bring the necessary documents for passport processing and a self-addressed LetterPack 500 envelope.

"There is no need to submit a passport photo as your photo will be captured live, along with your digital signature and fingerprints when you are called in the processing room," it said.

All passports are produced and printed only in Manila. The approximate turnover time from date of payment to arrival of passport is about six weeks or 45 days.

"The Passport Unit of the Philippine Embassy in Tokyo will send you your new passport via postal mail using your self-addressed LetterPack 500 envelope as soon as your passport arrives from Manila," the embassy said. — LBG, GMA News

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