DEPARTMENT ORDER NO. 17-2015, October 16, 2015

[ DEPARTMENT ORDER NO. 17-2015, October 16, 2015 ]

AMENDMENT TO D.O. 14-2015 ON EXTENDING THE VALIDITY OF PHILIPPINE PASSPORTS

Adopted: 09 October 2015

Date Filed: 16 October 2015

As amendment to Department Order No. 14-2015, in order to render effective service to passport extension applicants who may have passports which expired for more than two (2) years, as well as to grant a two-year validity period extension for OFW passport extension applicants as required by their respective employers, D.O. 14-2015 is hereby amended as follows:

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The extension of the validity of passports is for a period of not less than one (1) year but not more than two (2) years from the date of application for extension. The extension shall only be granted to applicants whose applications were submitted not later than 30 December 2015. xxx”

This Order shall immediately supersede D.O. 14-2015 as far as the change as indicated above, and all previous instructions issued on the subject.

(SGD) ALBERT F. DEL ROSARIO Secretary of Foreign Affairs