PHILIPPINE EMBASSY COMMUNICATION: Advisory on Passport Issuance
19 November 2008
To: The Filipino Community in Thailand
The turn-around time for the issuance of the new machine-readable
passports may take a longer time due to the long Christmas and New
Year holiday in the Philippines (from 25 December 2008 up to possibly
4 January 2009) when almost all government and private offices,
including the Department of Foreign Affairs where the passports are
being processed, will be closed.
In anticipation of possible delays in the release of new passports, all
Filipino nationals whose passports will expire within the next six (6)
months or less, or those whose passport pages have all been utilized,
or those whose passports have less than one year validity and need to
renew their Thai visas, are hereby advised and encouraged to apply as
early as possible for the renewal of their Philippine passports at the
Embassy to avoid any inconvenience.
Kindly visit the Embassy website at www.philembassy-bangkok.net for
the requirements and other relevant information on the issuance of the
machine-readable passport.
Please feel free to disseminate this advisory to other Filipinos so that
the information could reach as many of our kababayan as possible.
For the Ambassador:
