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For those who are waiting for Department of Foreign Affairs' (DFA) passport online appointment to be opened, the wait is now over but only for the meantime. Around 100,000 passport appointment slots for February to May is now open starting Tuesday, January 23, 2018, around 1:00 pm. It was only last month when netizens criticized DFA for a full schedule of passport online appointment slot until. New Process for Online Appointment Booking 1. Introduction The process for booking PSK appointments through Passport Seva Online Portal has undergone a few changes. As per the new process, appointment date/time will be automatically allotted by the system as per the availability of appointment slots at the desired PSK. At the time of online filling the passport form when you will pay the money there will be an option for date availability. Unfortunately you can not manually set a date and timing till now. Passport Office, Vijayawada Started w.e.f April 2017. The office offers services to citizen of Prakasam, Nellore, Chittoor, Kadapa, Anantpur and Kurnool, Krishna and Guntur regions.

Early of 2017, slots for passport appointment are closing one by one much to the frustration of many applicants. This did not change by the start of 2018 where an increase of over 100k slots was added but still, this addition did not cater every past applicant and even the new ones. Switchback energy acquisition.

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Due to the increasing backlog, many Filipino are cursing the incompetence of the Department of Foreign Affairs or DFA in opening more slots to cater all those who wants to apply or renew their passport. The passport appointment system was controversial in January of 2018 due to the slots being fully booked until March of the same year causing many workers and travelers so much inconvenience.

This is why to accommodate the influx of applicants, TheDepartment of Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano released a statement on Thursday announcing that the DFA will open about 100,000 appointment slots for those who want to apply for a passport and those who wished to renew their passport.

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He clarified that the 10k appointments are on top of the 336,743 appointment slots for June 1 up to the 30^th of September 2018 that are already taken. He also said in the briefing that the 50k slots will be open and available at the DFA website from noon and the other 50k will be open at around 9 p.m.

He added that the department also plans to open another 10k slots from Mondays to Saturdays at aroud 12 noon onwards until 9 p.m to further accommodate the rising number of passport applicants nationwide. However, only 12k slots are open for online applicants while 1,000 slots are available for the first time overseas Filipino workers through their licensed recruitment agencies, 4k slots for passport on wheels, and 2k slots for walk- in applicants.

The earliest appointment available in the website for the DFA office located at Aseana is on June 25. The agency reminded the applicant to refresh the website for the opening of more appointment slots.

Source: http://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1038265

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