Passport Renewal 101 and Regina Spektor

ok I will post several tips to help anyone who wants to renew their passport - please take this seriously or you will really regret it.

1) Gising ng maaga - government offices opens at 8 AM but people flock the DFA office as earlya s 5 AM. I am not kidding - I arrived there around 6 AM and the line is almost outside the basketball court. Yes, it is that long. nag snake-snake na yung pila sa basketball court. If i have to give you an advice - id be there by 5:00 AM

2) Gising ng maaga - uu eto ang pinakaimportante. If you arrive around 8 AM - naku after lunch ka na makakauwi kasi aabutan mo cguro ung lunch break and konti lang ang open na window sa loob.

3) completely fill-up your application form before you go there - wag na dun kasi mahihirapan ka mag fill-up sa pila. You have to attach pictures, put your thumb marks, and attach a small envelope with 2 extra pictures.

4) speaking of pictures - the new rule is that you should now have a "royal Blue" background and not the usual white. I was told KODAK have an unofficial blessing from DFA since they have the correct royal blue background. I noticed an ID station inside DFA premises - though I am not sure if they are already open by 5 AM. So papicture na bago pa lang punta dun para attached na rin sa application form.

5) Ung application form pala eh available online (google: DFA philippines) - so download nyo na at fill-up na bago pa punta dun.

6) Dont forget to bring your old passport - and attach a photo copy of the first and last pages of your passport with your application form. If you also have VISAs on your passport - attach a photocopy as well.

7) Ask directions inside the DFA premises and not outside - sobrang daming fixers sa labas, they will hound you like pack of wolves but just ignore them. yung first na pila ung mahalaga - so make sure you are on the right line.

8) Renewal of passports cannot be coursed through any travel agency - unlike before na pede kang magbayad na lang at hindi na pumunta sa DFA.

9) If you survived the 4 stages (processing, payment, fingerprint, finalization) - good job, babalikan mo na lang ang passport mo depende sa payment na ginawa mo. If rushed - 7 working days and if normal i think its 14 days, P750 and P500 ang fees respectively.

10) There is also an option if you want your passport delivered right at your doorsteps - bayad ka lang ng extra at un ang step#5 - pero ako, babalikan ko na lang dun.

Goodluck hehe

Another thing - alam mo yung kantang Samson ni Regina Spektor? anyways - sya currently ang gusto kong singer. Below is a video of her performance sa Conan - hangang hanga si Conan eh, kasi musician din sya.

Tagal na hehe

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ang tagal ko bago naka blog uli - namiss ko na din to, anyways eto ang mga namiss kong isulat:

last november - nagkaroon ng halloween party sa DFG, anime ung theme, unfortunately sobra talaga akong busy kaya nag improvise na lang ako ng costume. Salamat kay xter at nelson para sa espada at black na tela respectively :) nagdala ako ng tissue na ibinalot ko sa kamay ko hehe para mukha syang benda sa kamay. I was supposed to look like vincent from the ever famous ghost fighter series - nagmukha akong tae haha

grabe ung replatform ng RMS - dito nakataya ang buhay ko ngayong fiscal year, sana sana maging ok hehe

ung soccer tournament - default ung first game namin hehe, naalala ko pa tuloy nung nakipagargue pa kami kay jlord na mageexert kami ngayon ng effort

DOTA - tae talo kami dun sa mga taga cybergate >_< si richard kasi kabadista hehe

at ung PS3 ko baby - mura na lang sya (^_^)

para di mo ako mamiss - some pictures from our cebu getaway



mwah