Renewal of Passport

Requirements for ADULT Applicants 18 years old and above

BASIC REQUIREMENTS FOR ADULT RENEWAL APPLICATION

1. Confirmed Online Appointment (click here)
2. Accomplished Application Form
3. Personal Appearance
4. Current ePassport with photocopy of data page; and
5. Original PSA-issued documents that will support the change of name.
   • Certificate of Marriage;
   • Annotated Certificate of Live Birth;
   • Annotated Certificate of Marriage to show annulment/divorce/court ordered instruction; and/or
   • Certificate of Death of Spouse. 

 Passport Fee: VND1,560,000

Note: If a woman opts to retain maiden name, a PSA-issued Certificate of Marriage is not required.

Supporting Documents for Adult Renewal of ePassport Applications

Pursuant to Section 6 of R.A. 11983, supporting documents will be further required in addition to the basic requirements to prove the applicant’s identity, citizenship and lack of travel restrictions, as specified in the following cases:

Note: Some cases will require the application to be treated as a New Application rather than a renewal.

In case of a Lost VALID ePassport

• Police Report in English;
• Notarized Affidavit of Loss in English; and
• Total Fee: VND4,550,000

Note: If a photocopy of the applicant's latest issued passport is not available, on top of the requirements above, the PSA-issued Certificate of Live Birth will be required and will be treated as a new applicant. Additional supporting documents may be required, as necessary to ascertain citizenship, identity and lack of travel restrictions.

In case of a Lost EXPIRED ePassport

• Police Report in English;
• Notarized Affidavit of Loss in English; and
• Total Fee: VND4,550,000.

Note: If a photocopy of the applicant's latest issued passport is not available, on top of the requirements above, the PSA-issued Certificate of Live Birth will be required and will be treated as a new applicant. Additional supporting documents may be required, as necessary to ascertain citizenship, identity and lack of travel restrictions.

In case passport has been mutilated or damaged

• Notarized Affidavit of Explanation; and
• Total Fee: VND650,000

Note: On top of the requirements above, the PSA-issued Certificate of Live Birth will be required and will be treated as a new applicant. Additional supporting documents may be required, as necessary to ascertain citizenship, identity and lack of travel restrictions.

In case applicant is a Dual Citizen

• Natural-born Dual Citizens:
  1. Latest-issued Philippine passport; and
  2. PSA-issued Certificate of Live Birth or PSA-issued Report of Birth.
• Dual Citizens who availed of the provisions of Republic Act No. 9225:
  1. Latest-issued Philippine passport;
  2. Original and photocopy of Oath of Allegiance, Order of Approval, or Identification Certificate issued by a Philippine FSP; or Certificate of Retention/Re-acquisition of Philippine Citizenship or any equivalent document issued by BI; and
  3. Valid government-issued ID or their secondary citizenship/residence counterparts.

In case applicant is a Naturalized Citizen

1. Latest-issued Philippine passport; and
2. Identification Certificate of Naturalization from the Bureau of Immigration, or Certificate of Naturalization issued by the Special Committee on Naturalization (SCN), or copy of the final Court Judgment or Law granting Philippine citizenship.

In case applicant is a Filipino citizen by Election

1. Latest-issued Philippine passport;
2. Documents of election of Philippine citizenship; and
3. Identification Certificate issued by the BI.

If a married woman applicant wishes to revert to her maiden name based on the following:

• By virtue of death of the spouse:
  • PSA-issued Certificate of Death or Report of Death (ROD) of spouse or apostillized or authenticated Foreign Death Certificate of foreign spouse with English translation, if applicable;
  • PSA-issued Certificate of Live Birth or Report of Birth; and
  • Latest issued Philippine passport (if available).
• By virtue of an annulment, declaration of nullity of marriage, judicially-recognized foreign divorce, and judicially-recognized divorce under Presidential Decree No.1083 (Code of Muslim Personal Laws of the Philippines):
  • PSA-issued Certificate of Marriage or Report of Marriage (ROM) with annotation reflecting the nullity or dissolution of marriage
  • PSA-issued Certificate of Live Birth or Report of Birth; and
  • Latest issued Philippine passport (if available).
• For other reasons of reversion:
  • PSA-issued Certificate of Live Birth or Report of Birth;
  • Notarized Affidavit of Explanation that includes request for the reversion of maiden name in the Philippine passport or travel document and stating she has not hitherto availed of the reversion;
  • Latest-issued Philippine passport or travel document; and
  • Any existing government-issued valid ID accepted for passport application reflecting the maiden name.
Note: This mode of reversion can only be done once.

For Late Registered PSA-issued Certificates of Live Birth, Reports of Birth, or Certificates of Foundling

• Original and photocopy of PSA-issued Certificate of Live Birth, Report of Birth, or Certificate of Foundling;
• At least one of the following on top of the basic requirements:

        *Additional primary government-issued valid ID accepted for passport application;

• If unable to provide an additional primary ID, the applicant must submit any two (2) of the following documents:

        *NBI Clearance (valid or expired);

        *Voter’s Certification; 

        *School Records such as; 1. Form 137-A  2. Transcript of Records 3. Diploma obtained from Elementary, High School and/or College

• If government employee: 

         *Service Record;

             *Member Data Record (MDR) from PhilHealth

If the passport applicant’s PSA-issued Certificate of Live Birth, Report of Birth, or Certificate of Foundling contains a misspelled first or last name, or misspelled birth place, or mistake in the day or month of birth, or clerical error in the sex, or change of first name or nickname:

• Applicant must submit a PSA-annotated Certificate of Live Birth, Report of Birth, or Certificate of Foundling pursuant to R.A. No. 9048, as amended by R.A. No. 10172.

If by operation of law or through a court order, the passport applicant is permitted to use a name or other biographic detail other than what is officially recorded in the PSA:

• Annotated Certificate of Live Birth, Report of Birth, or Certificate of Foundling as authenticated by PSA reflecting the corrected entry.

Discrepancies on the biographical details of supporting documents submitted for passport application:

The applicant shall provide supporting documents that are consistent with the information as stated in the applicant’s PSA-issued documents, unless by operation of law or through court order, the applicant is permitted to use a name other than what is officially recorded in the PSA.

Thus, the applicant shall have the supporting document corrected in order for its details to be consistent with the PSA-issued document. 

The applicant shall submit the following, depending on the correction needed:

1. Annotated PSA Certificate of Live Birth
2. Annotated PSA Marriage Certificate
3. Corrected Government-issued Valid IDs
4. Corrected Identification Certification

Additional supporting documents if the PSA-issued document is unreadable: 

Unreadable PSA-issued Certificate of Live Birth (COLB):

• Local Civil Registry Municipal Form No. 102 or Civil Registry Form 1-A 

Unreadable PSA-issued Certificate of Marriage;

•  Local Civil Registry Municipal Form No. 97

Unreadable PSA-issued Certificate of Death:

• Local Civil Registry Municipal Form No. 103