DFA suspends operations at storm-affected consular offices

Operations in select consular offices (CO) will remain suspended until Wednesday amid the onslaught of Severe Tropical Storm Florita.

Department of Foreign Affairs (INQUIRER FILE PHOTO)

MANILA, Philippines — Operations in select consular offices (CO) will remain suspended until Wednesday amid the onslaught of Severe Tropical Storm Florita.

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) started the suspension of select consular operations on Tuesday pursuant to the declaration of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. 

Applicants who got a schedule at the affected temporary off-site passport services (TOPS) offices will be informed of their new appointment through email.

Meanwhile, authentication applicants with confirmed schedules at DFA-Aseana will be served on August 25.

Other authentication applicants and all passport applicants in affected COs will be attended to within 30 days from August 23 or 24.

Applicants must present their confirmed application packet, which states that their original schedule is August 23 or 24, to be accommodated.

Below are the COs and TOPS sites that will be closed:

On the other hand, the following are the rescheduled release date of authentication documents at Double Dragon Plaza:

Expedited release of documents

Regular release of documents

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