After I did my dual citizenship oath, my Phil. passport that I renewed before I got my US Citizenship was considered already NULL and VOID which I wasn't aware of. It was like a waste of $50.00 for renewing it and had it in my position for 4 months unused.
Anyway, since I opted to apply for a new Philippine passport right after the oath, I might as well share my experience here.
My Passport Application Experience:
They asked me the following:
I requested my husband to do the calling, and luckily he was able to get the real person on the phone. I am not sure if they would get more serious if they know the caller is an American.
If you are already a dual citizen, you can probably try calling Mr. Joey Macatula's number at 202-239-6943 if you want to apply for passport. Joey handles all about dual citizenship matters, and I also remember my hubby telling me that he was connected to a certain lady named "Hermie" who does the scheduling, but we don't know the number since he was only connected. At that time, my hubby told Joey NOT to connect him on that 9300 number because it was the menu system, and he wants to talk to a direct person and it was good he gladly obliged to connect him to "Hermie's" direct number which we don't know, LOL!
Next important thing is fill up your passport application form online and print it so it would all be ready for submission once you're at the embassy. Saves you time and hassle filling the form manually. The form can be filled out on line and the link of the form is found HERE.
So, after I submitted all the above-named documents, I was told to pay at the cashier for $60.00, returned back to the receptionist and he took me to the room where they captured my photo from the computer, took my thumb prints and my signature.
NOTE: No dangling ear rings for the photo. They will tell you to remove them.
The lady who was in charge then gave me a form to check if all the data input in the computer are correct. I saw one error, so I corrected it right away.
After I was done with the procedure, you will be asked whether you want your passport to be picked up or let them mail it to you. If you want them to mail you the passport, be sure to have with you an Express mail envelope from USPS (flat rate mailing envelope) with an $18.30 worth stamp with a tracking number. You can ask your post office clerk and they will know it.
I bought one as a back up, but later on, I opted to pick it up since I am only an hour drive away from the embassy.
By the way, your old Philippine passport will be retained by them and they will return it back to you together with the new one.
They said passport will be ready after 3-4 weeks, and they will have to call me once its ready for pick up.
So, there you go...another waiting begins.
Hope all these help .
Anyway, since I opted to apply for a new Philippine passport right after the oath, I might as well share my experience here.
My Passport Application Experience:
They asked me the following:
- latest issued Philippine passport
- my filled up ePassport application form
- a photocopy of the bio data page of my old Philippine passport
- a photo copy of my birth certificate
- a photo copy of my marriage certificate
- a photo copy of my naturalization certificate
- a photo copy of my US passport bio data page
- $60.00 in cash
I requested my husband to do the calling, and luckily he was able to get the real person on the phone. I am not sure if they would get more serious if they know the caller is an American.
If you are already a dual citizen, you can probably try calling Mr. Joey Macatula's number at 202-239-6943 if you want to apply for passport. Joey handles all about dual citizenship matters, and I also remember my hubby telling me that he was connected to a certain lady named "Hermie" who does the scheduling, but we don't know the number since he was only connected. At that time, my hubby told Joey NOT to connect him on that 9300 number because it was the menu system, and he wants to talk to a direct person and it was good he gladly obliged to connect him to "Hermie's" direct number which we don't know, LOL!
Next important thing is fill up your passport application form online and print it so it would all be ready for submission once you're at the embassy. Saves you time and hassle filling the form manually. The form can be filled out on line and the link of the form is found HERE.
So, after I submitted all the above-named documents, I was told to pay at the cashier for $60.00, returned back to the receptionist and he took me to the room where they captured my photo from the computer, took my thumb prints and my signature.
NOTE: No dangling ear rings for the photo. They will tell you to remove them.
The lady who was in charge then gave me a form to check if all the data input in the computer are correct. I saw one error, so I corrected it right away.
After I was done with the procedure, you will be asked whether you want your passport to be picked up or let them mail it to you. If you want them to mail you the passport, be sure to have with you an Express mail envelope from USPS (flat rate mailing envelope) with an $18.30 worth stamp with a tracking number. You can ask your post office clerk and they will know it.
I bought one as a back up, but later on, I opted to pick it up since I am only an hour drive away from the embassy.
By the way, your old Philippine passport will be retained by them and they will return it back to you together with the new one.
They said passport will be ready after 3-4 weeks, and they will have to call me once its ready for pick up.
So, there you go...another waiting begins.
Hope all these help .
