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Green passport renewal at new DFA office – requirements, fees, location map near Mall of Asia


The real goal of this blog entry is to share my personal experience with green passport renewal at DFA while giving my readers some idea of what to expect as they go through the process. But since I feel too exhausted to provide complete details at the moment, I will write about my most notable experiences for now and update with the rest of the information later. :)

Early this morning (January 27, 2012) we went to DFA to have my green passport renewed into what we call ePassport or biometric passport. It was a tiring day, only BECAUSE we went to Mall of Asia afterwards to shop for numerous things we need… at 10AM! ;) We had many things to shop for and so took advantage of the time since we were granted the day off from work and were right there, near a huge mall. The passport renewal application was done nearly 8:38 AM. So, more or less one and a half hour. My appointment was at 7:30AM, by the way. :)

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NSO Birth Certificate – experience, requirements, and payment for online request / application for delivery service (Philippines)


An acquaintance applied for a National Statistics Office (NSO) Birth Certificate delivery service online at their website, and I just wanna share on this blog entry how it went.

Before anything else, this is not an official NSO website, and that everything that is written here is based on someone’s experience as he applied for an NSO birth certificate. So, your own experience with the online application for NSO birth certificate delivery service may or may not be different from what is written here. :)

NSO Birth Certificate Delivery Service Requirements

  • Online (live chat) or phone call application
  • Birth certificate information and other personal information of the birth certificate’s owner (click to jump to info needed)
  • Payment for NSO birth certificate after acquiring a reference number
  • Valid ID with picture for receiving the birth certificate on the day it’s delivered to you

Cost / Fee / Amount of Payment for NSO Birth Certificate Delivery Service

So, how much does the NSO birth certificate delivery service cost? 330 pesos is charged for each copy of an NSO birth certificate. This already includes delivery charge. Please note that processing is 2 – 3 working days after payment. So it is best to pay soon after getting the reference number.

Now I’ll talk about the experience with NSO’s delivery service. It might give people curious about the process/sytem some idea how it goes.

NSO Birth Certificate Delivery – Options for Application / Request

There are two options: Call 737-1111 or do a live chat with a Customer Care Officer. If you prefer typing over speaking to an NSO representative, I suggest you for the live chat.

Required birth certificate info before the live chat with NSO representative

Before actually chatting with an NSO representative, the applicant was asked for the following info:

Part 1 of NSO’s required info

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