Face-to-face appearance of overseas Filipinos is no longer necessary when notarizing paper documents at any of the country's foreign posts. Outgoing Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. issued a Department Order on Remote Notarization of Paper Documents at Philippine Foreign Service Posts.
More appointment slots for processing of passports have been added to all consular offices and temporary off-site passport service (TOPS) around the country, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said.
(FILE PHOTO/JANSEN ROMERO/MANILA BULLETIN) Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Brigido Dulay said
“It is important to choose leaders who have platforms to uplift the lives of our OFWs, decrease unemployment so that workers need not seek jobs overseas, and in so doing provide jobs to our educated and highly skilled workers,” Koalisyon Kontra Daya Canada spokesperson Marissa Corpus said in an online message to Philstar.com.