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(File photo) MANILA - The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) will soon reopen several of its consular offices after a temporary suspension brought by a spike in new Covid-19 cases in the National Capital Region (NCR) and other parts of the country. In a public advisory on Monday, the DFA Office of Consular Affairs (OCA) said several consular offices (CO) and Temporary Off-Site Passport Services (TOPS) will resume beginning January 21. These include the DFA OCA in Aseana Business Park in Paranaque City, the NCR Central, NCR East, NCR North, NCR Northeast, NCR South, NCR West, Antipolo, Angeles, Baguio, Dasmarinas, Iloilo, Lucena, Malolos, San Pablo, TOPS Newport Mall, TOPS Robinsons Las Pinas, TOPS Robinsons Novaliches, TOPS Robinsons Place Magnolia, TOPS Robinsons San Pedro Laguna, TOPS SM Aura, TOPS SM Manila, TOPS SM Mall of Asia, and TOPS SM North Edsa. The consular offices in the cities of Dumaguete, Legazpi, Puerto Princesa and Tacloban will resume operations on January 24. Those ....
(DFA photo) MANILA - The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has temporarily closed several consular offices (CO) and temporary off-site passport services (TOPS) sites due to "a steep rise" in Covid-19 cases among its workers. In a public advisory on Monday, the DFA said the COs in La Union, National Capital Region (NCR) East, NCR North, and TOPS Robinsons Novaliches would be closed beginning Monday until January 20. "During the temporary suspension of operations, no passport or Apostille applications will be processed or released. Operations shall resume on 21 January 2022," the DFA said. From Wednesday until January 20, the DFA OCA in Aseana Business Park in Paranaque City, the COs in NCR Central, NCR Northeast, NCR South, NCR West, Antipolo, Angeles, Baguio, Dasmarinas, Iloilo, Lucena, Malolos, San Pablo, and TOPS at Newport Mall, Robinsons Las Pinas, Robinsons San Pedro Laguna, and SM Manila would also be closed. Those with appointments during the affected dates ....