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Filipinos in America
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Posted 05/15/2010 |
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Bad news for Philippine passport applicants in Florida
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DFA IN TURNAROUND
On March 31, 2010 the Philippine Embassy in
Washington DC ordered the Philippine Honorary
Consulate to stop accepting passport
applications immediately.
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“The Embassy verbally ordered us over the phone
to immediately stop accepting passport
applicants,” said Mrs.
Marilou Macatangay, who works at
the PHC. “We were also forced to cancel over 80
appointments to the indignation of those who’ve
scheduled time-off with their employers and made
travel arrangements to PHC.”
It turns out those were the least of
inconveniences passport applicants would have to
face.
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“WDCPE told us they will not accept even those which we already had,
over 100 applications,” said Mrs. Macatangay. “We were ordered to return
these to the applicants. I was told over the phone that WDCPE will be
overwhelmed with work doing the passports.”
“It is difficult to rationalize why the notarized applications had to be
returned to applicants,” explained Mrs. Macatangay. “It would be a loss
of time and money for hardworking Filipinos. It's a tough economy, so
yes, I did mail those to WDCPE.”
In a phone interview with the WDCPE, Basta Pinoy News learned that two
issues caused DFA to order WDCPE to rescind the arrangement with PHC
regarding the personal appearance of passport applicants.
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