Passport General Information
As of 16 June 2010, the Consular Section of the Philippine Embassy in Tokyo, Japan has been issuing the new ePassport for Filipino applicants within its jurisdiction.
The new ePassport has an embedded integrated circuit chip containing the details of the passport including the holder’s biometric information, following the standards set forth by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).
Except for the compulsory requirement for applicants to appear in person for biometric data capture and the slight increase in the passport fee, the requirements for passport application/renewal remain essentially the same as that of previous passport types.
Like the previous Machine Readable Passport (MRP), it takes approximately 30-45 days from the date of payment for the passport to arrive in Japan. The central ePassport production facility is located in Manila.
All Philippine passports previously issued by the Philippine Government shall remain valid until the date of expiry indicated therein. Holders of Machine Readable Passports (MRP) not nearing its date of expiration need not apply immediately for an ePassport.
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