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NEW GLOBAL ONLINE PASSPORT APPOINTMENT SYSTEM

The public is informed that starting 31 December 2021, all appointments in the Philippine Embassy in Seoul for passport application and renewal will only be made through the Department of Foreign Affairs-Philippines (DFA) Global Online Appointment System (GOAS). Please note that appointments for passport applications worldwide can only be made through the DFA GOAS system.

The GOAS is accessed through the following website: www.passport.gov.ph.

For applicants who secured appointments for passport application or renewal for 2022 and the remainder of 2021, please note that your appointments will be honored and you are not required to apply for another slot through the GOAS.

Passport applicants who are seniors, persons with disabilities (PWDs), pregnant women, and minors seven (7) years old and below with their parent/s do not need to apply for an appointment online.

For other consular services (Notarials, Dual Citizenship Retention/Reacquisition, Civil Registry, NBI, and Travel Documents, among others), the existing appointment platforms will remain in use.

For Visa applications, the Embassy will continue to attend to these on a walk-in, first-come, first-served basis. Applicants may also book their appointment and submit their requirements through the online portal visa.gov.ph.

The public’s understanding and attention is greatly appreciated.

14 December 2021

BAGONG GLOBAL ONLINE PASSPORT APPOINTMENT SYSTEM

Ipinapaalam sa publiko na mula ika – 31 ng Disyembre 2021, lahat ng appointments sa Pasuguan ng Pilipinas sa Seoul para sa aplikasyon at renewal ng pasaporte ay maari nang makuha gamit ang Global Online Appointment System (GOAS) ng Kagawaran ng Ugnayang Panlabas ng Pilipinas (DFA-Philippines). Ipinapaalam din sa publiko na ang lahat ng appointment para sa aplikasyon at renewal ng passport sa buong mundo ay maari lamang makuha sa pamamagitan ng DFA-GOAS.

Ang GOAS online passport appointment system ay matatagpuan sa sumusunod na website: www.passport.gov.ph.

Ang mga aplikanteng nakakuha na ng appointment para sa 2022 at sa mga natitirang araw ng 2021 ay hindi na kailangan kumuha ng panibagong appointment gamit ang GOAS.

Ang mga aplikanteng senior citizens, PWDs, mga nagdadalang tao, at mga menor de edad na pitong (7) taong gulang kasama ang magulang ay hindi na kinakailangang kumuha ng appointment online.

Para sa mga ibang serbisyong konsular (Notarials, Dual Citizenship Retention/Reacquisition, Civil Registry, NBI, and Travel Documents, at iba), tuloy ang paggamit ng umiiral na sistema sa paggawa ng appointment.

Para sa mga mag-a-apply ng Philippine Visa, patuloy ang pagtanggap ng mga aplikanteng “walk-in” at ipinapairal ang sistemang “first-come, first-served”. Maari ding gumawa ng appointment at magsumite ng requirements sa online portal na visa.gov.ph.

Maraming salamat po sa pag-unawa at atensiyon.

Ika-14 ng Disyembre 2021

PHILIPPINE EMBASSY IN SEOUL PARTICIPATES IN THE 18-DAY CAMPAIGN TO END VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

12 December 2021, Seoul - The Philippine Embassy in Seoul participated in the observance of the 18-Day Campaign to End Violence Against Women (VAW) from 25 November to 12 December 2021. 

Throughout the 18-day campaign, the Philippine Embassy in Seoul raised awareness on the importance of a whole-of-society approach in ensuring safe spaces for everyone. As duty-bearers of the Philippine government serving in the Republic of Korea, Embassy Personnel were reminded of their responsibility in upholding a VAW-free community and in taking part in protecting spaces from gender based-sexual harassment.

On 25 November 2021, the Philippine Embassy in Seoul was pleased to participate in the Orange Your Icon Advocacy by illuminating the Namsan Tower (N Seoul Tower) orange.  The Philippine Embassy Officials and Staff in Seoul declared its strong support to the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (VAW) through the "Orange Your Icon" Campaign of the N Seoul Tower.  The lighting of the tower was held with a goal to increase awareness to prevent and eliminate violence against women and girls around the world, calling for global action to increase awareness, promote advocacy and create opportunities for discussion on challenges and solutions. As this year’s theme is “Orange the World: End Violence Against Women Now!”, the Philippine Embassy in Seoul initiated the turning of the Korean icon orange to remind the community that violence against women continues to be an obstacle to achieving equality, development, peace, as well as the fulfillment of women and girls’ human rights.

Philippine Embassy Officials and Staff also wore orange to further support and compliment the activity.  The N Tower Lighting was shared with all relevant government organizations and diplomatic missions in Korea.

As a culminating activity of the campaign, Embassy personnel also attended a Safe Spaces Act seminar conducted by Mr. Kim Harold Peji of the Philippine Commission on Women (PCW) on 9 December 2021. Mr. Peji, a Supervising GAD Specialist of the PCW and the speaker for the event, was instrumental in aligning Post’s GAD activities to fit this year’s theme, with the forum focusing on avoiding harassment in shared public spaces online and in various social media.

The forum was organized in keeping with the provisions of the Safe Spaces Act which states that "Employers or other persons of authority, influence or moral ascendancy in a workplace shall have the duty to prevent, deter, or punish the performance of acts of gender-based sexual harassment in the workplace by providing measures to prevent gender-based sexual harassment in the workplace, such as the conduct of anti-sexual harassment seminars."

The Philippine Embassy in Seoul, led by its Gender and Development Secretariat, will continue to pursue a VAW-free community where respect thrives, and where we can ensure and secure safe spaces for all. END