Department of Foreign Affairs

February 27, 2023

Dear Rengie,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated Feb 22, 2023 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

Your request

You asked for apostille appointment for your NBI Clearance.

Response to your request

Please be advised that your request cannot be categorized as an FOI request. 

You may wish to contact the Office of Consular Affairs for Authentication matters. 

You may contact/set up an appointment at:

Authentication Concerns Hotline: 0966-410-8465 (Globe), 0967-307-3111(Globe)
Email: oca.authentication@dfa.gov.ph

For further information on the availment of authentication appointment, you may read through this link: 

https://dfa-oca.ph/authentication/authentication-general-info/ 

Your right to request a review

If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response by writing to opcd.div2@dfa.gov.ph. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made within 15 calendar days from the date when you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result within 30 calendar days from the date when we receive your review request.

If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011).

Thank you.

Respectfully,

FOI Decision Maker
FOI Receiving Officer