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    Date: 2024-01-24 10:52:52.710084

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Birth Certificate

Requested from DFA by R. Valiente at 10:52 AM on Jan 24, 2024.
Purpose: For Passport Application
Date of Coverage: 01/24/2024 - 01/24/2024
Tracking no: #DFA-374975045602

Valiente 10:52 AM, Jan 24, 2024

Hi! I want to get a passport but I have a problem with my middle name on my birth certificate. Is an "AFFIDAVIT OF ONE AND THE SAME PERSON" accepted by DFA as an attachment to my birth certificate to process a passport? Please advise. Thank you.

January 24, 2024

Dear Richard,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated Jan 24, 2024 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

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You asked for Birth Certificate.

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

For more information, you may wish to contact the Office of Consular Affairs:

[Passport Requirement Concerns]
Email: passportconcerns@dfa.gov.ph / oca.concerns@dfa.gov.ph

[For Passport, Authentication and Consular Inquiries]
Call: (02) 8651 9400
Mobile number: +63 956 0526 290 / +63 961 9432 021

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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 Receiving Officer
FOI Officer

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