First R.P. Passport

[purple]

Hello,
I would like to ask my friend is married with canadian citizen and last week she went to DFA to amend her passport for her new surname but unfortunately the DFA said they wont do amendments, they can do renewal but they need a certificate from CFO...Anyone have been this situation?

Hi Jane, the DFA don't term it as amendment anymore. She needs to bring Marriage Cert authenticated by NSO or if she have the SECPA paper the better. All she need to is go to DFA and have her passport renewed/amended and ask for the form where it will allow her to change the surname.

PS- bring updated passport size photos as well and money for the fees.

[jane2009]

Hi Jane, the DFA don't term it as amendment anymore. She needs to bring Marriage Cert authenticated by NSO or if she have the SECPA paper the better. All she need to is go to DFA and have her passport renewed/amended and ask for the form where it will allow her to change the surname.

PS- bring updated passport size photos as well and money for the fees.

Hi Purple,
Thank you for your reply...But the DFA is asking a CFO certificate she can not get a passport at the moment since she does'nt have any CFO cert...She is planning to go to cebu to attend the seminar..anyway she is in Davao City....

[purple]

Jane,

I sent you a PM. The CFO cert is given to those who are ready to live the country and you will need passport for this not the other way around.

There is no sense of getting a CFO when you don't even have a passport. When you will up the forms for CFO you are required to fill the passport document number... so it is not possible that DFA will require CFO cert.

Your friend can get her passport in Davao City Consular Office to be cost wise. Because if she will get her passport here in Cebu she needs to come back again to pick it up.

[jane2009]

Hi Purple,
Thank you for your reply...But the DFA is asking a CFO certificate, she can not renew her passport at the moment since she does'nt have any CFO cert...She is planning to go to cebu to attend the seminar for CFO..anyway she is in Davao City....

[malditako]

Hi Purple,
Thank you for your reply...But the DFA is asking a CFO certificate she can not get a passport at the moment since she does'nt have any CFO cert...She is planning to go to cebu to attend the seminar..anyway she is in Davao City....

ur right...if someone is married to a foreigner and who is going to use their foreign spouse name they need a CFO certificate....

im lucky though when i applied to change my name in the passport they didn't ask me that...probably they forgot to ask but lots of people i know were been asked.