phase out non machine readable passports

[cheekee]

Thanks.

But does she need to get a replacement soon because of these changes.

I dont quite understand why there will be problems with immigration checks in the future.

[raynaputi]

Thanks.

But does she need to get a replacement soon because of these changes.

I dont quite understand why there will be problems with immigration checks in the future.

The Philippine government will completely phase out the old passports by November 2015 to comply to the standards set by International Civil Aviation Organization. Extension for the validity of current passports will only be until October 2014 for those who don't want to renew/replace their passports with the new one. (I'm not really sure though what happens to this extensions because I never did it before).

It will be a problem not getting the new passport for immigration checks in the future because these old passports will be no longer be valid once the phaseout process starts, which is by October 2015.

If your fiancee has lost her passport, she can get replacement for it. The earlier the better as always.