VFS Global opens Philippines ePassport Renewal centers in nine new countries

VFS Global opened the Philippines ePassport Renewal centers in nine new countries. Ensuring the ease and welfare of Philippines living aborad the Republic of Philippines Department of Foreign Affairs and VFS Global signed a contract on August 6, 2021, to provide ePassport Renewal services in Cyprus, Ethiopia, France, Ireland, Kuwait, Singapore, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Vietnam.

The VFS Global ePassport Renewal Centres opened in November 2019 in Dubai, UAE, marking the first time the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs had outsourced its ePassport renewal procedure for Filipino citizens living abroad. VFS Global successfully expanded services to one additional city in the UAE and three locations in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 2020, despite the pandemic, following the success of the operations in this trial location, which works for 12 hours every day.

Mr. Chris Dix, Head of Business Development, VFS Global, said, “We would like to thank the Republic of the Philippines Department of Foreign Affairs for their continued faith in us as a leading passport and consular service provider. I am happy to share that our Passport and Consular services have been growing from strength to strength as we offer a world-class service experience to ease the ePassport renewal process for Philippine nationals residing in Cyprus, Ethiopia, France, Ireland, Kuwait, Singapore, Saudi Arabia, the UK, the UAE, the USA, and Vietnam. We look forward to many more years of fruitful cooperation to ensure Philippine nationals across the world benefit from a first-class ePassport renewal service by expanding this service to more locations.” 

Key benefits of  the Philippine ePassport Renewal  Centre:

• Improved passport and consular services for Filipinos living in other countries

• Strictly verifiable protocols to assure biometric data collecting accuracy

• Select locations offer flexible ‘prime time’ services.

VFS Global now has 163 centers in 31 countries, offering Passport and Consular Services to 12 nations.