Claiming Renewed Passports Overseas

I renewed my passport in Dammam, KSA last December 2012 and I gave a pound-for-pound account of how it is being conducted by the Philippine Embassy of Riyadh through their Embassy-on-Wheels program.

Back in the later part of January I visited the website of the Philippine Embassy in Riyadh to check if my passport is already available. My name came out a day after their last visit in our area so I had to wait until yesterday, or about two months, to claim my passport in the Philippine School in Dammam. Continue reading Claiming Renewed Passports Overseas

My First e-Passport Renewal Experience Overseas

I went early yesterday morning to Dammam to renew my passport through the Philippine Embassy in Riyadh’s “Embassy on Wheels” or the EOW program. Thanks to a colleague, who’s also a volunteer for the EOW, for giving me a lift to the Al Jazeera International School (Philippine School of Dammam).

I booked an appointment with the Embassy through their website way back in August. I was trying to get a booking for their September or October tour but the online appointment was already full so I had to settle for the December schedule.

So I advise the Filipinos in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia to book their renewal as early as 6 months prior to the expiration of their passports to avoid any problem.

Let me take you to a virtual tour on how the renewal process went on yesterday morning. Continue reading My First e-Passport Renewal Experience Overseas