PRESS RELEASE
January 29, 2009
Office of Caloocan City Mayor Enrico “Recom” Echiverri
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Caloocan City Mayor Enrico “Recom” Echiverri yesterday said the city government will be launching a Mobile E-Passport Service (MEPS) on Feb. 2 in partnership with the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA).

Echiverri said residents would only have to go to the Civil Registry Department (CRD) in either the City Hall Main or the City Hall North to properly avail of the service.

“Our Civil Registry Department will also provide the necessary assistance to our residents who are applying for a passport,” the mayor said.

The application period will run until Feb. 27. If approved, applicants then would have to return on March 14 at the City Hall Main at A. Mabini st. corner 10th Ave., for final evaluation and payment.

The releasing of passports, meanwhile, is set on March 28 also at the Caloocan City Hall Main.

For her part City Civil Registrar and DFA-LGU Coordinator Luchi Flores said the hassle-free processing of passports was earlier requested by Mayor Recom as part of the celebration of the 47th Cityhood of Caloocan on Feb. 16.

Flores said that because of this benefit, the residents would incur additional savings for the processing of their documents.

Aside from helping applicants minimize their expenses, the MEPS will also bring government services closer to the people, she added.

Flores explained that the MEPS is a component of the outreach project of the DFA in partnership with the local government.

It aims to facilitate the processing of passports and at the same time, allow the DFA to serve the residents of a particular city or municipality, she said.

Flores, meanwhile, designated two phone lines, 324-5126 and 288-8811 loc. 2249, to entertain the increasing number of passport applicants.