PESO urges public to enlist for mobile passport service

By Gigi Dumallig

TABUK CITY, Kalinga -- The city government through its Public Employment Service Office urged interested individuals planning to acquire or renew their passports to submit their names at the PESO office for recording.

City PESO designate LoydaSaboy said that this was being made to justify the request of the city government to the Department of Foreign Affairs to start mobile passport processing service here.

The list, she said, is important to warrant the coming of the DFA personnel who will be bringing along their machines and equipment for the activity.

According to Saboy, the public, especially skilled workers who have yet to acquire a passport should take advantage of the event and have their passports processed faster and without going to Tuguegarao or in DFA offices.

Regular processing of passports at the DFA office takes three or four months before releasing, she said explaining that this could be disadvantageous for skilled workers who are being hired on urgent basis

She said on several public recruitment and jobs fair activities, many applicants are qualified for the job openings but were reconsidered by the recruitment agencies after finding out that they don’t have passport.

“We have many skilled workers but only a few have a passport, so we are appealing to them to have their names listed at the PESO office for submission at the DFA,” she said.

“We advise our skilled workers to acquire a passport now to help facilitate their employment,” Saboy added.

She also urged interested individuals from municipalities outside Tabuk City so they could renew or replace lost passports.

The replacement of lost passports requires an affidavit of loss and a copy of the
police blotter, she said.