If you’re of driving age, chances are your Land Transportation Office (LTO) driver’s license is your go-to option for any or all application requirements.
But what do you do if you don’t have one? After all, not everyone in this country owns a car or drives. Thankfully, there is a handful of other valid IDs that many government institutions accept.
In the case of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), the agency accepts 12 other IDs and documents to meet its Philippine passport requirements, whether for new applications or renewals. The only conditions? The IDs must still be “readable, untampered, and consistent with your other application documents.”
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Some of these you’re probably familiar with already, such as the postal ID and the senior citizen ID. Others, though? Perhaps not so much. Check out the list below:
Passport requirements: Valid IDs accepted by the DFA in 2022
- SSS ID
- PH Unified Multi-Purpose ID (UMID)
- Professional Identification Card (PRC ID)
- PhilID (aka National ID)
- Overseas Workers Welfare Administration/Integrated Department of Labor and Employment ID (OWWA/iDole ID)
- Voter’s ID
- Philippine National Police (PNP) firearms license
- Airman license issued 2016 onwards
- School ID or certificate of enrollment with photo and dry seal (for student applicants only)
- Postal ID
- Senior Citizen ID
- Seafarer’s Record Book
Oh, and be sure to bring along the necessary photocopies and supporting documents as well.
For more information on the DFA’s Philippine passport application process and requirements, click here. Have you tried applying for one without an LTO driver’s license?
