To reduce the waiting time of applicants as well as the time they transact at the Consular Section, the Philippine Embassy in Riyadh is introducing an appointment system for passport renewal. Make sure you print your confirmation to present to the Embassy, with your passport, a copy of information page on the passport and accomplished application form.

Only applicants for e-Passport renewal need appointments.  Applicants for lost passports and newborn children will be entertained as "walk-in" clients without the need of an appointment.

The Consular Section will accommodate up to 250 applicants daily.

HOW TO GET AN APPOINTMENT 

CLICK ON THE BLUE BUTTON BELOW (BOOK NOW) OR RED BUTTON (SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT) THE  AND USE THE ONLINE SYSTEM.

OR

CLICK ON THE IMAGE ON THE RIGHT "EPASSPORT ONLINE APPOINTMENT".

To download the Application Form, right click the passport image below and chose "save as".

You should receive an email to confirm your appointment.

Please notify the Embassy's consular section if you cannot make it to your appointment, so that others could be accommodated during the same slot.

Requirements for e-Passport renewal:

1. Personal appearance
2. Original old passport
3. Photocopy of old passport (data page only)
4. Passport application form that can be downloaded from the Embassy website:www.philembassy-riyadh.org or obtained from Window 1 of the Consular Section or at the Information Desk at the Embassy lobby (no photo needed).  Make sure you complete all entries before you get to the encoders.

Requirements for replacement of damaged passport:

1. Personal appearance
2. Original damaged passport
3. Affidavit of Damage of Passport
4. Passport application form (no photo needed)

Requirements for replacement of lost passport:

1. Personal appearance
2. Police Report with English translation
3. Affidavit of Lost of passport
4. Duly accomplished passport application form (no photo needed)

(Note:  There is a 15 working days waiting period before the approval of the passport application)

Requirements for newly born applicants for e-Passport:

1. Report of Birth form accomplished in 4 copies. (Form available at the Consular Section of the Embassy or the website)
2. Arabic and English temporary birth certificate and/or other supporting documents (e.g. Notification of Birth from the clinic/hospital where the child was born) – 3 copies
3. Marriage Contract of parents duly authenticated by the Department of Foreign Affairs, Manila (if married in the Philippines) or authenticated by the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs with English translation (if married in KSA) – 3 copies
4. Photocopies of parents' passports (data page only) – 3 copies
5. Duly accomplished passport application form (no photo needed)

• 30 days after applying for your passport, you may check the Embassy website at www.philembassy-riyadh.org to find out if your passport has been received by the Embassy and is ready for release.  You may also call 482-3816.

Releasing of e-Passport (Window 3)

1. Releasing will be in the afternoon only from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm.
2. Bring the following:
   1. Original old passport
   2. Official receipt

If you cannot appear personally to collect your new passport, you may authorize a representative and give him/her a signed letter of authorization stating your full name and the representative’s full name.

PASSPORT APPLICATION FORM (click to download)

Emergency Extension of Validity

Press Release No. 195 -2012

19 December 2012

Advisory Concerning the Extension of the Validity of Non-Machine Readable Passports

The Philippine Embassy in Riyadh announces that the regulations of the International Civil Aviation Organization require that all non-machine readable passports should be out of circulation before 24 November 2015.

Filipinos in the Kingdom are advised to secure an appointment for the renewal of their non-machine readable passports (the ones on the left and the middle) and secure an ePassport (the one on the right with the biometric symbol on the lower part of the cover) to avoid problems in the future.

However, non-machine readable passports that are valid for less than six (6) months or those that have already expired may be EXTENDED IN THE FOLLOWING INSTANCES (in accordance with DFA instructions):

1. 1.Death in the family requiring the OFW and members of his/her dependent family to urgently travel to the Philippines;
2. 2.Medical emergencies requiring the OFW and members of his/her dependent family to urgently travel to the Philippines or another country for medical treatment;
3. 3.OFWs returning to their employers abroad with valid employment contracts processed by the POEA; and
4. 4.Those going home on final exit visas.

In these instances, proof of urgency such as a copy of the death certificate, medical certificate, valid employment contracts processed by the POEA or the Philippine Overseas Labor Office of the Embassy or the Consulate, along with plane tickets with confirmed flight details shall be presented.

ONCE THE EXTENSION IS GRANTED, THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS SHALL THEN APPLY:

1. 1.THE EXTENSION SHALL ONLY BE DONE ONCE AND SHALL NOT BE BEYOND 31 OCTOBER 2015;
2. 2.The applicant shall also apply for an ePassport at the same time the application for the extension is filed with the Embassy or Consulate;
3. 3.Payment of the consular fees for the extension of the passport and the application for the ePassport; and
4. 4.The extended passport shall be submitted for cancellation on the date of the release of the ePassport.

Those who are going home on final exit visas shall no longer be required to apply for ePassports with the Embassy and the Consulate.

Applications for extension of the validity of passports of persons who will be travelling for visit or tourism purposes only shall not be give due course.

How to get to the Embassy