THE Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) started issuing on Friday passports valid for 10 years and with no extra cost to applicants.
In a simple ceremony at the DFA Office of Consular Affairs in Pasay City, Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano said a longer passport validity was expected to benefit overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), particularly those assigned in areas far from an embassy or consulate where they could apply for a new one.
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