Philippine passport renewal in Malaysia made easy with BLS PaRC

1. Go to the booking page and schedule an appointment there. Pick a date and time that is convenient for you. It is hard to commit a mistake here since the allowable days are clearly indicated by colour: green available, red not available!
2. Upon selecting a schedule, an application form will appear below the legends table. Scroll down to see it.
3. Accurately fill-in all the required fields. You will not be able to proceed to the next step if details are missing. Make sure to provide a valid email address because an appointment confirmation will be sent there.
4. Once the confirmation is received, print a copy and include it with the rest of your other required documents.

1. Download, print and fill-in completely the passport application form with all your biographical details. The forms are available here: for adults and for minors.
2. Take a photo copy (or two) of your current passport's data page.
3. Secure your original and current e-passport.
4. Print a copy of the appointment confirmation email that you have received after booking an appointment in the previous step.
5. Gather all the documents and place them in an envelope, mainly, to have an easier way to access them later on.
6. Prepare the payment in CASH, according to the enumerated fees below

• Standard fees include
   Consular fee - RM 288
   Passport revolving fee - RM 24
   BLS processing fee - RM 113
• Additional but optional fees are to be expected should you want to avail of the extra services that they offer
   SMS and Email alert - RM 10
   Photocopy - RM 1
   Form filling - RM 30
   Courier West Malaysia - RM 75
   Courier East Malaysia - RM 85

Based on the fees as of February, 2022.

1. Wear decent clothing. You are going to a business appointment so it is best to look respectable. Besides, a photo of you will be taken a little later.
2. Be early, at least 15 mins ahead of your scheduled appointment. Everybody who arrives will be checked-in by the guard-on-duty. Depending on the number of people on your chosen appointment date, this could take a while. Prepare the documentary requirements and present them to the guard.
3. Once checked-in, a priority number will be given to you. Take a seat and wait for your number to be called.

1. Submit the documents to the counter where it will be evaluated and verified. The details on the application form, especially, will be carefully checked for completeness.
2. The payment will be taken here as well, so prepare your cash. Additionally, the evaluator will explain and ask if you intend to avail of the optional services. If so, make sure to ready the cash for that too.
3. Once verified, nn official receipt, that contains a reference number, will be issued to you along with some instructional brochure which describes, among other things, how to track your application later on.

At this stage of the application, all your biographical details, photo, digital signature and fingerprints will be recorded and collected.

1. An authorised Filipino personnel will encode the details which you have written in your application form. A separate computer screen, facing you, is present to enable you to see your details as they are being encoded. Pay extra attention to any typos and spelling mistakes that maybe inputted during the process. Point them out immediately so they can be corrected right away.
2. Once the encoding is done, and you have carefully verified their correctness, biometric data collection will follow.

• Photo - Take care that your face and upper body is as natural as it can be, free from heavy makeup, jewellery and other ornaments.
• Fingerprints - See that you apply the right pressure on the digital scanner. Be alert on the instructions of the encoder because you may have to press more on the device or move your fingers a little bit to fully capture your prints.
• Digital signature - Write in your signature using the digital tablet and pen provided to you while you preview it on the screen.

Rejoice! You are done!

According to their website, it takes four to six weeks after submission for the passport renewal application to be completed. THERE IS NO option to expedite this. Keep this in mind as it might affect your other appointments or plans.

• An application tracking form is available for you, at anytime, to input the reference number and your date of birth to get a status of your application. Not unlike how we track a parcel in one of those courier services that we are all familiar with by now.
• Additionally, you can also call or email them should you have more questions.

Finally, your new passport has arrived.

1. If you opted to personally collect the new passport at the BLS PaRC, bring with you the official receipt and your old passport.
2. Present to the personnel on duty your official receipt and old passport to get a priority number. Take a seat while your new passport and the collection acknowledgement form are being prepared.
3. Proceed to the releasing counter when your number is called to receive your new passport.

• EXTRA CAREFULLY CHECK for any typos and other wrong biographical details in the new passport data page. Hopefully there are none as this will entail further processing time to correct the errors.
• Once you have verified that the details are true and correct, confirm it with the authorised personnel in the counter. They will then invalidate your old passport by punching holes on the cover. Say a silent thank you to it for its years of service to you.
• Finally, sign the collection acknowledgement form to affirm that the document has been collected.