PROVIDING FOR THE RATIONALIZATION AND UPGRADING OF THE EXISTING PASSPORT EXTENSION OFFICES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS INTO REGIONAL CONSULAR OFFICES

WHEREAS, it is the policy of the
government to bring public service closer to the people;

WHEREAS, the Department of Foreign
Affairs (DFA), desirous of providing services to cover the widest possible
area, has created ten (10) Passport Extension Offices, whose primary function
is the delivery of passport services, in the following regions:

1. San Fernando, La Union (Region I)
2. Cauayan, Isabela (Region II)
3. San Fernando, Pampanga (Region III)
4. Lucena City, Quezon (Region IV)
5. Legaspi, Albay (Region V)
6. Iloilo City, Iloilo (Region VI)
7. Cebu City, Cebu (Region VII)
8. Zamboanga City, Zamboanga (Region IX)
9. Cagayan de Oro City (Region X)
10. Davao City, Davao (Region XI)

WHEREAS, pursuant to recent human
resource development diplomacy thrust of the DFA, the Passport Extension
Offices also engage in public information and education of government policies
and attend to requests for assistance from relatives of overseas contract
workers (OCWs) residing within their respective regional jurisdiction;

WHEREAS, in order to sustain efforts in
providing assistance to OCWs and their relatives in the Philippines, there is a
need to upgrade the functions, scope and responsibilities of the Passport
Extension Offices.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS,
President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in
me by law, do hereby order the upgrading of the DFA Passport Extension Offices
into Regional Consular Offices.

SECTION 1. Organization. The
Regional Consular Offices shall be composed of Home Office-based personnel and
locally hired employees from the Region. It shall be headed by an
Officer-In-Charge, who shall have the minimum rank of Foreign Service Staff
Officer (FSSO).

SEC. 2. Staff House. The
DFA Regional Consular Office is duly authorized to rent a staff house for its
Home Office-based personnel, preferably in the same building or premises where
the Office is situated.

SEC. 3. Funding. Funding
for the Regional Consular Office shall come from the annual budget of the
Department of Foreign Affairs and the Passport Revolving Fund. For Calendar
Year 1995, an initial fund of Five Million Pesos (P5M) shall be released from
the President’s Contingent Fund and/or any available appropriations for CY
1995, as may be determined by the Department of Budget and Management, for the
upgrading of the ten (10) existing extension offices and the creation of at
least two (2) Regional Consular Offices in Region VIII and XII.

SEC. 4. Additional Guidelines. The
Secretary of Foreign Affairs is hereby directed to formulate the additional
implementing guidelines that may be necessary to effect this Order. Provided,
that all provisions and guidelines that have financial implications are
properly coordinated with the Secretary of Budget and Management.

SEC. 5. Effectivity. This
Executive Order shall take effect immediately.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 22^nd day of
June, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Five.

(Sgd.) FIDEL V. RAMOS
President of the Philippines

By the
President:

(Sgd.) RUBEN
D. TORRES
Executive Secretary

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