If you are applying for a new passport after having adopted the surname of your US citizen spouse and/or planning to immigrate to the US, you are required to attend the Guidance and Counseling Program offered by the Commission on Filipinos Overseas (CFO). This is a pre-departure orientation required by the Philippines government. Bureau of Immigration officers at the NAIA international port of exit will request for this. Here is a link to register. You will need to print the registration’s barcoded confirmation page: https://cfo.gov.ph/overseas-filipinos-cfo-online-registration-system-or-of-cors-2/

Upon completion, you will receive a Guidance and Counseling certificate. This certificate does not have an expiration date. Once your K1 or immigrant visa package is in your possession, you will need to travel back to CFO to have an emigrant sticker affixed in one of the pages on your Philippines passport.

You can attend the orientation in any of the 4 locations:

• Manila (Appointments only)
• Cebu (First come, first serve basis)
• Clark, Pampanga (First come, first serve basis)
• Davao (Appointments only)

The counseling session can take up to 6 hours.

CFO – MANILA
Citigold Center, 1345 Pres. Quirino Ave.
corner Osmena Highway (South Superhighway)
Manila, Philippines 1007
Telephone: (+632) 552-4700
Email: info@cfo.gov.ph

CFO – CEBU
4th Floor, K&J Building
#4 Don Julio Llorente St.,
Capitol Site, Cebu City 6000
Telephone: (032) 255-5253
Email: cfocebu@cfo.gov.ph

CFO – CLARK EXTENSION DESK
One-Stop Processing Center in Clark (OSPC)
Clark Polytechnic Compound,
Jose Abad Santos Ave., Clark Freeport Zone
Telephone: (045) 499-8119
Email: info@cfo.gov.ph

CFO – DAVAO SATELLITE OFFICE
5th floor, AMQ Building, Lakandula St.
corner, Dacudao Ave., Agdao, Davao City
Telephone: (+6382) 228-2432
Email: info@cfo.gov.ph

CFO ADVISORY

𝗡𝗢𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗦𝗙𝗘𝗥 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗙𝗢 𝗠𝗔𝗜𝗡 𝗢𝗙𝗙𝗜𝗖𝗘 𝗧𝗢 𝗤𝗨𝗘𝗭𝗢𝗡 𝗖𝗜𝗧𝗬 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗢𝗙 𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗜𝗧𝗬 𝗢𝗙 𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗜𝗟𝗔

To serve our clients better, the Commission on Filipinos Overseas (CFO) Main Office will be relocating to a new and more spacious office in Quezon City, 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝟐 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒 (𝐓𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲). Upon transfer, we 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐐𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐨 𝐀𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐞, 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐥𝐚.

𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐬:

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐓𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫, 𝟐𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝟐𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐬, 𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐳𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐫. 𝐒𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐭, 𝐃𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐧, 𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐳𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲 | 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬: 𝟕:𝟎𝟎 𝐀𝐌 𝐭𝐨 𝟓:𝟎𝟎 𝐏𝐌 (no noon break for frontline operations)

Please be advised that our frontline and pre-departure services will be on the 20th floor, while our Management and Program offices will be on the 21st floor.

Only those with official transactions are allowed within the CFO premises. We observe the “𝐍𝐨 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬/𝐒𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬/𝐒𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲”. Clients and visitors are advised to adhere to a 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐝𝐞.

The CFO may be reached through the 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐤 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 at 8552-4700 and email address at 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨@𝐜𝐟𝐨.𝐠𝐨𝐯.𝐩𝐡.

For more information and updates, please visit the CFO website at 𝐰𝐰𝐰.𝐜𝐟𝐨.𝐠𝐨𝐯.𝐩𝐡 and official Facebook page at 𝐰𝐰𝐰.𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤.𝐜𝐨𝐦/𝐂𝐅𝐎𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐏𝐡.

If you want to instruct Atty Magsino, please email donm@queensparksolicitors.co.uk or queensparksolicitors@gmail.com or call me on 07446 888 377.