@kefert - just go to dfa and show the letter from the embassy. punta ka sa directors office. tell them na need mo na ipabago ang green passport mo sa e - passort. 10 working days and php1200 ang fee. ganyan din sa akin - green passport (until march 2012) pa din but my sis told me na ipa change ko na kasi machine readable na ang gamit sa vancouver so delayed na agad ako ng 2 weeks. july 16 ang date sa letter pero july 30 ko na nareceive then i went to dfa ng august 3. narelease passport ko ng august 17. august 18 nareceive ng CEMkefert said:I have received letter from the Immigration Section of Manila Embassy last friday sept 17. asking me to send may original passport and cenomar. They have only given me 45 days to send my passport and by the time I received the letter from them I only had some 27 days. I had my green passport but they asking me the new cred-colored passport with the machine readable passport requirement of the International Civil Aviation Organization.But due to the new DFA policy of making appointment to have my passport renew i was schedule for the personal appearance on the 15 which is which is already my 45 days deadline. Can i just submit my green passport or letter them and ask for extension? any help? Thank you and God bless.