The DFA-CO Candon reserves 255 application slots per day and serves an average of 1,500 applicants each month. Huelgas also clarified that applicants are allowed to wear light makeup, such as lipstick ...

The British passport remains one of the most powerful travel documents in the world, and for good reason. It opens doors to ...

Filipinos in Seoul will soon be able to get easier access to the Social Security System with an office set to open in South ...

The Philippines will open a new consulate in Busan, its second office in South Korea, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. announced on Thursday, hours after he arrived in the peninsula ahead of this year’s ...

For the first time in 20 years, the United States' passport has fallen from the top ten most powerful in the world. The United States and the United Kingdom have slipped on the global passport index.

The Philippine passport ranked 79 th out of 199 in the October update of the Henley Passport Index (HPI). Filipino citizens enjoy visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to only 64 out of 227 destinations ...

India has fallen to the 85th rank in the 2025 Henley Passport Index, offering visa-free access to 57 countries. Last year, India's passport was ranked 80th on the list with visa-free travel to 62 ...

The world’s most powerful passport has been revealed in a quarterly ranking — and sadly, it’s not the United States. The Henley Passport Index ranks all the world’s passports according to the number ...

The once-dominant United States passport has lost its shine. For the first time in two decades, the American passport has dropped out of the top 10 most powerful passports in the world, according to ...

India has barred BLS International Services Ltd., the multinational that handles visa and passport outsourcing for several governments, from bidding for new Indian Mission contracts for two years. The ...

MANILA, Philippines — Companies in the Philippines are projecting only modest pay increases next year despite facing the steepest employee turnover rates in Southeast Asia. The 2025 Salary Increase ...

As diplomatic efforts continue, Filipinos are able to travel to more countries visa-free HIGHLIGHTS The Philippine passport keeps stepping up on the global stage. It currently ranks 72nd in the 2025 ...