Section 7Sec./Art. 7

Types of Passports. - The DFA Secretary or the authorized consular official may issue the following types of passports:

(a) Diplomatic Passports are issued to citizens with diplomatic status or who are on diplomatic mission, such as:

(1) The President and former President of the Philippines;

(2) The Vice-President and former Vice-President of the Philippines;

(3) The President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and former Presidents of the Senate and Speakers of the House of Representatives;

(4) The Chief Justice and Associate Justices of the Supreme Court, as well as the respective Presiding Justices of the Court of Appeals, Court of Tax Appeals, and the Sandiganbayan;

(5) The Secretary, Undersecretaries, and Assistant Secretaries of the DFA;

(6) The Members of the Congress, the Secretary of the Senate, and the Secretary General of the House of Representatives;

(7) The Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of the Philippines; Chiefs of Mission, Foreign Service Officers of all ranks in the career diplomatic service, and designated attaches from the DFA and agencies of the government, including the officials of the Migrant Workers Office (MWO) as created under Section 15 of Republic Act No. 11641 or the "Department of Migrant Workers Act";

(8) The Secretaries of all departments of the Executive branch;

(9) The Governor of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas;

(10) The official delegates to international or regional conferences duly authorized to represent the country; and

(11) The spouses and minor children of the abovementioned officials when accompanying or following to join them on a diplomatic mission abroad.

The President of the Philippines or the DFA Secretary may grant diplomatic passports to officials and persons other than those enumerated herein:

(b) Official Passports are issued to all government officials and employees on official trip abroad but who are not on a diplomatic mission or have not been accorded diplomatic status, such as:

(1) The Undersecretaries and Assistant Secretaries of the Cabinet other than the DFA, the Associate Justices of the Court of Appeals, Court of Tax Appeals, the Sandiganbayan, and other members of the Judiciary, and all other government officials and employees traveling on official business and official time;

(2) Staff officers and employees of the DFA assigned to diplomatic and consular posts, as well as officers and representatives of other government departments and agencies assigned abroad;

(3) Persons in the domestic service of officials assigned to diplomatic or consular posts; and

(4) Spouse and minor children of the staff officers and employees of the DFA assigned to diplomatic or consular posts and offices and representatives of other government agencies assigned abroad, when accompanying or following to join them; and

(c) Regular Passports are issued to Filipino citizens who are not eligible or entitled to diplomatic or official passports, including government officials or employees going abroad for pleasure or other personal reasons. Government officials and employees and members of their families may, during their incumbency in office, hold two (2) passports simultaneously:

(1) A regular passports for private travel; and

(2) A diplomatic or official passport when traveling abroad on a diplomatic or official business.

The DFA shall prescribe the number of pages of passport booklets based on international standards and best practices: Provided, That an option to apply for a passport booklet with additional pages shall be made available subject to reasonable fees as may be determined by the DFA Secretary.