MANILA, Philippines — The department order signed by Foreign Affairs Secretary Teddy Locsin Jr. removing the birth certificate requirement for passport renewal is a “welcome relief” for migrant workers, a recruitment consultant and migration expert said Wednesday. “The department order signed by Sec. We did nothing about it or couldn’t because we were in the wrong,” he said in his Twitter account last January 9. Passports pose national security issues and cannot be kept back by private entities. /cbbRELATED STORIESLocsin scraps birth certificate requirement for renewal of passportPassport maker ‘took all data’ when contract terminated, reveals DFA chiefADVERTISEMENTRead NextLATEST STORIESMOST READ

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer January 16, 2019 00:45 UTC