Section 1
Organization
Section 1.
Organization. —The DFA Regional Consular Offices shall be manned by Home Office-based personnel and locally hired employees from the Region. It shall be headed by a ranking Officer of the Department.
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Executive Order No. 748 (2008)
Executive Order No. 748 (2008)
the creation of Regional Consular Offices, with the mandate to process and issue passports and to extend various consular services to Filipinos and non-residents alike, is pursuant to Philippine Passport Act of 1996 and Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos Act of 1995 (RA 8042), as well as Vienna Convention on Consular Relations;
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Section 2
Staff House
Section 2.
Staff House. —Each Regional Consular Office is duly authorized to rent a staff house for its Home Office based personnel, preferably in the same building or premises where the Office is situated.
Section 3
Funding
Section 3.
Funding. —Funding for the Regional Consular Offices shall come from the annual budget of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Passport Revolving Fund. For the Calendar Year 2008, an initial fund amounting to Sixty-Six Million Pesos (P66,000,000.00) shall be released from any available appropriation for CY 2008, as may be determined by the Department of Budget and Management. ℒαwρhi৷
Section 4
Additional Guidelines
Section 4.
Additional Guidelines. —The Secretary of Foreign Affairs is hereby directed to formulate additional implementing guidelines that may be necessary to effect this Order. Provided, that all provisions and guidelines that have financial implications are properly coordinated with the Secretary of Budget and Management.
Section 5
Effectivity
Section 5.
Effectivity. —The Executive Order shall take effect immediately after publication in a national newspaper of general circulation.
DONE—in the City of Manila, this 25TH day of August, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Eight.
(Sgd.) H.E. GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO
By the President:
(Sgd.) EDUARDO R. ERMITA Executive Secretary