Check with the office. The official pages for this service leave out some details, or are older than a year. Use this page as a starting point and confirm fees and documents before you apply.
Children under 18 can obtain a new, renewed or replacement Philippine passport. The child must attend with a parent or an authorised adult, and extra consent paperwork applies when both parents are not present.
Where to apply in Australia
Philippine Embassy, 1 Moonah Place, Yarralumla (Canberra, ACT) for ACT, Queensland, Western Australia and the Northern Territory; Philippine Consulate-General Sydney for New South Wales; Philippine Consulate-General Melbourne for Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania (jurisdiction split as stated on the Embassy visa, dual-citizenship and civil-registry pages). Nauru, Tuvalu and Vanuatu moved to the Embassy in Suva, Fiji from 17 June 2026.
Passport appointments are booked through the DFA global online appointment system (passport.gov.ph); Canberra slots open monthly, first come first served, and a Gmail or Yahoo address is requested. The Sydney and Melbourne Consulates-General run their own appointment/requirement pages, which could not be fetched (Sydney site blocks automated access), so their specifics are not recorded.
Contact details for every office are on the page of the embassy and consulates of the Philippines.
How to apply
Book an appointment online | print the application packet from the confirmation email | child attends with a parent or authorised companion | submit originals and copies | prepaid return envelope for the passport
Applications are handled through DFA Global Online Appointment System, https://www.passport.gov.ph/.
Documents you need
- Printed application packet
- Parents' passports or IDs (photocopies)
- Current ePassport and data-page copy (renewal)
- Original and copy of PSA birth certificate
- Photocopy of Australian visa
- School ID copy if available
- Special power of attorney or DSWD clearance and consent affidavit if a parent does not attend or the child travels without parents
- Affidavit of loss and police report for lost passports
- Extra documents for adoption, foundling and illegitimate-child cases
Fees and processing time
- Official fee: AUD 108.00 (ePassport); AUD 270.00 (lost ePassport) (2016 schedule)
Good to know
Fee figures come from the Embassy schedule of fees, which is dated 9 March 2016, so amounts may have changed. the renewal page was read. Processing time not published. Both the Embassy and Melbourne Consulate General fee pages (read 2026-10-24) still state the schedule is as of 9 March 2016, so fees may have changed.
Official sources
- philembassy.org.au/consular/passport/minor-renewal
- philembassy.org.au/consular/passport
- philembassy.org.au/consular/schedule-of-fees
- melbournepcg.org/?page_id=1074
Check before you apply
This page summarises information published by Philippines's official channels, last checked on 24 octubre 2026. Fees and requirements can change at short notice, so confirm with the office that will handle your case.
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More services of the Philippines in Australia
- Assistance to nationals
- Dual citizenship (RA 9225) re-acquisition or retention
- Lost or damaged passport replacement (adult)
- NBI Clearance (fingerprinting and renewal)
- Notarial services (acknowledgement, jurat, power of attorney)
- Passport first application (adult)
- Passport renewal (adult)
- Report of Birth
- Report of Death and shipment of remains or ashes
- Report of Marriage
- Solemnisation of marriage
- Temporary visitor visa (9(a)) and visa-free entry
- Travel document