Application for Red Ribbon from DFA

July 2011

There are different documents where Department of Foreign Affairs gives their Red Ribbon, for my case its for my Transcript of Records and Diploma.

First I submitted the following documents to CHED (Commission on Higher Education):

1. Endorsement from my College together with my;

(a) Official TOR

(b) Diploma

(c) Certified True Copy of Special Order

All documents are Certified True Copy. These documents were requested from my school.

2. Letter of request to Commission for Higher Education for them to authenticate my academic records.

CHED is located inside UP Diliman.

In CHED, I was asked from which college I graduated. This is for them to identify which office I will be endorsed to. For my case I mentioned that my purpose is for CAV (Certification, Authentication and Validation) of academic records. Then I mentioned that I graduated from Canossa College which is from Laguna, therefore, I was endorsed to the CALABARZON office. I just gave my documents and waited for my name to be called. I paid Php 40.00 for the processing and they gave me a release stub on when I can pick up my documents. CHED will do CAV and then they will be the one to forward the records to DFA. Release is 15 calendar days after submission.

DFA (Department of Foreign Affairs) is in Libertad, there are separate entrance for passport application and red ribbon releasing. You have to proceed to the Releasing Division. Once in, you have to drop your claim stub in the area near the guard and wait till your name is called. Onced called, you will have to line to a particular window with one valud ID. The document that will be given to you are the documents that you gave for CAV plus a CAV letter from the CHED Chief Administrative Officer and a reciept that you have to pay (Php 100.00), payment is in another window. Before paying, you have to check if your documents are all correct then that's the time you pay to the cashier. Once paid, attach the white receipt at the upper right corner of the documents (staple) leave it in another window (as intructed) and take the blue copy of the receipt with you then take your seat, wait for your name to be called again.

Once called, you have to present the blue receipt, review the blue certificate with the Red Ribbon that will be given to you, most importantly your name at the lower right part of the document. If incorrect, give it back to the person in the window, if correct, that's the end of the process.

Other documents that can be authenticated by DFA are:

- NBI Clearance

- Medical Certificate

- Employment Certificate/Baranggay Clearance

- Diploma/Transpict/Clinical Records

- Board Rating & Certificate

- PRC License

- Birth/Death Certificate

- Marriage Contract / Certificate

- BLT Certificate

- Special Power of Attorney

- Overseas Employment Contract

- Export / Import Documents