Adopted: 22 December 2014
Date Filed: 08 January 2015
In view of the varying length of validity of documents submitted for Authentication and the absence of a validity clause on Authentication Certificates currently issued by the Department, this Department Order shall harmonize the validities of Authentication Certificate and its attached/underlying document.

By this Department Order, the validity of Authentication Certificate shall be changed from that of "indefinite", as prescribed by Foreign Service Circular No. 14-02 of 07 January 2002, to that of "follow the validity of the attached/underlying document", and shall remain effective until duly superseded or amended.

The following validity clause will be printed at the bottom part of

Authentication Certificates for thus purpose:

"Validity of this Certification shall follow the validity of the attached/underlying document."

Enclosed hereto is a sample^* for reference.

This Department Order shall take effect immediately.


(SGD) ALBERT F. DEL ROSARIO
Secretary of Foreign Affairs

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^[*] Text Available at the Office of the National Administrative Register, U.P. Law Complex, Diliman, Quezon City.