The Department of Foreign Affairs–Office of Consular Affairs (DFA-OCA) announced that the one-day processing “for authentication” or “red-ribbon” documents will be temporarily suspended from February 15 to 19.
“DFA-OCA wishes to inform the public that expedited (one working day) processing of documents for authentication (“red-ribbon”), and same-day release of documents issued by other government agencies will be suspended on 15 February and 19 February 2018 due to system maintenance and upgrade,” DFA said on their website.
DFA-OCA said they will still accept processing of documents.
“Online verification of issued authenticated documents by DFA-Aseana through the Authentication Verification System or AVS will also be unavailable during this time,” the agency added.
The government agency apologized for the inconvenience that the suspension may cause to the public.
Operations are expected to return to normal by February 20, 2018.
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