What does it mean to submit to a biometrics capture?
Biometrics capture means that your photograph, signature and fingerprint will be
electronically recorded using special digital equipment.
If I download the OAVF No. 1 from the website of the COMELEC or the DFA-OAVS, how
should I proceed with application for registration/certification as an overseas
voter?
You have to:
i. Accomplish OAVF No.1;
ii. Personally appear at the Post that has consular jurisdiction over the locality
where you temporarily reside or at the designated Registration Centres at Philippine
Overseas Employment Administration (POEA), Ninoy Aquino International Airports (NAIA),
Overseas Workers Welfare Association (OWWA) Commission on Filipinos Overseas (CFO)
Joint Manning Group (JMG), Philippine Transmarine Corporation (PTC) and Department
of Foreign Affairs – Office of Consular Affairs (DFA-OCA);
iii. Submit the accomplished OAVF No. 1 together with your supporting documents;
and
iv. Submit to a biometrics capture
May I submit my accomplished OAVF No. 1 and submit myself for live capture of my
biometrics on different days?
No, you may not. The accomplished OAVF No. 1 must be turned in on the same day that
you intend to have your biometrics taken because even if you have submitted in your
OAVF No. 1 but have not had your biometrics taken, your application will still be
deemed NOT FILED.