Section 7. Types of Passports. — The Secretary or the authorized representative or consular officer may issue the following types of passports:

  1. Diplomatic passport for persons imbued with diplomatic status or are on diplomatic mission such as:

    1. The President and former Presidents of the Republic of the Philippines;

    2. The Vice-President and former Vice-Presidents of the Republic of the Philippines;

    3. The Senate President and the Speaker of the House of Representatives;

    4. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court;

    5. The Cabinet Secretaries, and the Undersecretaries and Assistant Secretaries of the Department of Foreign Affairs;

    6. Ambassadors, Foreign Service Officers of all ranks in the career diplomatic service; Attaches, and members of their families;

    7. Members of the Congress when on official mission abroad or as delegates to international conferences;

    8. The Governor of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas and delegates to international or regional conferences when on official mission or accorded full powers by the President; and

    9. Spouses and unmarried minor children of the above-mentioned officials when accompanying or following to join them in an official mission abroad.

    The President of the Philippines and the Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs may grant diplomatic passports to officials and persons other than those enumerated herein who are on official mission abroad.

  2. Official Passport to be issued to all government officials and employees on official trip abroad but who are not on a diplomatic mission or delegates to international or regional conferences or have not been accorded diplomatic status such as:

    1. Undersecretaries and Assistant Secretaries of the Cabinet other than the Department of Foreign Affairs, the Associate Justices and other members of the Judiciary, members of the Congress and all other government officials and employees travelling on official business and official time;

    2. Staff officers and employees of the Department of Foreign Affairs assigned to diplomatic and consular posts and officers and representatives of other government departments and agencies assigned abroad;

    3. Persons in the domestic service and household members of officials assigned to diplomatic or consular posts;

    4. Spouses and unmarried minor children of the officials mentioned above when accompanying or following to join them.

  3. Regular Passport issued to Filipino citizens who are not eligible or entitled to diplomatic or official passports, including government officials or employees going abroad for pleasure or other personal reasons. Government officials and employees and members of their families may, during their incumbency in office, hold two passports simultaneously; (1) a regular passport for private travel; (2) a diplomatic or official passport when travelling abroad on diplomatic or official business. The wife and minor children of persons entitled to a diplomatic or official passport shall be issued regular passports, if they are not accompanying or following to join them.