Online Services Relating to PH 2022 National and Local Elections Now Available for Overseas Filipinos

Overseas Voting Advisory /

PUBLIC ADVISORY

“ONLINE SERVICES RELATING TO PH 2022 NATIONAL AND LOCAL ELECTIONS NOW AVAILABLE FOR OVERSEAS FILIPINOS”

Pursuant to COMELEC Resolution No. 10709 dated 14 July 2021, Overseas Filipinos that already have existing voters’ registration records with complete biometric data in the Commission’s voter record database may now transact ONLINE with the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) Office for Overseas Voting (OFOV) for the following types of requests, applications, or transactions:

  1. Certification as an overseas voter;
  2. Reinstatement of names inadvertently omitted from the National Registry of Overseas Voters (NROV);
  3. Correction of entries in the Overseas Voter’s Registration Record (OVRR), specifically on the following data fields:
    1. Voter’s surname or family name, by reason of marriage, death of spouse, or final court judgment;
    1. Voter’s civil status, by reason of marriage, death of spouse, or final court judgment; and
    1. Voter’s name, to correct a misspelled name or erroneous entry.
  4. Request to withdraw the application for registration;
  5. Request to cancel OVRR;
  6. Reactivation of OVRRs that were deactivated due to causes listed in Section 14 of the Overseas Voting Act of 2013;
  7. Updating of mailing or postal addresses and other contact information of registered overseas voters;
  8. Transfers of registration records between different Posts or Countries;
  9. Transfers of registration records from overseas/Post to a Philippine city/municipality, but only insofar as the cancellation of the overseas voters’ names from the Certified List of Overseas Voters (CLOV) and the removal of their overseas voter’s registration from the Book of Voters are concerned; and
  10. Applications for issuance of certified true copy of Overseas Voters’ Registration Record, and other OFOV-related activities.

Interested applicants can file their request through any of the following:

  1. By using the iRehistro System on the COMELEC Website at: https://irehistro.comelec.gov.ph/ovf1
  2. By email at [email protected] or
  3. By Facebook Messenger through OFOV’s official Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/overseasvotingph

Please note that applications or transactions requiring the live capture of the applicants’ or voters’ biometric data, such as their photographs, signatures, and fingerprints, are not covered by the aforementioned Resolution.

San Francisco, 29 July 2021