Saturday, March 14, 2026

Netizens Question ‘Special Treatment’ As BJ Pascual Brings Own Lighting for Passport Photo


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    1. So sino yung naka-assign sa passport renewal niya? Sibakin na yan!

      Accountability naman dyan!

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  2. nkapag video sya e I saw his reel..

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  3. asan mga maingay nyang friends tahimik?

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    1. Di naman kasi ganun kalala. Pero special treatment pa din ito. Paka vein ni baks ha!!!

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    2. 12:36 AM vain yun

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  4. Squammy talaga si BJ Pascual.

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    1. Proof that you cannot buy class.

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    2. Di na nga dapat ginawa, pinost pa

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  5. Asa ka pa sa gobyerno

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  6. and here's us who can't even get a retake and have to endure our passport photo for 10 freaking years.

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    1. true.. daming bawal pag ordinary na tao lang. meron din dati artistang babae na nakamake up todo.

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    2. di baaa ni hindi ka makapag make up while ung kay chie filemeno fully made up

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  7. Haha. May pa glow up. Sabagay sa US you provide your own passport photo.

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    1. dati naman provide your own photo ang pinas binago lang. Mas ok nga yun.

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    2. 12:10 I had my first passport some 20 years ago and since then DFA talaga ang kumukuha ng photo for the passport

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    3. Same with 12:10. Natatandaan ko, 2010 yun and nagpakuha ako ng passport photo sa labas (for renewal ng expired passport).

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    4. True 12:10. Nung unang passport ko may dala din akong picture that time. Basta need lang to follow yung rules para sa picture. Unlike now mabilisan ang pagkuha ng picture sa DFA.

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  8. Sana All pwde may sariling camera sa passport shots, hindi pa nakalabas ear and may makeup

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  9. yaan nyo na. next time bring your own lighting nalang din. focus tayo dun sa mga magnanakaw sa govt

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  10. Bakit kasi hindi nalang hayaan ang mga mamamayan na magprovide ng own photo as long as pasado sa regulations? Sa ibang bansa, kahit san mo picturean basta followed mo ang standard requirements ng passport photo, pasok sa banga sa pag upload ng online application. O kaya may mga photobooths din na nag ooffer ng gantong service. Dami pang arte na pupunta pa somewhere to send biometrics, hina naman ng passport pweh

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    1. 12:23 well ang Tanong, marunong b sumunod ang mga Pinoy? Kasi ung simpleng bwal pagtawid ay hndi masunod sunod, what's more pa kaya sa simpleng picture na super daling iedit. Lalo n may AI n Marami raming nahuhumaling ditong Pinoy.

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    2. Eh di ireject! Dami dami na gumagawa ng ganyan

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    3. baka maging pang-profile pic sa socmed ang passport photos, alam nyo naman mga Pinoy. unless magiging strict din talaga ang DFA sa specifications just like sa ibang mga embassies kapag kukuha ka ng visa. mahigpit talaga at sinasauli kapag di pasado ang photo na nasubmit mo

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    4. Bakit naman ipagbabawal na maging profile pic ang passport photos na nakasunod sa regulations? In the first place, bakit gugustuhin ng kahit sino na gawing profile pic nila ang passport photo nila? Lol.

      Ang tingin ko dyan, outsourced ang photographer so may income sila dyan.

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  11. May mga Powertripper na tao dyan. After my photo taken tinanong ako kung ok na. Sabi ko pwede pa isa pa po. Ang sagot sakin, huwag na. Pero nakita ko sa ibang nag assist ok naman ulitin. Sana never masarap ulam nya kahit kailan.

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  12. Kung pwede naman for everyone why not, para naman sa susunod na renew ko di ako mukhang bumisyo sa photo ko

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  13. This shouldn't be a big deal. Like other countries we should be able to take passport photos using our mobile phones with all the lighting that we want.

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    1. alam mo ba kung gaabo ka privilege ginawa nito ni BJ? sa mismong DFA yan

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    2. it was not allowed to use phone / video or make reels
      may rules and naninita sila pero exempted to 😒

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    3. 1:01 wala naman sya sa ‘other countries’… nasa pinas

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  14. Oh nice! I would def do the same thing.

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    1. hindi naman allowed talaga mag ganyan kahit video sa DFA
      pero eto naka pag reels
      #SanaAll

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  15. Unpopular opinion. People are criticizing BJ but I think ang questionable dito is the officer who allowed the video and allowed the lights. I do not think kasalanan nya. He asked and he was given permission so he went with it. And bawal ba talaga magdala ng gadgets? Did they allow him to break any security rules? If they did, faults on them.

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  16. In fairness naman sa kanya, he was allowed so he did. Magalit kayo sa nag allow nyan. Tapos diba dapat kita ang ears. Ampangit ko sa passport ko at pagdudusahan ko for 10 yrs kasi walang retake putekk

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  17. Maliit na bagay to for me besides, not his fault. Inallowed sya eh. If we knew gagawin din natin yan. Pwede naman pala!

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  18. Nag passport renewal ako lately and bawal mag video while nasa pila. Sa picture taking moment, di ka naman nila i-rush kaya lang kita ka ng lahat ng nakapila kaya awkward kung mag inarte ka pa but i guess kung gusto mo ng more light, hindi naman masama. Sa tingin ko nagpahuli si BJ sa pila kaya nagawa nya yan.

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  19. Why is it that when other penoys uses their advantage cards, other penoys hates it?? :D :D :D But when it is time to use their advantage cards, they pretend it is normal?? ;) ;) ;) May word ulit doon eh... ano nga ba un?? :D :D :D

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    1. Gulo ng sentence structure mo ante. Kaloka

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    2. hahahahha actually!! pede naman kse mag ask, looks like he did and they said yes. maybe next time ask din. baka by then sabihin ng hinde pede lalo na pag mahaba pila. baka naman si BJ eh nag willing to wait. or nagpa last sa pila. ang babaw kse para gawing issue. mas maraming issues ang pede pag tuonan ng pansin.

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  20. To the person who posted - Mautak sya, ikaw naman inggitera. Magdala ka din ng lighting mo. It’s not that deep!

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    1. Te c bj nagpost sa ig nya dinelete nya lang dhil nabash. Hindi ang ringlight issue kundi nagvideo sya

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  21. there’s no rule that says you cant bring your own ring light. lol.. he asked pinayagan sya so swerte nya. i mean i dont think ganun sya kasikat hindi naman yan si anne curtis na you can easily recognize or marian rivera or vice ganda. para masabi na special treatment maybe he simply asked? he was allowed. so next time ill also bring my own light. lol.we need to chill it isnt like nagnakaw sya ng tax ng taong bayan.

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    1. may rules sila bawal yan talaga
      pero eto nag reels pa

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  22. haha nung nagpapassport Ako dito ask ko pa si Ate baka Naman pede mo iretoke ng konti. Natawa lang sila.

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  23. Kardashian ang peg!

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  24. pwede naman ata magdala. may mga articles or blog suggesting that kaya para ok ang pic sa passport.

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  25. I used to like the photographer.. until he became an influencer.

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  26. Antayin natin explanation nya haha if meron ba..for now lalabas ko muna popcorn ko.

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  27. May list naman na bawal. Hindi bawal ang magdla ng sariling ilaw. ang mali kung nag cause siya ng delay.

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  28. Feeling Victoria Beckham or Kim K naman itong si acclah! The lengths people go just for vanity nga naman

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  29. Lahat nalang gagawin para mag viral hahahah papansin talaga tong mga social climber na to

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    1. lumaki ulo nito akala mo sinong untouchable sa industry

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  30. Ung last na kuha ko ng passport, mabait ung officer na naka-assign sa kin. Siguro rin dahil konti lang ung tao nun, tinanong nya ko kung gusto ko na ba ung unang photo shot ko, nung tinanong ko kung pwedeng umulit, pumayag naman. Mas maayos ung sumunod na photo ko.

    Pwedeng hindi na sya nagbigay ng '2nd take' kung maraming tao nun o mahaba ung pila. Iba-iba ung circumstances natin. Baka nagpaalam naman si BJ nang maayos, kaya napagbigyan. Kahit tayo naman, pag maayos nakiusap o nakisuyo ung kapwa natin at wala naman masasagasaan, bakit hindi diba?

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  31. Mga ganitong entitlement ang dapat hinihiya!!!

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  32. Why is everyone calling him out? He tried, and napagbigyan siya. Anyone can try. Nasa sa taong magbibigay ng permission ang desisyon. So we should call out that person who took his photo na kung may special treatment sa isa, dapat applicable sa lahat. Lahat tayo vain, lahat tayo gustong maging maganda sa ID hindi lang si BJ.

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  33. This is so unfair! My daughter went for her passport renewal and copied what Chie Filomeno did by wearing makeup for her passport photo. But right at the entrance of the DFA, she was already asked to remove her makeup. So how come BJ Pascual was able to get through with that kind of passport photo na may lighting pa! Palakasan talaga dito sa Pinas!

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    1. Really? Bawal ba? When me & my daughter renewed our passports, naka-make up kami, wala naman sinita sa amin.

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  34. Galit kayo kasi siya sinubukan niya at sinewerteng payagan. Maybe he asked nicely or politely. Hingi kayo ng advice sa kanya para next time palarin din kayo.

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    1. Di mo gets yung point 5.25? Pag bawal, bawal. Di dapat dinadaan sa pakiusapan kasi dun pumapasok yung entitlement hanggang nauwi na sa korapsyon, like sa next time nyan di na lang pakiusapan, under the table na para mapayagan yung iba. Dyan nagsisimula ang korapsyon sa pagtotolerate sa mga maliit na bagay.

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  35. Ang concern is yung sa ears niya. Baka sa sobrang nag concentrate sila sa concern about the light, nawala na din sa picture yung need na kita ang ears. Baka ipaulit ulit sa kanya yan? Ayoko din na pangit ako sa passport pic, pero ang central issue here is compliant ba sa requirements ang photo, name, etc.

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  36. Insecure naman ni kuya.

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  37. kung nakalinaw yung 2nd light eh mas ok security wise...kung tutuusin hindi naman natin kamuka talaga yung pictures sa passport eh...malayo

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  38. "Bawal make up"
    "Bawal makita ngipin"
    "Bawal magsmile"
    "Dapat kita ang parehong tenga"
    "Pakilagay sa likod ng balikat kung mahaba ang buhok"
    "Dapat kita ang noo"

    Wala nga naman bawal may dalang sariling ilaw. Oh well.

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