16 January 2017 – The Philippine Embassy in Riyadh processed around 18,000 consular services in December 2016. 

Passport Services

The Embassy processed 5,294 passport applications, as follows: 5,086 passport renewal applications; 132 new passport applications and 76 replacements of lost passport applications. 

The Embassy also processed 451 passport validity extensions and 63 Travel Documents.

Consular Outreach Missions or Embassy on Wheels (EOW)

The Embassy conducted three (3) consular mobile missions in December, as follows: Jubail on 2 to 3 December 2016, Special 5-day consular outreach mission in Al Khobar on 11 to 15 December 2016, Al Khobar on 16 to 17 December 2016.

Visa Services

A total of 219 visas were issued by the Embassy in December 2016, all of which were 219 Temporary Visitor’s Visas (9A) and 0 Diplomatic and Official (9E).

Civil Registry Services

The Embassy processed 195 civil registry documents broken down as: 54 Reports of Marriage; 135 Reports of Birth; 6 Reports of Death; 0 Report of Fetal Death; 0 Petitions for Correction of Clerical Error under R.A. 9048; and, 0 application for Citizenship Retention and Reacquisition under R.A. 9225.

Notarial and Authentication Services

 A total of 2,562 notarial and authentication services, as follows: 2,511 notarials and 51 authentications. 

Other Services

In the same period, the Embassy released 4,397 new passports.

Table 1: Consular Services Rendered by Percentage, December 2016e industrial city i

As part of the Embassy’s program to improve customer service, it has conducted a client feedback survey to 5,536 clients, of which 2,494 or 45.05% responded as follows:

Table 2: Client Feedback, December 2016

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