PHL Embassy Conducts Consular Outreach in Thessaloniki

Minister and Consul General Rosario P. Lemque, Chargé d’Affaires, a.i., Philippine Embassy, addressing the applicants during the Consular Outreach in Thessaloniki

27 September 2017 ATHENS - The Philippine Embassy in Athens conducted a consular outreach, overseas voting (OV) registration, POLO, OWWA and Pag-IBIG services, for the Filipino Community in Thessaloniki on September 24, Sunday, at the Hotel Olympia Thessaloniki.

The consular outreach team processed:

• Thirty-six (36) passport renewal applications;
• Ten (10) applications for overseas voting registration/certification;
• Twelve (12) applications for reactivation of overseas voting records;
• Eleven (11) applications for change of address of overseas voters;
• Eighty-eight (88) renewal of Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) membership;
• Ninety (90) applications for updating of Pag-IBIG contributions;
• Two (2) Overseas Employment Certificates (OEC) issuance;
• Three (3) verifications of Employment Contracts;
• Eleven (11) issuance of Employment Contracts for Verification; and,
• Eleven (11) on-line registration for OEC.

After the conclusion of consular services, members of the Filipino Community (FilCom) were given a briefing on ASEAN’s 50^th Anniversary, and on the POLO, OWWA and Pag-IBIG services available to them.

The consular outreach was successfully conducted with the support and cooperation of the Philippine Honorary Consulate in Thessaloniki, Greece; the Filipino Community in Thessaloniki led by the Filipino Organization in Northern Greece (FONG); the Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) in Athens, Greece; and the Pag-IBIG Representative Office in Athens, Greece.

For more information, visit  www.athenspe.dfa.gov.ph.

Passport and Overseas Voting (OV) registration applicants during the Consular Outreach in Thessaloniki

Applicants during the Consular Outreach in Thessaloniki