PHL Consulate General in Dubai Conducts Special Consular Service

03 November 2017 DUBAI – The Philippine Consulate General in Dubai offered passport renewal processing and overseas absentee voting services to Filipinos in Dubai and Northern Emirates during the Special Consular Day on October 27. 277 Filipinos renewed their passports on the said date, which represents 81% of the Consulate’s expected turnout. 

15% of the total turnout on Friday belong to those applicants who need not secure appointment such as pregnant women, new-born babies and children below 10 years old, senior citizens, and persons with disability (PWD).

The Consulate was also able to register 228 additional overseas absentee voters bringing the total number of registered absentee voters in Dubai to 54,555. The overseas absentee registration will end in September 2018.

The Special Consular Day was held in addition to the special passport processing days that the Consulate conducts one Friday every quarter in Dubai, and to the regular consular missions in Ras Al Khaimah and Fujairah. The Consulate offers consular services on weekends to keep the wait time for passport appointments as short as possible.

On the same day, the Overseas Filipino Civil Engineers Association (OFCEA) also conducted technical training for civil engineers in the UAE, and offered skills development to distressed Filipinos currently residing in the POLO Resource Center.  END

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