PHL Consulate General in Honolulu Travels Some 2600 Miles to Serve Filipinos in American Samoa

The Philippine Consulate General’s team providing consular services to kababayans in American Samoa such as passport renewal, filing of civil registration of vital events and registration for overseas voting.

26 March 2018 HONOLULU — In line with its thrust to make its services more accessible and convenient for Filipinos under its jurisdiction, the Philippine Consulate General in Honolulu traveled some 2600 miles to visit Pago Pago, American Samoa and hold a three-day consular outreach activity at Shan-J’s in Maleimi from 16 to 19 March 2018. 

American Samoa, an incorporated territory of the United States located in the South Pacific Ocean, is under the consular jurisdiction of the Philippine Consulate General in Honolulu, along with the State of Hawaii. It is home to almost 2,000 Filipinos who are mostly employed in construction, tailoring and fishing industries.

The nine-member consular team provided almost 600 services including passport renewal, authentication of document, filing civil registrations of birth and marriages, as well as registration of new overseas voters. The three-day activity was held in coordination with the Filipino Community in American Samoa (FCAS), the only Filipino organization in the island.

The FCAS expressed its appreciation to the Philippine Consulate General for conducting this annual activity, which particularly benefits those who are unable to travel to the Honolulu office to avail themselves of the Consulate’s services for lack of a valid US visa.

The Consulate General in Honolulu remains committed to extend timely assistance to Filipinos in American Samoa. END

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The Philippine Consulate General team with members of the Filipino Community in American Samoa (FCAS) who provided vital support for the 3-day outreach activities.