PH Embassy in Berne Extended Consular Services to Filipinos in St. Gallen
Passport applicants line up to have their applications processed. A total of 49 passport applications were processed in St. Gallen. (Berne PE photo)
BERNE 02 October 2018 — The Philippine Embassy conducted a consular outreach program on 22 September 2018 in the canton of St. Gallen, in cooperation with the Samahang Pilipino Swiss, a Filipino Community organization in the canton.
The consular outreach provided services to Filipinos in the canton and surrounding areas, such as processing of passport applications, reports of births, and marriage, as well as registration and certification for Overseas Absentee Voting.
The Embassy team also provided free consultations and matters including land ownership and judicial recognition in the Philippines of foreign decree of divorce, paternity and filiation, custody of children, inter alia, to Filipinos and Swiss.
It also provided information on visas, including Balikbayan visa privilege and non-quota immigrant visas, for Swiss nationals travelling to the Philippines.
The Embassy also conducted a briefing preceding the oath taking of former Filipinos whose petitions to reacquire and/or retain their Filipino citizenship have been approved. END
For more information, visit www.bernepe.dfa.gov.ph or https://www.facebook.com/PHinSwitzerland.
(Top) A passport applicant lined up to have her biometrics taken. (Bottom) an overseas Filipino registers for the Overseas Absentee Voting in 2019. (Berne PE photo)
(Top) Ambassador to Switzerland Denis Yap Lepatan met some Filipinos present during the outreach and replied to questions posted about the services extended and the Embassy’s activities. (Bottom) Members of the Filipino Community pose for photo with Consul General Josephine Reynante (rightmost). (Berne PE photo)
Natural-born Filipinos who petitioned to reacquire and/or retain their Philippine citizenship took their Oath of Allegiance during the outreach. (Berne PE photo)
The Philippine Embassy team, together with the organizer, Samahang Pilipino Swiss St. Galle, pose for photo at the conclusion of the Outreach Program. (Berne PE photo)