PH Consulate General in Guam Completes Consular Outreach Mission in Saipan

A passport applicant sits for his personal data and biometrics capturing during the consular outreach mission from 25 to 27 September 2018 of the consular team from the Philippine Consulate General in Agana, Guam. (Agana PE photo)

AGANA 24 October 2018 — Filipinos in Saipan, the main island in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, were able to renew their Philippine passports and avail themselves of other consular services during the consular outreach mission of the Philippine Consulate General in Agana from 25 to 27 September 2018.

The mission is the second to the last visit of a consular team from the Guam-based Consulate General for 2018, with the last visit for the year scheduled in November 2018.

Consul Mark Francis C. Hamoy led the team that provided consular services to the Filipino Community at the Daidai Social Hall of the Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral in Susupe, Saipan.

A total of 409 consular transactions were completed during the outreach mission, which also included a field registration for overseas voters, with a total of 375 new voters registered for the 2019 National Elections. END

For more information, visit www.aganapcg.dfa.gov.ph or https://www.facebook.com/PHLinAgana/.

Filipino passport applicants took the opportunity to register as overseas voters while waiting for their turn to have their personal data and biometrics captured for passport renewal. A total of 375 new overseas voters were registered for the 2019 national elections. (Agana PE photo)

Consul Mark Francis C. Hamoy (left) administered the oath of allegiance to eight Filipino-Americans in Saipan, CNMI who had successfully petitioned for their re-acquisition of Filipino citizenship under Republic Act 9225. (Agana PE photo)