PH Embassy in Canberra Delivers Consular Services to Over 600 Filipinos in Perth

The Philippine Embassy in Canberra conducts a mobile consular mission to Perth on 05-09 November 2018. (Canberra PE photo)

PERTH 13 November 2018 – As part of bringing consular services closer to Filipinos under its jurisdiction, the Philippine Embassy in Canberra completed a five-day mobile consular mission in Perth, Western Australia, its second for 2018, on 05 to 09 November 2018.

The Embassy processed 641 passport applications and administered the oath of allegiance to 46 Filipinos who reacquired their Filipino citizenship under Republic Act No. 9225 or the Citizenship and Re-acquisition Act of 2003.

It conducts two mobile missions a year to Perth, which is over 3,000 kilometers away from Canberra, to serve the growing Filipino Community in Western Australia.

The mission was led by Third Secretary and Vice Consul Nicole de Castro with consular assistants Ruel Penaflorida and Albert Francia. Labor Attaché Cynthia Lamban and Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO)’s Antonio Saquing Jr. also conducted one-on-one consultations with Filipino overseas workers. Defense Attaché Colonel Dennis Gammad provided logistical support to the mission.

The mobile consular mission was supported by the Philippine Consulate in Perth led by Honorary Consul Michael Gillis and volunteers from Filipino Community organizations.

The next mobile missions to Perth will be in July and November 2019. Appointments are necessary. Please visit www.philembassy.org.au on 02 May 2019 for an announcement on how to secure an appointment. END

Third Secretary and Vice Consul Nicole de Castro administers the oath of allegiance for 46 dual citizens on 06 and 07 November 2018. (Canberra PE photo)

For more information, visit www.canberrape.dfa.gov.ph / www.philembassy.org.au or https://www.facebook.com/PHinAustralia/.