PH Embassy Conducts Consular Outreach in Nicosia

Passport renewal applicants during the Consular Outreach in Cyprus. (Athens PE photo)

ATHENS 11 December 2018 — The Philippine Embassy in Athens conducted its sixth and last consular outreach for 2018 in Nicosia, Cyprus on 01 to 02 December 2018.

A total of 312 ePassport applications, three applications for report of birth with one certification, seven applications for registration of marriage, 16 applications for affidavit and jurat; three applications for reacquisition of Philippine citizenship under Republic Act 9225 with one application for derivative and three certificates of Oath of Allegiance, 200 applications for renewal of Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) membership, and 220 applications for updating of Pag-IBIG contributions were processed.

The consular outreach team was led by Embassy First Secretary and Consul Judy Barbara G. Robianes, and also includes Labor Attaché Melchor B. Dizon, Welfare Officer Nerisa L. Mercado, and Pag-IBIG Representative Jean V. Santos.

The Embassy also distributed Violence Against Women (VAW) information materials to the Filipino Community in observance of the 18-Day Campaign (25 November – 12 December 2018) to End Violence Against Women.

The consular outreach was successfully conducted with the support and cooperation of the Philippine Honorary Consulate in Nicosia led by Consul Shemaine A. Bushnell-Kyriakides, Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO), Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), Pag-IBIG Representative Office in Athens, and the Filipino Community in Cyprus. END

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Consul Judy Barbara G. Robianes administers the Oath of Allegiance to applicants who re-acquired their Philippine Citizenship under R.A. 9225 (Citizenship Retention and Reacquisition Act of 2003). (Athens PE photo)

Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO), Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) applicants. (Athens PE photo)

Applicants availing themselves of Pag-IBIG services. (Athens PE photo)