PH Embassy in Rome Holds First Sunday Opening in 2019, Conducts Financial Literacy, Cultural Briefing

Filipinos avail themselves of consular and other services during the Philippine Embassy in Rome’s Sunday opening on 27 January 2019. (Rome PE photos)

ROME 14 February 2019 – More than 300 Filipinos flocked to the Philippine Embassy in Rome to avail themselves of consular and other services during the Embassy’s first Sunday opening on 27 January 2019.

A total of 186 Filipinos applied for passports, 26 for notarial and certification services, and four for civil registry. The Embassy also administered the Philippine Oath of Allegiance to 31 former Filipinos to complete the process of re-acquiring Philippine citizenship.

Filipino applicants came from as far as the cities of Bari and Florence in Puglia and Tuscany regions, respectively.

The Embassy’s partner agencies, the Philippine Overseas Labor Office, Overseas Workers Welfare Administration, and Social Security System also catered close to 200 Filipinos.

Together with the Sentro Rizal Rome Chapter, the Embassy also conducted a cultural and financial literacy briefing for dual citizenship applicants at the Embassy Chancery that day. 

The Embassy also showed a video from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas on financial literacy entitled "Paghahanda sa Kinabukasan," which presented investment opportunities in the Philippines for overseas Filipinos.  It also distributed information materials on Philippine culture. END

Filipinos avail themselves of consular and other services during the Philippine Embassy in Rome’s Sunday opening on 27 January 2019. (Rome PE photos)

The Philippine Embassy in Rome conducts a cultural and financial literacy briefing for dual citizenship applicants. (Rome PE photo)

A video on financial literacy entitled "Paghahanda sa Kinabukasan" was presented to overseas Filipinos. (Rome PE photo)

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