PH Consulate General in Agana Holds First Consular Outreach Mission in Saipan for 2019

Consular clients in Saipan crowd the Parish Social Hall of the Kristo Rai Church in Garapan, Saipan in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands for the first consular outreach mission for 2019 held there by a team from the Philippine Consulate General in Agana, Guam. Attorney Evelyn Llanes, Board Secretariat head and official representative of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), joined the consular team to process OWWA membership renewals for Filipino workers in Saipan. (Agana PCG photo)

AGANA 20 March 2019 — The consular team from the Philippine Consulate General in Agana processed a total of 426 applications for ePassport renewals during the first consular outreach mission for 2019 in the island of Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

EPassport applicants represented the majority of Filipino clients who were served during the three-day mission, which was held from 03 to 05 March 2019 at the Parish Social of the Kristo Rai Church in Garapan, Saipan.

Consul Mark Francis C. Hamoy led the consular team that provided a total of 496 consular services to the Filipino community in Saipan. The consular team from Guam was joined by Attorney Evelyn Llanes, Board Secretariat head of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA).

As OWWA official representative during the consular outreach mission, Attorney Llanes was able to process 2,517 OWWA member applications, including renewals and enrollments.

The next consular outreach mission of the Consulate General will be a back-to-back visit to Tinian and Saipan in May 2019, once the overseas voting period for the May 2019 elections is over. Details for that consular outreach mission will be released at a later date. END

Consular representatives from the Philippine Consulate General in Agana, Guam encode passport details of applicants who renewed their ePassports during the first consular outreach mission for 2019 to Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands from 03 to 05 March 2019. A total of 426 Filipinos applied to renew their ePassports during the consular outreach mission. (Agana PCG photo)

Consul Mark Francis C. Hamoy (left) administers the oath of allegiance to four Filipino-Americans in Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands whose petitions to re-acquire their Filipino citizenship under the Citizenship retention and Re-acquisition Act were granted upon submission and review of required documents. The oath-taking ceremony is the final step required under the law. (Agana PCG photo)

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