PH Embassy in Rome Brings Consular Services in Empoli City
The Philippine Embassy in Rome consular outreach team visited a bed-ridden Filipina in her house to capture her biometrics to facilitate her application for passport renewal on 29 March 2019. (Rome PE photo)
ROME 09 April 2019 – The Philippine Embassy in Rome conducted a consular outreach program, as part of its commitment to bring consular services closer to constituents in areas within its jurisdiction, in Empoli City, Italy on 30-31 March 2019.
The consular team rendered a total of 362 services, 315 passport applications, 17 civil registry applications, 15 affidavits, and five certifications. Eight individuals took their Oath of Allegiance for reacquisition of Philippine citizenship while two others applied for the same. The Embassy likewise held an information drive on overseas voting during the consular outreach.
The Embassy’s attached agencies, the Philippine Overseas Labor Office and the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration, also rendered services to 127 clients, while the Social Security System and Pag-IBIG attended to 97 and 72 clients, respectively.
The seven-member team from the Embassy also visited a bed-ridden Filipina at her home in Viareggio, Lucca to capture her biometrics and facilitate her application for passport renewal on 29 March. This is part of the Embassy’s assistance to nationals program, consistent with the thrust of the Department of Foreign Affairs on the protection of the rights and promotion of the welfare of overseas Filipinos. END
Applicants for passport renewal await their turn during the consular outreach in Empoli City, Italy on 30 to 31 March 2019. (Rome PE photo)
Third Secretary and Vice Consul Ma. Claribel Ochoa during the consular outreach program together with eight individuals who took their Oath of Allegiance for reacquisition of Philippine citizenship in Empoli City, Italy on 31 March 2019. (Rome PE photo)
For more information, visit www.romepe.dfa.gov.ph or https://www.facebook.com/PHinItaly/.