PH Embassy in Athens Conducts Consular Outreach in Cyprus

Passport renewal applicants during the consular outreach in Cyprus on 06 April 2019. (Athens PE photo)

NICOSIA 25 April 2019 — The Philippine Embassy in Athens conducted its second consular outreach mission for they year in Nicosia, Cyprus on 06-07 April 2019.

The team processed passport renewal applications, various applications for civil registry, renewal of Overseas Workers Welfare Administration membership, and applications for updating Pag-IBIG contributions.

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 mission was successfully conducted with the support and cooperation of the Philippine Consulate in Nicosia led by Honorary 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

Applicants avail themselves of services offered by Philippine Overseas Labor Office and Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (left) and PAG-IBIG (right).

First Secretary and Consul Robianes administers the oaths of office of the incoming officers of two Filipino organizations – Greens Philippines Migrant Workers Union Cyprus (top, Athens PE photo) and the Overseas Filipino Volunteers in Cyprus (bottom, Jean Santos photo).

Presentation of a certificate of appreciation of the Philippine Embassy in Athens to Ms. Emma V. Pedroso, a Filipino volunteer, who has assisted numerous consular outreach missions in Nicosia, as well as extended support to other Filipinos in Cyprus for the past 15 years.

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