PH Consulate General in Calgary Conducts Consular Outreach in Edmonton
Consul General to Calgary Zaldy Patron (sixth from left) and members of the consular outreach team, including Vancouver-based Overseas Workers Welfare Administration Welfare Officer Lilia De Guzman (fifth from left) and Social Security System Representative Rhea Balicas (fourh from right) at end of the consular outreach in Edmonton. (Calgary PCG photo)
CALGARY 19 September 2019 — The Philippine Consulate General in Calgary, led by Consul General to Calgary Zaldy Patron, conducted its second consular outreach mission in Edmonton on 24-26 August 2019.
The Philippine Consulate General in Calgary provided a total of 907 consular services including passport renewal, notarization, National Bureau of Investigation Form verification, civil registration (Reports of Birth, Marriage, Death), and citizenship reacquisition/retention. A total of 59 applicants for Philippine citizenship reacquisition/retention took their oath of allegiance at the outreach.
In addition to consular services, 122 clients availed themselves of assistance and services from Vancouver-based Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) and Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), represented by Welfare Officer Lilia De Guzman, and from the Social Security System (SSS) led by SSS Representative Rhea Balicas.
Three Filipino-Canadian lawyers, Atty. Joseph and Katrina Angeles and Atty. Peter Recto, offered free legal advice to 29 consular outreach clients who asked questions relating to immigration, taxation, property and family laws and other concerns.
Alberta is host to about 175,000 Filipinos based on the 2016 Canada Census. About 64,000 of them are based in Edmonton. END
Consul General Patron (leftmost) administers the oath of allegiance to applicants for Philippine citizenship reacquisition or retention. (Calgary PCG photo)
Applicants wait for their turn for passport biometrics. (Calgary PCG photo)
For more information, visit https://www.calgarypcg.dfa.gov.ph or https://www.facebook.com/PHinCalgary/.