PH Consulate General in Jeddah Brings Consular Services to Najran

The Philippine Consulate General in Jeddah mobile outreach team rendered services in Najran. (Jeddah PCG photo)

JEDDAH 14 October 2019 — The Philippine Consulate General in Jeddah conducted a consular outreach for Filipinos in Najran from 05 to 06 September 2019 as part of its mandate to deliver consular services to all Filipinos under its jurisdiction.

Representatives from the Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO), Pag-IBIG, and Social Security System (SSS) joined the mobile consular mission to offer their respective services.

A separate team from the Consulate’s Assistance-to-Nationals Section replied to queries and requests for assistance from concerned overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). The Social Welfare Attaché, who was also part of the consular mobile service team, provided counseling to several OFWs in distress, and also interviewed Saudi employers with their Filipino household service workers who came to the venue for various consular services.

Consul General Edgar Badajos, who led the mobile team in Najran, thanked the Filipino volunteers led by Fayes Mailao and Nemie Marcos for helping organize the event. He also conveyed the Philippine Government’s gratitude to all the applicants who showed up for the two-day consular outreach mission for their contributions to nation-building.

There is an estimated 5,000 Filipinos, majority of whom are working as medical personnel in several local hospitals and dispensaries, that are located in Najran, a city near the border of Saudi Arabia and Yemen in the south. END

Representatives from Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) during the consular outreach mission in Najran. (Jeddah PCG photo)

Representatives from SSS and Pag-IBIG during the consular outreach mission in Najran. (Jeddah PCG photo)

The Filipino community in Najran during the consular outreach mission headed by the Philippine Consulate General in Jeddah. (Jeddah PCG photo)

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