PH Embassy in Lisbon Resumes LinggosaEmbaixada for Consular Applicants
Consular applicants observe social distancing while wearing facial masks inside the Philippine Embassy in Lisbon. (Lisbon PE photo)
LISBON 09 July 2020 – After three-months of hiatus in operations, the Philippine Embassy in Lisbon resumed its regular first Sunday of the month LinggosaEmbaixada activity on 05 July 2020. The resumption of this once a month Sunday consular day is part of the efforts of the Embassy to continuously improve and provide quality consular services to the Filipino community in Portugal, despite the ongoing global pandemic.
The Embassy, in compliance with health measures and protocols of the Portuguese government, reformatted its Sunday frontline consular service with the implementation of a consular appointment system where applicants with confirmed appointments are only allowed to transact inside the Embassy’s consular section at a specific time schedule or slot. Consular applicants were also requested to wear facial masks and to observe proper social distancing as part of the Embassy’s precautionary measures against COVID-19.
The Embassy welcomed 21 consular applicants for the 05 July LinggosaEmbaixada activity. The applicants who came as far as Viana de Castelo, Porto, and Aveiro availed of various consular services ranging from ePassport renewals to Overseas Voter Registrations (OVR). All applicants expressed their appreciation to the Embassy for the resumption of the much awaited LinggosaEmbaixada since most of the members of the Filipino community work on weekdays.
The next LinggosaEmbaixada is scheduled on 02 August 2020. The Embassy’s regular consular services is open from Mondays to, from 10:00am to 3:00pm. Requests for consular appointments may be made through email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or through the Embassy’s official Facebook page at PHLinPortugal. END
As part of the Philippine Embassy in Lisbon’s observance of health measures and protocols of the Portuguese government, only two applicants were allowed inside the Embassy at a given time. The Embassy has installed acrylic dividers as one of its safety and health measures. (Lisbon PE photo)
An online announcement posted in the Philippine Embassy in Lisbon’s social media accounts to remind Filipinos in Portugal on the resumption of the LinggosaEmbaixada, the implementation of a consular appointment system, and reminders on social distancing. (Lisbon PE photo)
For more information, visit https://www.lisbonpe.dfa.gov.ph or https://www.facebook.com/PHLinPortugal/.