22 May 2014 – Vice Consul Rainier Casis led a team from the Philippine Consulate General in Los Angeles and conducted a consular outreach program in Phoenix, Arizona, from May 10 to 11.
The consular outreach program was undertaken in cooperation with the sponsor organizations: Filipino American Business Chamber of Commerce of Arizona (FABCCA); National Federation of Filipino American Associations (NaFFAA Arizona Chapter); Halo-Halo Kitchen; Kababayan Travel; Venus Travel; and FABCCA’s media partners, Arizona Filipino Forum and Chikka Magazine.
A total of 379 consular services were rendered during the two-day consular outreach program, the breakdown of which is as follows:
|
CONSULAR SERVICES |
NUMBER |
|
Dual Citizenship |
46 |
|
Passport Renewal |
287 |
|
Replacement of Lost Passport |
2 |
|
Travel Document |
1 |
|
Civil Registry |
19 |
|
Legalization of Documents |
27 |
|
Registration of Voters |
270 |
|
TOTAL |
379 |
Vice Consul Casis was accompanied by Misses Rebecca Hipolito, Veronica Baculio and Maria Theresa Villanueva, and Messrs. Vittorio Palado, Domingo Salvador Bea and Edmund P. Gidaya.
The consular outreach program is a regular activity of the Consulate to bring its various services closer to its constituents. According to the 2010 US Census, there are 35,012 Filipinos in the Arizona area. END