18 July 2014 – A consular team from the Philippine Embassy in Berlin, composed of Consul Gabriel Bautista, Ms. Generosa Balocating, Ms. Melinda Hernais, Mr. Ruben Atienza, Ms. Lianna Judith Sale, Ms. Mylah Rubio and Mr. Melchor Francisco, conducted a mobile consular outreach service on July 12 in Bonn, State of North-Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. 

Using a pre-registration system, and ably assisted by the Filipino community in Bonn, the consular team was able to accommodate Filipino applicants who arrived early at St. Winfried Church in Sträßchenweg.

The team facilitated 143 passport applications, with a total of 174 services rendered.  The majority of services included passport renewal and overseas voters registration.

The one-day activity was the Embassy’s fourth consular mobile outreach for the year following those held in Hamburg in March, Stuttgart in April and Bochum in June. 

Seven consular mobile outreach activities have been planned for 2014, which will cover the cities of Hamburg, Stuttgart, Bochum, Bonn, Frankfurt, Munich and Essen. The mobile outreach is part of the Embassy’s efforts to bring its consular services closer to Filipinos residing in different parts of Germany. The next consular outreach services will take place in Frankfurt on August 2 and in Essen on October 18.  Further information may be found here: http://www.philippine-embassy.de/bln/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1220&Itemid=233. END