04 March 2016 – The Philippine Embassy team, composed of Mr. Ruben C. Atienza, Mr. Jovencio P. Catbagan, Ms. Rowena Hernandez, Ms. Lourdes Marie Reyes and Mr. Melchor D. Francisco, conducted the first consular mobile outreach for 2016 in Hamburg in cooperation with the Federation of Filipino Organizations in Northern Germany (FFONG) headed by the President, Ms. Conchita Heitmann. The consular outreach was held at Freie Evangelische Gemeinde “Holstenwall”, Michaelispassage 1 in Hamburg.

Piloting the Philippine Embassy in Berlin’s online appointment system, a total of 103 applications for various consular services were successfully processed.

Interested parties also consulted with and had their membership contributions processed by representatives from the Philippine Social Security System (SSS) Milan Representative Office, Ms. Wilma M. Ortiz and Mr. Lester Paul S. Mata, who joined the Hamburg consular outreach mission.

The Embassy aims to reach and provide consular services to all Filipinos outside of Germany’s capital, Berlin, through the conduct of these activities in different parts of the country. The list of the updated consular activities is posted at the Philippine Embassy’s website. END