Berne PE Conducts Consular Outreach Services in Appenzel
29 August 2009
A
consular team from the Philippine Embassy in Berne travelled to Herisau
in the Canton of Appenzel, Switzerland last Saturday, 29 August 2009 to
render services to the members of the Filipino community residing in
the area.
The team, led by Ambassador Maria Theresa P. Lazaro, conducted mobile
Registration for Overseas Absentee Voting, received applications for
the new Philippine Machine Readable Passport and for dual
citizenship. Members of the team also replied to various
inquiries posed by Filipinos on such matters as Philippine immigration
rules, visas, adoption, property rights, succession etc.
The consular team extended services to almost 150 Filipino residents of
St. Gallen, Appenzel, Winterthur, Schaffhausen and some came from
Germany. The consular outreach resulted to almost 60 passport
applications, 57 OAV registrants and 12 dual citizenship applications.
The Embassy personnel were warmly received by the leaders of the
Samahang Pilipina St. Gallen who conveyed the request to the Embassy to
extend the said services.
The event was the first consular outreach program conducted by the
Philippine Embassy in Berne. Given the productive experience, the
Embassy is considering conducting a similar outreach program in other
Swiss Cantons depending on distance and number of prospective Filipino
applicants.
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