More than 500 Pinoys served in PHL Embassy-Tokyo outreach program

The Philippine Embassy in Tokyo holds an outreach program for passport applications, consular services, and voting inquiries. PHOTO: PHILIPPINE EMBASSY IN JAPAN

The Philippine Embassy in Tokyo served at least 516 Filipinos during a two-day consular outreach in Shizuoka Prefecture last week.

The Embassy outreach team assisted 413 passport applicants, 103 applicants for other consular services, and 15 overseas voting inquiries on April 13 and 14.

The weekend outreach coincided with the 3rd Pistang Pinoy sa Shizuoka, an annual cultural festival held at Aobi Park in Shizuoka City organized by the Association of Pinoy Volunteers for Assistance (APIVA).

The team that was led by Consul General Robespierre Bolivar provided passport, notary, and civil registry, as well as processing of applications for National Bureau of Intelligence (NBI) clearances and consultations on other consular services and overseas voting.

The team was composed of Frances Komesu, Amelia Clarissa Basilio, Orlando Manalo, Nicole Louie Ansalado, Jahrell Emman Ephraim Balaoro and Richard Roldan.

Consul General Bolivar  said there is a line of outreach activities for the rest of the year set in Miyagi, Gunma, Hokkaido, Nagano, and Okinawa Prefectures where  about 18,000 Filipinos may avail of consular services.

This is the first consular outreach for the Embassy in 2019. There are more than 16,000 Filipinos living and working in Shizuoka Prefecture. The Prefecture hosts one of the largest Filipino communities in Eastern Japan. — JP Soriano/BAP, GMA News