02 July 2023, Gwangju. The Philippine Embassy conducted its second consular outreach mission for the year from 01 to 02 July 2023 in Gwangju City, led by Consul General Romulo Victor Israel, Jr. The consular team rendered 174 units of consular and Assistance to Nationals services to members of the Filipino community, including e-passport applications, notarials, civil registration, oath-taking of dual citizenship applicants, and assistance-to-nationals.

Representatives from Pag-IBIG, OWWA, and SSS also joined the outreach and rendered a combined 201 services, including renewal of OWWA membership, opening of Pag-IBIG regular and MP2 accounts, and updating of SSS records. This is the first time that an SSS representative joined a consular outreach of the Embassy in South Korea.

The Embassy also conducted an Overseas Voter Mobile Registration and processed the application of 30 Overseas Filipino Voters.

A simple recognition ceremony was held for the volunteers from the Gwangju Jeonnam Philippine Community and Gwangju Filipino Catholic Community who assisted in the successful outreach service. The Embassy intends to conduct similar outreach activities in other areas in the region before the end of the year. END